Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, Volume 1The Society, 1859 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 93
Page 1
... took place forty - three years since , many observa- tions that were made at the time may have escaped me at present ; yet , when the same subjects are touched on , I have as distinct recol- lection of his treatment of them as if it ...
... took place forty - three years since , many observa- tions that were made at the time may have escaped me at present ; yet , when the same subjects are touched on , I have as distinct recol- lection of his treatment of them as if it ...
Page 2
... took much interest in this experiment , and said he had tried the same thing on a large scale , but without the vacuum , as that invention of Professor Leslie's was not known at that time ; he tried it exposed to the air , and also kept ...
... took much interest in this experiment , and said he had tried the same thing on a large scale , but without the vacuum , as that invention of Professor Leslie's was not known at that time ; he tried it exposed to the air , and also kept ...
Page 5
... took charge of the Schoolyard engine , that I might get a practical knowledge of a working engine . " My late brother had learned from an old man , who had been a workman at Dr. Roebuck's coalworks when Mr. Watt was there , that Mr ...
... took charge of the Schoolyard engine , that I might get a practical knowledge of a working engine . " My late brother had learned from an old man , who had been a workman at Dr. Roebuck's coalworks when Mr. Watt was there , that Mr ...
Page 6
... took the liberty of sending , by the Manchester waggon for Glasgow , a small box directed as this letter , contain- ing a best Sheffield brace and 38 bits , and two drill stocks with 12 drills each , of which I request your acceptance ...
... took the liberty of sending , by the Manchester waggon for Glasgow , a small box directed as this letter , contain- ing a best Sheffield brace and 38 bits , and two drill stocks with 12 drills each , of which I request your acceptance ...
Page 34
... took place in regard to the history of the surgeons and barbers , or barber - surgeons , that was to be found at Glasgow , or reference to the barbers or their craft , is dated the 22nd day of June , 1602 , and is in the following ...
... took place in regard to the history of the surgeons and barbers , or barber - surgeons , that was to be found at Glasgow , or reference to the barbers or their craft , is dated the 22nd day of June , 1602 , and is in the following ...
Contents
1 | |
8 | |
29 | |
38 | |
51 | |
78 | |
100 | |
124 | |
272 | |
279 | |
291 | |
307 | |
326 | |
333 | |
354 | |
388 | |
135 | |
180 | |
194 | |
195 | |
206 | |
227 | |
236 | |
256 | |
391 | |
399 | |
420 | |
438 | |
486 | |
493 | |
503 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alexander ancient antiquity appears arms Bailies Baldernock ballad belonging Binnorie Bishop Britain building built burgh called Castle Celtic Celts century charter Church Cilurnum Clyde Cosmo Innes Council Court Crown Cumbrae custom David district duty Earl early east Edinburgh England erected existed Fair Annie feet Glasgow Glen Nevis Greenock Hadrian Hadrian's Wall heraldry heralds hill Hospital interesting Ireland Irish island James John Kilsyth king's land language Loch Loch Etive Lyon King Magistrates marched merchants mill Nicholas nixt occupied origin Parliament Partick period person Picts portion present probably refinery remains remarkable river Robert Roman Royal royal burghs Saxon says Scotland Scots Scottish side Sir Patrick Spens Society stone Street sugar Sugarhouse surnames tion tons took toun town trade tumuli vessel vitrified forts wall wher William wood
Popular passages
Page 454 - Cum sailing to the land. O lang, lang may the ladies stand, Wi thair gold kems in their hair, Waiting for thair ain deir lords, For they'll se thame na mair.
Page 221 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Page 450 - And they twa met, and they twa plat, And fain they wad be near; And a' the warld might ken right weel, They were twa lovers dear.
Page 10 - I must get quit of the condensed steam and injection water, if I used a jet as in Newcomen's engine. Two ways of doing this occurred to me. First the water might be run off by a descending pipe, if an...
Page 10 - I was thinking upon the engine at the time and had gone as far as the Herd's house when the idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication was made between the cylinder and an exhausted vessel, it would rush into it, and might be there condensed without cooling the cylinder.
Page 453 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a
Page 453 - Now, ever alake ! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm ! " I saw the new moon, late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Page 10 - Street, and had passed the old washing-house. I was thinking upon the engine at the time, and had gone as far as the herd's house, when the idea came into my mind that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum, and if a communication...
Page 226 - He was a man of middle age ; In aspect manly, grave, and sage, As on King's errand come ; But in the glances of his eye, A. penetrating, keen, and sly Expression found its home ; The flash of that satiric rage, Which, bursting on the early stage, Branded the vices of the age, And broke the keys of Rome.
Page 13 - ... the next room ; and with so great ease and geometrical symmetry, that, though it work day and night, from one end of the year to the other, it will not require forty shillings reparation to the whole engine, nor hinder one day's work.