James Stirling (engineer, born 1799)

He originally specialised railway engines and later in dock gates and weirs He was born at Cloag Farm near Methven in Perthshire, the son of Patrick and Janet Stirling.

[3] The first engine of this kind which, after various modifications, was efficiently constructed and heated, had a cylinder of 12 inches (approx.

This engine moved all the machinery at the Dundee Foundry Company's works for eight or ten months, and was previously found capable of raising 700,000 lbs one foot in a minute (approx.

[4] In 1846 James Stirling left Dundee and set up an engineering practice in Edinburgh.

Susan Stirling (as she was afterwards known) was a successful author, including works such as "Fanny Hervey or the Mother's Choice" (1849).