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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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William Cullen
William Cullen
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Cullen, William
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Christian Isobel Johnstone
The title-page of the first quotes from
Francis Bacon
(
Knowledge is Power
) and from the mother of
Sir William Jones
(
Read and you will know
).
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Johnstone, Christian Isobel.
Diversions of Hollycot
. Oliver and Boyd.
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It portrays the widow Mrs...
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1748: William Cullen, a scientist at the University...
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1748
William Cullen
, a scientist at the
University of Glasgow
, discovered artificial refrigeration by evaporating ethyl ether into a partial vacuum.
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