Road Transport Innovations
- Macadamised roads (the basis for, but not specifically, tarmac): John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836)
- The pedal bicycle: Attributed to both Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1813–1878) and Thomas McCall (1834–1904)
- The pneumatic tyre: Robert William Thomson and John Boyd Dunlop (1822–1873)
- The overhead valve engine: David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929)
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