Industry, Science
- Hugh Baird (engineer), John Logie Baird, Alexander Graham Bell
- John Loudon Macadam
- William John Macquorn Rankine
- Silicon Glen
- Thomas Telford, William Thomson
- James Watt
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“Hard times accounted in large part for the fact that the exposition was a financial disappointment in its first year, but Sally Rand and her fan dancers accomplished what applied science had failed to do, and the exposition closed in 1934 with a net profit, which was donated to participating cultural institutions, excluding Sally Rand.”
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