Scotland

Scotland was part of Great Britain for the period of early aviation.

Some filers referred to "North Britain", apparently meaning the same thing as "Scotland".

There may have been branches of the UK patent office in Scotland.

This wiki has 0 Scottish patents and 6 patents filed by Scots.

Patents filed by Scots

• Patent DE-1891-64557 (English title: Kite with wind-wheel, Inventors: Thomas Ansboro • C. W. Firnhaber)
• Patent US-1891-464412 (English title: Kite, Inventors: Thomas Ansboro, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1891-64557)
• Patent GB-1907-23553 (English title: Flying Machines, Inventors: Preston Albert Watson)
• Patent FR-1909-410660 (English title: Improvements to flying machines, Inventors: Preston Albert Watson, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1909-47)
• Patent GB-1909-26654 (English title: Improvements in Screw-propellers, Inventors: John Pursell)
• Patent US-1909-988415 (English title: Flying-machine, Inventors: Preston Albert Watson, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1909-47)

These people are connected with Scotland or North Britain:

• Arthur James Balfour (Occupations: Politician • Nobility, Tech areas: Military • Politics, Affiliations: Admiralty Air Department)
• Charles Alexander Christianson (Occupations: Merchant, Tech areas: LTA)
• Edwin Richard Mumford (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Helicopter, Affiliations: Denny Brothers)
• Chessborough Mackenzie-Kennedy
• James Tytler (Occupations: Physician • Author • Editor • Encyclopedist • Publisher, Tech areas: LTA • Balloon)
• Preston Albert Watson (Occupations: Merchant, Tech areas: Heavier-than-air, Affiliations: RNAS)
• Robert Neilson (Occupations: Patent agent • Consulting engineer, Affiliations: Marks & Clerk)
• Thomas Ansboro (Tech areas: Kite)
• Andrew Allan
• Harold Barnwell (Occupations: Aviators, Affiliations: Vickers, Sons, and Maxim)
• James Grieve Lorrain (Occupations: Engineer • Electrical engineer, Tech areas: Electronics • Cybernetics, Affiliations: Institution of Mechanical Engineers • Freemasons • Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh • Chartered Institute of Patent Agents • Société Française de Physique • Society of Chemical Industry • American Institute of Electrical Engineers)

These companies operated in Scotland or North Britain:

• Henderson Scottish Aviation Factory Ltd.
• North British Rubber Company
• Scottish Aviation Co. (Started aero: 1911)
• William Denny and Brothers (Started aero: 1915, Key people: Edwin Richard Mumford)

These organizations operated in Scotland or North Britain:

• George Watson's College Aero Club
• Glasgow Model Aero Club

Patents whose inventor or applicant filed from location Scotland or North Britain

• Patent DE-1891-64557 (Inventors: Thomas Ansboro • C. W. Firnhaber, English title: Kite with wind-wheel, Tech fields: Kite • Wind • Frame, Filing date: 1891-05-12)
• Patent US-1891-464412 (Inventors: Thomas Ansboro, English title: Kite, Tech fields: Kite • Wind • Frame • Collapsible • Storage • Wood • Metal, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1891-64557, Filing date: 1891-06-06)
• Patent US-1906-892380 (Inventors: Edwin Richard Mumford, English title: Flying-machine, Tech fields: Helicopter • Frame • Propulsion • Propeller • Navigation • Rudder • Stability, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1905-15698, Filing date: 1906-07-11)
• Patent GB-1907-23553 (Inventors: Preston Albert Watson, English title: Flying Machines, Tech fields: Whole • Heavier-than-air • Stability • Wheels • Propulsion • Navigation, Filing date: 1907-10-25)
• Patent GB-1909-26654 (Inventors: John Pursell, English title: Improvements in Screw-propellers, Tech fields: Propellers, Filing date: 1909-11-17)
• Patent FR-1909-410660 (Inventors: Preston Albert Watson, English title: Improvements to flying machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1909-47, Filing date: 1909-12-23)
• Patent US-1909-988415 (Inventors: Preston Albert Watson, English title: Flying-machine, Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1909-47, Filing date: 1909-12-28)
• Patent GB-1917-111958 (Inventors: Charles Alexander Christianson, English title: Improvements in and relating to Aeroplanes, Seaplanes and like Aircraft, Filing date: 1917-03-07)
• Patent US-1917-1264743 (Inventors: Andrew Allan, English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1917-08-14)

Publications referring to Scotland or North Britain

• Lunardi, 1786, Account of five aërial voyages in Scotland, in a series of letters (Simple title: Account of five aërial voyages in Scotland, in a series of letters)
• Dines, 1903, The method of kite flying from a steam vessel, and meteorological observations obtained thereby off the west coast of Scotland (Simple title: The method of kite flying from a steam vessel, and meteorological observations obtained thereby off the west coast of Scotland, Journal: Quart. Journ. Roy. Meteor. Soc.)
• Publication 2232, 1907, British government aeroplane experiments in the South Scottish Highlands (Simple title: British government aeroplane experiments in the South Scottish Highlands, Journal: Aër. Journ.)
• Gibson, 1910, Progress in Scotland (Simple title: Progress in Scotland, Journal: Flight)
• Foster, 1911, A balancer from Scotland (Simple title: A balancer from Scotland, Journal: Aero)

Publications referring to Scotland

• Lunardi, 1786, Account of five aërial voyages in Scotland, in a series of letters (Simple title: Account of five aërial voyages in Scotland, in a series of letters)
• Dines, 1903, The method of kite flying from a steam vessel, and meteorological observations obtained thereby off the west coast of Scotland (Simple title: The method of kite flying from a steam vessel, and meteorological observations obtained thereby off the west coast of Scotland, Journal: Quart. Journ. Roy. Meteor. Soc.)
• Publication 2232, 1907, British government aeroplane experiments in the South Scottish Highlands (Simple title: British government aeroplane experiments in the South Scottish Highlands, Journal: Aër. Journ.)
• Gibson, 1910, Progress in Scotland (Simple title: Progress in Scotland, Journal: Flight)
• Foster, 1911, A balancer from Scotland (Simple title: A balancer from Scotland, Journal: Aero)