See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:BRANDE (1788-1866)
, See also:English chemist, was See also:born in See also:London on the I1th of See also:January 1788
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After leaving See also:Westminster school, he was apprenticed, in 1802, to his See also:brother, an See also:apothecary, with the view of adopting the profession of See also:medicine, but his See also:bent was towards See also:chemistry, a See also:sound know-ledge of which he acquired in his spare See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time
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In 1812 he was appointed See also:professor of chemistry to the Apothecaries' Society, and delivered a course of lectures before the See also:Board of See also:Agriculture in See also:place of See also:Sir See also:Humphry See also:Davy, whom in the following See also:year he succeeded in the See also:chair of chemistry at the Royal Institution, London
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His See also:Manual of Chemistry, first published in 1819, enjoyed wide popularity, and among other See also:works he brought out a See also:Dictionary of See also:Science, Literature and See also:Art in 1842, on a new edition of which he was engaged when he died at Tunbridge See also:Wells on the 11th of See also:February 1866
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