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:

• STIRLING
• JAMES STIRLING (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

STIRLING (1692-1770)  , Scottish mathematician, third son of See also:

• ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald See also:

• STIRLING
• STIRLING, JAMES (1692-1770)
• STIRLING, JAMES HUTCHISON (182o-1909)
• STIRLING, MARY ANNE [FANNY] (1815-1895)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, (titular) EARL OF (1726—1783)
• STIRLING, WILLIAM ALEXANDER, EARL OF (c. 1567-1640)

Stirling of See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, and See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• SIR

Sir Archibald Stirling of Keir (See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Garden, a lord of session), was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Garden, See also:

• STIRLINGSHIRE

Stirlingshire, in 1692 . At eighteen years of See also:

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

age he went to See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, where, chiefly through the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

Mar, he was nominated (1711) one of See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

Bishop See also:

• WARNER, OLIN LEVI (1844-1896)
• WARNER, SETH (1743-1784)
• WARNER, WILLIAM (1558?-16o9)

Warner's exhibitioners at Balliol . In 1715 he was expelled on See also:

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

account of his See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

correspondence with members of the Keir and Garden families, who were noted See also:

• JACOBITES (from Lat. Jacobus, James)

Jacobites, and had been See also:

• ACCESSORY

accessory to the " Gathering of the Brig o' Turk " in 1708 . From Oxford he made his way to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, where he occupied himself as a See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• MATHEMATICS (Gr. /saBnµar1Kil, Sc. vOcvn or E7rlQTt'µn; from p iN.La, "learning" or "science ")

mathematics . In 1717 appeared his Lineae tertii ordinis Newtonianae, sive . . . (8vo, Oxford) . While in Venice, also, he communicated, through 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, to the Royal Society a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper entitled " Methodus differentialis Newtoniana illustrata" (Phil . Trans., 1718) . Fearing assassination on account of having discovered a See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret of the See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass-makers of Venice, he returned with Newton's help to See also:

• LONDON

London about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1725 . In London he remained for ten years, being most See also:

• PART

part 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 connected with an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy in See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, and devoting his leisure to mathematics and correspondence with eminent mathematicians . In 1730 his most important See also:

• WORK

work was published, the Methodus differentialis, sive traclatus de summa-/lone el interpolatione serierum infinitarum (4to, London), which, it must be noted, is something more than an expansion of the paper of 1718 .

In 1735 he communicated to the Royal Society a paper " On the Figure of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

Earth, and on the Variation of the Force of Gravity at its See also:

• SURFACE

Surface." In the same year he was appointed manager for the Scots See also:

• MINING

Mining See also:

• COMPANY

Company at Ieadhills . We are thus prepared to find that his next paper to the Royal Society was concerned, not with pure, but with applied See also:

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

science—" Description of a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

Machine to See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

Fire by the Fall of See also:

• WATER

Water " (Phil . Trans . 1745) . His name is also connected with another See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical undertaking, since grown to vast dimensions . The accounts of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow for 1752 show that the very first See also:

• INSTALMENT (for earlier stallment or estallment, from Fr. estaler, to fix, arrange; the change is probably due to the influence of the verb " install ")

instalment of ten millions See also:

• STERLING
• STERLING, ANTOINETTE (d. 1904)
• STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

sterling spent in making Glasgow a seaport, viz. a sum of £28, 4s . 4d., was for a See also:

• SILVER

silver See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea-See also:

• KETTLE, SIR RUPERT ALFRED (1817-1894)

kettle to be presented to " 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 Stirling, mathematician, for his service, pains, and trouble in See also:

• SURVEYING

surveying the See also:

• RIVER

river towards deepening it by locks." Stirling died in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 5th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1770 . See W . See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser, The Stirlings of Keir, and their See also:

• FAMILY

Family Papers, (Edinburgh, 1858) ; " See also:

• MODERN

Modern See also:

• HISTORY

History of See also:

• LEADHILLS

Leadhills," in 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's See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine (See also:

• JUNE

June, 18B3); See also:

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

Brewster, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton, ii . 300, 307, 411, 516; J . See also:

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

Nicol, Vital See also:

• STATISTICS

Statistics of Glasgow (1881-1885), p . 70; Glasgow See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald (Aug .

5, 1886) . Another edition of the Lineae tertii ordinis was published in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1797; another edition of the Methodus differentialis in London in 1764; and a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of the latter into See also:

• ENGLISH

English by See also:

• HALLIDAY, ANDREW [ANDREW HALLIDAY DUFF] (1830-1877)

Halliday in London in 1749 . A considerable collection of See also:

• LITERARY

literary remains, consisting of papers, letters and two See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript volumes of a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on weights and See also:

• MEASURES

measures, are still preserved at Garden .