Photo: Old College sky

Threatening sky over the Old College of the University of Edinburgh.

While it is well known that the building is by Robert Adam, the dome is not and is a much later addition: the observant will notice that it is a rather disparate addition and not in harmony with the rest of the building.

Photo: Dunbar propeller

A 4-ton propeller at Dunbar harbour in memory of Robert Wilson, a local man who is one of (at least) four men from across the world who have a claim to have invented the ship’s propeller in the 1830s.