Penzance
[pen'zæns]
Examples
- In the meantime the young physician’s apprentice had been lured away from Penzance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Davy received what is usually called a liberal education, putting in nine years in the Penzance and one year in the Truro Grammar Scho ol. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Davy was born at Penzance in Cornwall December 17, 1778, the eldest son in a family of five children. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- His ardor had worn him out, and he was forced to take a holiday at Penzance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A practicing surgeon and apothecary of Penzance, Bingham Borlase, was willing to take Davy as an apprentice, and the youth began work and study in his office. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In a short time the two youths had become inseparable friends, experimenting together, and taking walks to the mines and quarries in the neighborhood of Penzance in search of minerals for study. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In Penzance, then a town of about three thousand inhabitants, and in its picturesque vicinity, the early years of Davy's life were p assed. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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