See also:

• SMITHSON, HENRIETTA CONSTANCE (1800-1854)
• SMITHSON, JAMES (1765-1829)

SMITHSON See also:

• TENNANT, CHARLES (1768-1838)
• SMITHSON TENNANT (1761-1815)
• TENNANT, WILLIAM (1784-1848)

TENNANT (1761-1815)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English chemist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SELBY
• SELBY, WILLIAM COURT GULLY

Selby, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, on the 3oth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1761 . He began to study See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh in 1781, but See also:

• LIMA

lima few months moved to See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, where he devoted himself to See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany and See also:

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

chemistry . He graduated M.D. at Cambridge in 179o, and about the same 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 See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate near See also:

• CHEDDAR

Cheddar, where he carried out agricultural experiments . He was appointed See also:

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

professor of chemistry at Cambridge in 1813, but lived See also:

• TENNENT, SIR JAMES EMERSON, BART

TENNENT to deliver only one course of lectures, being killed near See also:

• BOULOGNE, or BOULLONGNE

Boulogne on the 22nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1815 by the fall of a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge over which he was See also:

• RIDING

riding . He was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of more promise than performance, and his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief achievement was the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the elements See also:

• IRIDIUM (symbol Ir.; atomic weight 193.1)

iridium and See also:

• OSMIUM [symbol Os., atomic weight 190.9 (0= r6)]

osmium, which he found in the residues from the See also:

• SOLUTION (from Lat. solvere, to loosen, dissolve)

solution of See also:

• PLATINUM [symbol Pt, atomic weight 145.0 (0=16)]

platinum ores (1804) . He also contributed to the See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of the identity of See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond and See also:

• CHARCOAL

charcoal .