See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• FERGUSON, ADAM (1723-1816)
• JAMES FERGUSON (1710-1776)
• FERGUSON, ROBERT (c. 1637-1714)
• FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (1810-1886)

FERGUSON (1710-1776)  , Scottish mechanician and astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near Rothiemay in See also:

• BANFFSHIRE

Banffshire on the 25th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1710, of parents in very humble circumstances . He first learned-to read by overhearing his See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach his See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, and with the help of an old woman was " able," he says in his autobiography, " to read tolerably well before his father thought of teaching him." After receiving further instruction in See also:

• READING

reading from his father, who also taught him to write, he was sent at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of seven for three months to the See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school at See also:

• KEITH
• KEITH, FRANCIS EDWARD JAMES (1696-1758)
• KEITH, GEORGE (c. 1639-1716)
• KEITH, GEORGE KEITH ELPHINSTONE, VISCOUNT (1746-1823)

Keith . His See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics was about this 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 See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident-ally awakened on seeing his father making use of a See also:

• LEVER (through O. Fr. leveour, levere, mod. levier, from Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVER, CHARLES JAMES (1806-1872)

lever to raise a See also:

• PART

part of the roof of his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house—an See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition of seeming strength which at first " excited his terror as well as wonder." In 1720 he was sent to a neighbouring See also:

• FARM

farm to keep See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep, where in the daytime he amused himself by making See also:

• MODELS

models of See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills and other See also:

• MACHINES

machines, and at See also:

• NIGHT

night in studying the stars . After-wards, as a servant with a See also:

• MILLER, HUGH (1802–1856)
• MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE) (1841- )
• MILLER, JOE (JosEPH or JosIAS( (1684-1738)
• MILLER, SAMUEL FREEMAN (1816-1890)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1782-1849)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1795-1861)
• MILLER, WILLIAM (1796–1882)
• MILLER, WILLIAM HALLOWES (18o1–188o)

miller, and then with a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor, he met with hardships which rendered his constitution feeble through See also:

• LIFE

life . Being compelled by his weak See also:

• HEALTH

health to return See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, he there amused himself with making a See also:

• CLOCK

clock having wooden wheels and a See also:

• WHALEBONE

whalebone See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring . When slightly recovered he showed this and some other inventions to a neighbouring See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman, who engaged him to clean his clocks, and also desired him to make his house his home . He there began to draw patterns for See also:

• NEEDLEWORK

needlework, and his success in this See also:

• ART

art led him to think of becoming a painter . In 1734 he went to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where he began to take portraits in See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature, by which means, while engaged in his scientific studies, he supported himself and his See also:

• FAMILY

family for many years . Subsequently he settled at See also:

• INVERNESS

Inverness, where he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up his Astronomical Rotula for showing the motions of the See also:

• PLANETS, MINOR

planets, places of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun and See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon, &c., and in 1743 went to See also:

• LONDON

London, which was his home for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his life . He wrote various papers for the Royal Society, of which he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in 1763, devised astronomical and See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical models, and in 1748 began to give public lectures on experimental See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . These he repeated in most of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . His deep See also:

• INTEREST

interest in his subject, his clear explanations, his ingeniously constructed diagrams, and his mechanical apparatus rendered him one of the most successful of popular lecturers on scientific subjects .

It is, however, as the inventor and improver of astronomical and other scientific apparatus, and as a striking instance of self-See also:

• EDUCATION

education, that he claims a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place among the most remarkable men of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science of his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . During the latter years of his life he was in See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £5e from the privy See also:

• PURSE (Late Lat. bursa, adapted from Gr. Gupta, hide, skin; possibly O. Eng. pusa, bag, has influenced the change from b to p)

purse . He died in London on the 17th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1776 . See also:

• FERGUSON, ADAM (1723-1816)
• FERGUSON, JAMES (1710-1776)
• FERGUSON, ROBERT (c. 1637-1714)
• FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (1810-1886)

Ferguson's principal publications are Astronomical Tables (1763); Lectures on Select Subjects (1st ed., 1761, edited by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

• BREWSTER, SIR DAVID (1781–1868)
• BREWSTER, WILLIAM (c. 1566–1644)

Brewster in 1805) ; See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

Astronomy explained upon Sir See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac See also:

• NEWTON
• NEWTON, ALFRED (1829–1907)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1725-1807)
• NEWTON, JOHN (1823-1895)
• NEWTON, SIR CHARLES THOMAS (1816-1894)
• NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (1642-1727)

Newton's Principles (1756, edited by Sir David Brewster in 1811) ; and Select Mechanical Exercises, with a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the Life of the Author, written by himself (1773) . This autobiography is included in a Life by E . See also:

• HENDERSON
• HENDERSON, ALEXANDER (1583-1646)
• HENDERSON, EBENEZER (1784-1858)
• HENDERSON, GEORGE FRANCIS ROBERT (1854-1903)
• HENDERSON, JOHN (1747-1785)

Henderson, LL.D . (1st ed., 1867; and, 1870), which also contains a full description of Ferguson's principal inventions, accompanied with illustrations . See also The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

Peasant-Boy Philosopher, by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• MAYHEW, HENRY (1812-1887)
• MAYHEW, JONATHAN (172o-1766)
• MAYHEW, THOMAS

Mayhew (1857) .