Edinburgh
['edinbərə]
Definition
(noun.) the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth.
Checked by Debbie--From WordNet
Examples
- Alexander Bain of Edinburgh in 1845-46 originated the modern automatic chemical telegraph. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Davy had already made influential friends, and one of them, Dr. Hope, the professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, was to give him his next step forward. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the new town of Edinburgh, built within these few years, there is not, perhaps, a single stick of Scotch timber. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We left Edinburgh in a week, passing through Coupar, St. Andrews, and along the banks of the Tay, to Perth, where our friend expected us. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- His father was a teacher of vocal physiology at Edinburgh, and he himself became a teacher of deaf mutes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In 1768, financially independent, Dr. Hutton etired to reside in Edinburgh. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- How very well you speak French, Lady Grizzel said, who herself spoke the tongue in an Edinburgh accent most remarkable to hear. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This self-taught American, to quote from the Edinburgh Review of 1806, is the most rational, perhaps, of all philosophers. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Tenpence may be reckoned its price in Edinburgh and its neighbourhood. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His two brothers died in Edinburgh of consumption, and he was told that he must seek a change of climate. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There was little trade or industry in Edinburgh before the Union. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In 1826 Professor Grant, in the concluding paragraph in his well-known paper (Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, vol. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I recollect they said that in 'The Edinburgh' somewhere--it must be true up to a certain point. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Bell was born in Edinburgh March 1, 1847, and educated there and in London. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Darwin had studied medicine at Edinburgh, but found surgery distasteful. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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