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Yes! Awesome.

The second one is very specific and I suppose it's impossible if you're not already aware of the name. It's got the inventor in the title, like Beethoven's Symphony.

Another riddle - same object referenced - follows.

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I've lain for many years upon the Science Museum's floor
In my heart, for the first time, coal and steam went hand in glove
My name, though not a salad, sounds identical for sure
(Jim Hawkins is the sailor-hero referenced above.)

Oh hang on, wrong half

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Yeah, the first line's the weakest. Bette Midler had a song that went "I can fly higher than an eagle, cause you are the wind beneath my wiiiings..."

And what's another name for a good score in golf?

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Yes! Nice! I tried to make it fit with the second half as well - he comes from America, and he's bald (crown/crown double meaning, lol)

Clue - there's something that links 2 and 3. They're both symbols of their country's (very different) Revolutions...

Yes! Now for the other two. *cackles madly*

No, but you're on the right lines Coffee-cup topology might be quite over-specifically mathsy actually - it might help just to google the whole last line.

I'll give some more hints in a bit!

Ok ok, I've got a couple

I think these range from "really easy" to "easy", though I suppose they're all easy once you know them. Anyway, here you are.

1.
A famous figure favours me:
The author of the Odyssey.
With shape deforming eyes you see
A coffee cup topology.

2.
My namesake made it to the Moon. I didn't get that far
And now my body's on display for kids to view for free
The mass revolt I heralded put Britain where we are
And my inventor's namesake's novel's hero sails the sea.

3.
I am that noble warrior of which Bette Midler sings
You can find me with a golf club, though you'd need to show some flair
The place I come from doesn't have a lot to do with kings
And so my crown (though it exists) is really rather bare.

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Bow saw?

Ooh no, hang on, that's not quite right, I think it might actually be...

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a saw? That works with the final line which "axe" doesn't, but I've still got no idea about the grovelling part.

Hi all - I registered with this website specifically to answer this riddle because it is eating me up so much. So, well done there, I suppose.

Is it...

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an axe?