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From the mid 1870s his interests began to drift towards marine engineering. He then invented the combine hydraulic/steam starting engine, common in all steamships thereafter, and the highly innovative steam-tiller (a forerunner of all power-steering devices). Around 1872 he invented the
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to create King, Brown & Co, electrical engineers based at the
Rosebank Works in Leith. The Rosebank Works had been established by David George Brown (his brother) in 1872. The company was renamed Brown Brothers around 1900 and specialised in major ship components.
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the eldest son of Robert Brown, a bricklayer living at 86 Canongate, and his wife, Marion Betts. He was educated at the High School in
Edinburgh. From around 1855 he was apprenticed as an engineer with the
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Margaret’s Yard in Edinburgh. He took evening classes at the Watt College (later Heriot Watt) winning prizes in Natural Philosophy (Physics) and Dynamics. He then went to
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MICE MINA (1841–1906) was a
Scottish engineer and inventor. He invented the hydraulic crane and overhead travelling crane. He founded several companies including the
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a mechanism allowing removal of most of the complex gears and chains between the control room and the engine on steamships. In 1874 he invented the
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