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A New Collection

The Disputed Collection

Twelve Scottish inventions where the credit is contested — disputed, double-invented, or quietly stolen. Card No. 1 of 12.

The Pneumatic Tyre collectible card — Robert William Thomson, born Stonehaven Scotland 1822, died Edinburgh 1873, and John Boyd Dunlop, born Dreghorn Scotland 1840, died 1921, each independently invented the air-filled tyre, Thomson in 1845 and Dunlop in 1888, The Disputed Collection No. 1 of 12

The Pneumatic Tyre card reverse — diagram showing Thomson's 1845 Aerial Wheel and Dunlop's 1888 pneumatic tyre 43 years apart, timeline from 1845 to 1888, myth-busting note on Thomson and the fountain pen

No. 01 / 12 — The Pneumatic Tyre

A New Collection

The Scottish Inventions Collection

Fifty Scottish discoveries that changed how we see the world — from Maxwell's equations to the theories that shaped modern science. Card No. 1 of 50.

Maxwell's Equations collectible card — James Clerk Maxwell, born Edinburgh Scotland 1831, died Cambridge England 1879, discoverer of the unification of electricity, magnetism and light through Maxwell's Equations, Scottish Inventions Collection Card No. 1 of 50.

Maxwell's Equations card reverse — illustrated explanation of how changing electric and magnetic fields create electromagnetic waves, together with James Clerk Maxwell's timeline, historical context and the scientific impact that led to radio, wireless communication and modern physics.

No. 01 / 50 — Maxwell's Equations

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