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    Andrew Ure FRS (18 May 1778 – 2 January 1857) was a Scottish physician, chemist, scriptural geologist, and early business theorist who founded the Garnet...
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  • Look up Ure or ure in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ure or URE may refer to: Alan Ure, English football manager Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde...
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    tools, metal products, and metal chemistry, McGraw-Hill: 1945: 298 pages Andrew Ure, A dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines: containing a clear exposition...
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    in the company of related works by John Farey Jr., Peter Barlow and Andrew Ure. From An essay on the general principles which regulate the application...
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    Charles Turner, mezzotint engraver who collaborated with J. M. W. Turner Andrew Ure, Scottish physician known for his galvanism experimentation, founder of...
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    by Andrew Ure (1778–1857), a Scottish chemist. The textile mills of the time needed a constant and steady temperature to operate optimally, so Ure designed...
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    "Fat earth" is an old name for clay loam. See the entry for "Lute" from: Andrew Ure & William Nicholson. A Dictionary of Chemistry (Robert Desilver, 1821)...
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    founder of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. On 4 November 1818 (assisted by Andrew Ure) he dissected the body of executed murderer Matthew Clydesdale. Clydesdale...
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  • Candlestick is a 2014 British film starring Andrew Fitch, Isla Ure, Nigel Thomas and Tom Knight. It was directed by Christopher Presswell and was released...
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  • The Philosophy of Manufactures: Or, An Exposition (on factory systems), Andrew Ure, 1835, page 434 of 480 pages, Google Books link: states "the influence...
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