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See also:BRISBANE, See also:SIR See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS MAKDOUGALL (1773–1 860)i Scottish soldier and astronomer, was See also:born on the 23rd Of See also:July 1773 at Brisbane See also:House, near See also:Largs, in See also:Ayrshire. He entered the See also:army in ' 1788; and served in See also:Flanders, the See also:West Indies and the See also:Peninsula. In 1814 he was sent to See also:North See also:America; on the return of See also:Napoleon from See also:Elba he was recalled, but did not arrive in 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 to take See also:part in the See also:battle of See also:Waterloo. In 1821 he was appointed See also:governor of New See also:South See also:Wales. During the four years for which he held that See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, although he allowed the finances of the See also:colony to get into confusion, he endeavoured to improve its. See also:condition by introducing the See also:vine, See also:sugar-See also:cane and See also:tobacco plant, and by encouraging the breeding of horses and the reclamationof See also:land. At his instigation exploring parties were sent out, and one of these discovered the Brisbane See also:river which was named after him. He established an astronomical See also:observatory at Paramatta in 1822, and the Brisbane See also:Catalogue, which was printed in 1835 and contained 7385 stars, was the result of observations made there in 1822–1826. The observatory was discontinued in 1855. After his return to See also:Scotland he resided chiefly at Makerstoun in See also:Roxburghshire, where, as at Brisbane House, he had a large and admirably equipped observatory. Important magnetic observations were begun at Makerstoun in 1845, and the results gained him in 1848 the See also:Keith See also:prize of the Royal Society of See also:Edinburgh, in whose Transactions they were published. In 1836 he was made a See also:baronet, and G.C.B. in 1837; and in 1841 he became See also:general. He was elected See also:president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh after the See also:death of Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott in 1833, and in the following See also:year acted as president of the See also:British Association. He died at Brisbane House on the 27th of See also:January 186o. He founded two See also:gold medals for the encouragement of scientific See also:research, one in the
See also:award of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the other in that of the Scottish Society of Arts.
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