- Symington, William by Pedro Hampton
... born October 1763, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scot.—died March 22, 1831, London, Eng.) British engineer. Educated for the ministry, he became a mechanic instead. He created a working model of a steam-driven road carriage in 1786 and first used steam for marine purposes the following year. In 1801–02 he developed a successful steam-driven paddle wheel and ...
- Allan Ramsay by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Oct. 15, 1686, in Leadhills, Lanarkshire; died Jan. 7, 1758, in Edinburgh. Scottish poet.Ramsay collected old Scottish poetry. In 1718 he published the narrative poem Chrysts-Kirke on the Greene. And between 1718 and 1720 the collection Scots Songs ...
- Ramsay, Allan by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Born Oct. 15, 1686, in Leadhills, Lanarkshire; died Jan. 7, 1758, in Edinburgh. Scottish poet.Ramsay collected old Scottish poetry. In 1718 he published the narrative poem Chrysts-Kirke on the Greene. And between 1718 and 1720 the collection Scots Songs ...