Glasgow

Examples

• In 1868, Glasgow and Wood patented a process of dropping the shot through a column of glycerine or oil. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Some experiments on the cold produced by evaporation, made by Dr. Cullen, had been communicated to Dr. Franklin by Professor Simpson, of Glasgow. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Then it happened that in 1764 a small Newcomen engine that belonged to the University of Glasgow was given to James Watt, an instrument-maker at the university, to be repaired. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The planing machine of Muir, of Glasgow, British patent No. 5,502, of 1827, was designed for making boards for flooring, and represented a considerable advance in the art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Black suggested Dr. Roebuck, who had opened the well-known Carron Iron Works near Glasgow. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In the early part of 1881 there was sent from Paris to Glasgow a so-called box of electric energy for inspection and test by Sir William Thomson, the eminent electrician. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In trade and industry, it is much inferior to Glasgow, of which the inhabitants are chiefly maintained by the employment of capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He had better workmen, better appliances, and better material in Birmingham than he had had in Glasgow, and the engine was soon beginning to justify his hopes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Mr. Gilmore happens to be away in Glasgow on business, and he has replied by proposing to stop at Limmeridge House on his way back to town. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Johnson he made exhaustive tests, carrying away with him to Glasgow University the surprising records that he obtained. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Beaumont Neilson, of Glasgow, and was covered by him in British patent No. 5,701 of 1828. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• And that old Glasgow suit of yours would never do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Bell's steamboat between Glasgow and Greenock in 1812 was followed by five others in 1814; and seven steamboats plied on the Thames in 1817. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Mr. Henry Bell, of Glasgow, a man of great ingenuity, had for some time directed his attention to the subject, and had given some useful hints to Fulton. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Then if we tread on his tail here he will bark in Glasgow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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