Alexander Bain

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Alexander Bain

Bain, Alexander (1810–1877), clockmaker and inventor

Oxford Biography Index Number 101001080 [what is this?]
http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101001080/Alexander-Bain Primary authority: Oxford DNB

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R. W. Burns, ‘Bain, Alexander (1810–1877)’, first published 2004; online edn, Jan 2011, 608 words, with portrait illustration

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/1080

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