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See also:ROEBUCK, See also:JOHN (1718-1794) , See also:English inventor, was See also:born in 1718 at See also:Sheffield, where his See also:father had a prosperous manufacturing business. After attending the See also:grammar school at Sheffield and Dr See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Doddridge's See also:academy at See also:Northampton, he studied See also:medicine at See also:Edinburgh, where he was imbued with a See also:taste for See also:chemistry by the lectures of 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:Cullen and See also:Joseph See also:Black, and he finally graduated M.D. at See also:Leiden in 1742. He started practice at See also:Birmingham, but devoted much of his 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 chemistry, especially in its See also:practical applications. Among the most important of his See also:early achievements in this See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field was the introduction, in 1746, of leaden condensing See also:chambers for use in the manufacture of sulphuric See also:acid. Together with See also:Samuel Garbett he erected a factory at See also:Prestonpans, near,Edinburgh, for the See also:production of the acid in 1749, and for some years enjoyed a See also:monopoly; but ultimately his methods became known, and, having omitted to take out See also:patents for
them at the proper time, he 'was unable to restrain others from making use of them. Engaging next in the manufacture of See also:iron, he in 176o established the ironworks which still exist at Carron, in See also:Stirlingshire. There he introduced various improvements in the methods of production, including the See also:conversion (patented in 1762) of See also:cast iron into malleable iron " by the See also:action of a hollow See also:- PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)
pit-See also:coal See also:fire " urged by a powerful artificial blast. His next enterprise was less successful. He leased a colliery at Bo'ness to See also:supply coal to the Carron See also:works, but in sinking for new seams encountered such quantities of See also:water that the See also:Newcomen See also:engine which he used was unable to keep the pit clear. In this difficulty he heard of 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:Watt's engine and entered into communication with its inventor. This engine, then at an early See also:stage of its development, also proved in-adequate, but Roebuck became a strong believer in its future and in return for a two-thirds See also:share in the invention assisted Watt in perfecting its details. His troubles at the colliery, however, aggravated by the failure of an See also:attempt to manufacture See also:alkali, brought him into pecuniary straits, and he parted with his share in Watt's engine to See also:Matthew See also:Boulton in return for the cancellation of a See also:debt of £1200 which he owed the latter. Subsequently, though he had to give up his See also:interest in the Bo'ness works, he continued to See also:manage them and to reside at the neighbouring Kinneil See also:House, where he occupied himself with farming on a considerable See also:scale. He died on the 17th of See also:July 1794.
End of Article: ROEBUCK, JOHN (1718-1794)
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