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:

• NICOL, JAMES (1810-1879)
• WILLIAM NICOL

NICOL  ( ? 1768-1851}, Scottish physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 1768, and died as See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 2nd of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1851 . Nothing is known of his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• HISTORY

history beyond the fact that, after amassing a small competence as a popular lecturer on natural See also:

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

philosophy, he settled in Edinburgh to live a very retired See also:

• LIFE

life in the society of his apparatus alone . Besides the invention of the See also:

• PRISM (Gr. rrpivµa, properly a thing sawn, Irpii"ety, to saw)

prism known by his name (" A method of increasing the divergence of the two rays in calcareous spar, so as to produce a single See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

image," New Edin . Journ., 1828), he devoted himself chiefly to the examination of fluid-filled cavities in crystals, and of the microscopic structure of various kinds of fossil See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood . His skill as a working See also:

• LAPIDARY

lapidary was very See also:

• GREAT

great; and he prepared a number of lenses of See also:

• GARNET
• GARNET, or GARNETT, HENRY (1555—1606)

garnet and other See also:

• PRECIOUS (O. Fr. precios, mod. precieux, Lat. pretiosus, of high value or price, pretium)

precious stones, which he preferred to the achromatic microscopes of the 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 .