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:

• NICHOLSON, HENRY ALLEYNE (1844-1899)
• NICHOLSON, JOHN (1822-18J7)
• WILLIAM NICHOLSON (1753-1815)
• NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1784-1844)

NICHOLSON (1753-1815)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English writer on natural See also:

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

philosophy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1753, and after leaving school made two voyages as See also:

• MIDSHIPMAN

midshipman in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India service . He subsequently entered an See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney's See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, but, having become acquainted, in 1775, with See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah See also:

• WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH (1730-1795)

Wedgwood. he lived for some years at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam as See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent for the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of pottery . On his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he was induced by 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:

• HOLCROFT, THOMAS (1745-1809)

Holcroft to devote himself to the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of See also:

• LIGHT

light literature for See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals, assisting that writer also with some of his plays and novels . Meanwhile he employed himself on the preparation of An Introduction to Natural Philosophy, which was published in 1781 and was at once successful . A See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire's Elements of the Newtonian Philosophy soon followed, and he now entirely devoted himself to scientific pursuits and philosophical journalism . In 1784 he was appointed secretary to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Chamber of Manufacturers of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and he was also connected with the Society for the Encouragement of See also:

• NAVAL

Naval See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

Architecture, established in 1791 . He bestowed much See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention upon the construction of various See also:

• MACHINES

machines for See also:

• COMB (a word common in various forms to Teut. languages, cf. Ger. Kamm, the Indo-Europ. origin of which is seen in yoµros, a peg or pin, and Sanskrit, gambhas, a tooth)

comb-cutting, See also:

• FILE

file-making, See also:

• CYLINDER (Gr. KvAwSpos, from KvXivaety, to roll)

cylinder See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing, &c.; he also invented an areometer . In 1800 he began in London a course of public lectures on natural philosophy and See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, and about this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he made the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the decomposition of See also:

• WATER

water by the voltaic current . In 1797 the See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, generally known as See also:

• NICHOLSON, HENRY ALLEYNE (1844-1899)
• NICHOLSON, JOHN (1822-18J7)
• NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1753-1815)
• NICHOLSON, WILLIAM (1784-1844)

Nicholson's Journal, the earliest See also:

• WORK

work of the See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind in Great Britain, was begun; it was carried on till 1814 . During the later years of his See also:

• LIFE

life Nicholson's attention was chiefly directed to waterworks See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth, at See also:

• GOSPORT

Gosport and in See also:

• SOUTHWARK

Southwark . He died in London on the 21st of May 1815 . Besides considerable contributions to the Philosophical Trans-actions, Nicholson wrote See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations of See also:

• FOURCROY, ANTOINE FRANCOIS, COMTE DE (1755-1809)

Fourcroy's Chemistry (1787) and See also:

• CHAPTAL, JEAN ANTOINE CLAUDE, COMTE DE

Chaptal's Chemistry (1788), First Principles of Chemistry (1788) and a Chemical See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary (1795) ; he also edited the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ENCYCLOPAEDIA

Encyclopaedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (6 vols., 8vo, London, 1809) .