Engineering's Local Heroes Dr William Harland and Sir Edward James Harland of Scarborough

One of` the more unusual exhibits in a British museum is a set of dentures hand carved from hippopotamus teeth. They can be seen in Scarborough's Rotunda Museum. Even more unusual, they were carved by the man who wore them, Doctor William Harland. As the teeth move they can be considered an unusual form of mechanical engineering (photo 1)! Besides being a successful physician who owned medicinal baths in Vernon Place, Scarborough, Dr Harland was a scientist and inventor, and knew many leading scientific minds of the time. The Rotunda Museum (photo 2) was opened in 1829 and was one of the first purpose built museums and the first built specially to display and explain geology. The museum still does that today. The design was suggested by William Smith, (17691839)…

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