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:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN MACQUORN See also:

• WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE (182o-1872)

RANKINE (182o-1872)  , Scottish engineer and physicist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 5th of See also:

• JULY

July 182o, and completed his See also:

• EDUCATION

education in its university . He was trained as an engineer under See also:

• SIR

Sir J . B . See also:

• MACNEILL, HECTOR (1946-1818)

Macneill, working chiefly on surveys, harbours and railroads, and was appointed in 1855 to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering in See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow, vacant by the resignation of See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis See also:

• GORDON
• GORDON, ADAM LINDSAY (1833—1870)
• GORDON, ALEXANDER (c. 1692—c. 1754)
• GORDON, CHARLES GEORGE (1833-'885)
• GORDON, LEON
• GORDON, LORD GEORGE (1751-1793)
• GORDON, PATRICK (1635–1699)
• GORDON, SIR JOHN WATSON (1788—1864)

Gordon, whose See also:

• WORK

work he had undertaken during the previous session . He was a voluminous writer on subjects directly connected with his chair, and, besides contributing almost weekly to the, technical See also:

• JOURNALS

journals, such as the Engineer, brought out a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard textbooks on Civil Engineering, The See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam-See also:

• ENGINE
• ENGINE (Lat. ingenium)

Engine and other See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

Prime See also:

• MOVERS, FRANZ KARL (18o6–1856)

Movers, Machinery and Millwork, and Applied See also:

• MECHANICS

Mechanics, which have passed through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, and have contributed greatly to the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement of the subjects with which they See also:

• DEAL

deal . To these must be added his elaborate See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on See also:

• SHIPBUILDING

Shipbuilding, Theoretical and See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical . These writings, however, corresponded to but one phase of See also:

• RANKINE, WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN (182o-1872)

Rankine's immense See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and many-sided See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . He was an enthusiastic and most useful See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the volunteer See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement from its beginning, and a writer, composer and See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer of humorous and patriotic songs, some of which, as " The Three See also:

• FOOT

Foot See also:

• RULE

Rule " and " They never shall have See also:

• GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar," became well known far beyond the circle of his acquaintance . Rankine was the earliest of the three founders of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

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

science of See also:

• THERMODYNAMICS (from Gr. Bepµos, hot, Siva trs, force)

Thermodynamics (q.v.) on the bases laid by Sadi See also:

• CARNOT, LAZARE EIPPOLYTE (18ot-1888)
• CARNOT, MARIE FRANCOIS SADI (1837-1894)
• CARNOT, SADI NICOLAS LEONHARD (1796-1832)

Carnot and J . P . See also:

• JOULE, JAMES PRESCOTT (1818–1889)

Joule respectively, and the author of the first formal treatise on the subject . His contributions to the theories of See also:

• ELASTICITY

Elasticity and of Waves See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank high among modern developments of mathematical physics, although they are See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• UNITS, DIMENSIONS OF
• UNITS, PHYSICAL

units among the 150 scientific papers attached to his name in the Royal Society's See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue .

The more important of these were collected and reprinted in a handsome See also:

• VOLUME

volume (Rankine's Scientific Papers, See also:

• LONDON

London, 1881), which contains a memoir of the author by Prof . P . G . See also:

• TAIT, ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL (1811-1882)
• TAIT, ARTHUR FITZWILLIAM (1819-1905)
• TAIT, PETER GUTHRIE (1831-1901)

Tait . Rankine died at Glasgow on the 24th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1872 .