See also:SIR 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:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- SIR JAMES HALL (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
HALL (1761-1832)
, Scottish geologist and physicist, eldest son of See also:Sir See also:John See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:Bart., was See also:born at Dun-See also:glass on the 17th of See also:January 1761; and became distinguished as the first to establish experimental See also:research as an aid to See also:geological investigation
.
He was intimately acquainted with 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:Hutton and John See also:Playfair, and having studied rocks in various parts of See also:Europe he was eventually led to accept and to demonstrate the truth of Hutton's views with regard to intrusive rocks
.
He commenced a See also:series of experiments to illustrate the See also:fusion of rocks, their vitreous and crystalline characters, and the See also:influence of molten rocks in altering adjacent strata
.
He thus assisted in proving that granitic See also:veins had been injected into overlying deposits after their consolidation
.
He studied the volcanic rocks in See also:Italy and recognized that the old See also:lava flows and the numerous dikes in See also:Scotland must have had a similar origin
.
He made further experiments to illustrate the contortions of rocks
.
The results were brought before the Royal Society of See also:Edinburgh
.
He died at Edinburgh on the 23rd of See also:June 1832
.
He represented in See also:parliament (1807–1812) the old See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough of See also:Michael in See also:Corn-See also:wall; he also wrote an See also:Essay on the Origin, See also:History and Principles of See also:Gothic See also:Architecture (1813)
.
His eldest son, John Hall (1787–186o), who succeeded him, was a See also:Fellow of the Royal Society; the second son, See also:Captain See also:Basil Hall (q.v.), was the distinguished traveller; the third son, James Hall (1800–18J4), was a painter, See also:art-See also:patron, and a friend of Sir See also:David See also:Wilkie
.
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