1850 in Scotland

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1850 in Scotland
Years
1848 | 1849 | 1850 | 1851 | 1852

Events from 1850 in Scotland

Incumbents

Events

  • 17 October — James Young patents a method of distilling paraffin from coal, laying the foundations for the Scottish paraffin industry.

Births

Deaths

  • 12 July - Robert Stevenson civil engineer and famed designer and builder of lighthouses (born 1772)[1]

See also

References

  1. "NLB - Robert Stevenson". Retrieved July 23, 2013. 


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