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Who invented the scissor jack?

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A man called Graham Colton from Nottingham. My grandfather :) he designed it while working for an engineering company and had a choice of earning royalties from his design or to become a director of the company. He chose to be a director but is now retired and lives with his wife in Nottingham.

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