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  1. Asianic Elements in Greek Civilisation. Second (Enlarged ) Edition by Sir William M. Ramsay, 1928-01-01
  2. The Letters to the Seven Churches (James Family Limited Collectors Edition) by Sir William Ramsay, 1978-01-01
  3. Was Christ born at Bethlehem?: A Study on the Credibility of St. Luke by Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, 1898
  4. The Church in the Roman Empire Before V by Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, 2009-12-19
  5. Gases of the Atmosphere: The History of Their Discovery (4th edition) by Sir William Ramsay, 1915
  6. Luke the Physician and Other Studies in the History of Religion: -1908 by Sir William Mitchell Ramsay, 2009-07-08
  7. Stoichiometry, (Text-books of physical chemistry, ed. by Sir William Ramsay) by Sydney Young, 1908
  8. Sir William Ramsay by William A. Tilden, 2009-11-20
  9. Sir William Ramsay: Memorials of His Life and Work by William A. Tilden, 1918
  10. A LIFE OF SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY, KCB, FRS by MORRIS WILLIAM TRAVERS, 1956-01-01
  11. Sir William Ramsay, K.c.b., F.r.s. [microform]; Memorials of His Life and Work by Tilden, 2010-01-05
  12. Thermochemistry, (Text-books of physical chemistry, ed. by Sir William Ramsay) by Julius Thomsen, 1908
  13. The phase rule and its applications, (Text-books of physical chemistry, ed. by Sir William Ramsay) by Alexander Findlay, 1917
  14. Sir William Ramsay: Memorials Of His Life And Work (1918) by William Augustus Tilden, 2010-09-10

41. The Clan Ramsay Gathering Of The Clans - Devoted To All Things
His son, sir william ramsay de Dalwolsey, signed the Ragman Roll in 1296, His brother, sir william ramsay of Inverleith succeeded sir Alexander at
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42. Ramsay, Sir William Famous Quotes
Famous quotes by ramsay, sir william The noblest exercise of the mind withindoors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.
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43. William Ramsay, Sir Biography / Biography Of William Ramsay, Sir Main Biography
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Name: William Ramsay, Sir Birth Date: October 2, 1852 Death Date: July 23, 1916 Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland Place of Death: Hazelmere, England Nationality: British Gender: Male Occupations: chemist William Ramsay, Sir Main Biography The British chemist and educator Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916) discovered the rare gases and did important work in thermodynamics. While Ramsay was at Glasgow, he worked as an organic chemist, synthesizing pyridine in 1877, and showing how close the relationship was between this compound and the alkaloids quinine and cinchonine. At Bristol he worked primarily as a physical chemist and, with his assistant, demonstrated the complexity of the molecular structure of pure liquids by studying the variation in their molecular surface energy with temperature. In London, Ramsay gradually shifted his attention to making very accurate determinations of the density of gases. He noted the small difference between the density of atmospheric nitrogen and that of "chemically pure" nitrogen. Together with Lord Rayleigh he discovered in 1894 a new element, christened "argon" because of its apparent chemical inertness; they announced their discovery in early 1895. Subsequently Ramsay was able to show that the gas given off when the mineral clevite was heated had a spectrum identical with that of helium.

44. Ramsay - YourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary
ramsay, sir william 18521916. British chemist. He won a 1904 Nobel Prize fordiscovering the inert gases argon, helium, neon, xenon, and krypton.
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45. British Academy Fellows Archive
Record for ramsay, sir william (15/03/185120/04/1939). Specialisms theology.Appointments Professor of Humanity, University of Aberdeen 1886-1911.
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46. Some Proposed Corrections And Additions To The Complete Peerage: Volume 5: Fife
According to sir Thomas Gray s Scalacronica, william de ramsay was made earl ofFife by King David II of Scotland (who claimed that Duncan had earlier
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He [Malcolm [Macduff?], Earl of Fife (d. 1266)] m. Helen, da. of Llewellyn, Prince of Wales ... His widow m. Donald, E ARL OF M AR [S.], who d. probably soon after 25 July 1297. She was living in Feb. 1294/5.
Douglas Richardson, in December 2002 and August 2003, reported work by Andrew MacEwen, who concluded on chronological grounds that Malcolm married twice, firstly by July 1237 an unidentified daughter of Llewellyn, who was the mother of his sons Colban and Macduff , and secondly Helen, who survived him and remarried to Donald. [Item last updated 24 August 2003.] Volume 5, pages 374, 375:
I SABEL , or E LIZABETH suo jure C OUNTESS OF F IFE [S.], only da. and h. [of Duncan, Earl of Fife (d. 1353)] She m. , 1stly, William R AMSAY , of Colluthie, who, in her right, was E ARL OF F IFE [S.], and as such was witness to a charter 12 Apr. 1357. He was alive Mar. 1359/60, though he probably

47. Sir William Ramsay: Noble Gas Pioneer—On The 100th Anniversary Of His Nobel Pri
sir william ramsay Noble Gas Pioneer—On the 100th Anniversary of His Nobel Prize.George B. Kauffman. Department of Chemistry, California State University,
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Sir William Ramsay: Noble Gas Pioneer—On the 100th Anniversary of His Nobel Prize
George B. Kauffman Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@csufresno.edu Published online: 24 November 2004 Abstract. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on December 10, 1904 to Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916) “in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system,” this article reviews his life and career and discusses his most important contributions. Key Words: Chemistry and History; Nobel Prize; biography; inorganic chemistry; organic chemistry; radiochemistry; anniversaries (*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: georgek@csufresno.edu

48. Sir William Ramsay: Noble Gas Pioneer—On The 100th Anniversary Of His Nobel Pri
Tilden, W. sir william ramsay KCB, FRS Memorials of His Life and Work; Macmillan and Taylor, FS The work of sir william ramsay; he discovered five new
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The Chemical Educator, Vol. 9, No. 6, Published on Web 11/24/2004, 10.1333/s00897040849a, © 2004 The Chemical Educator Sir William Ramsay: Noble Gas Pioneer—On the 100th Anniversary of His Nobel Prize George B. Kauffman* Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA 93740-8034, georgek@csufresno.edu Abstract: On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on December 10, 1904 to Sir William Ramsay (1852–1916) “in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system,” this article reviews his life and career and discusses his most important contributions.
On December 10, 2004, the 100th anniversary of Sir William Ramsay’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry [1] will hold a joint meeting with the Department of Chemistry at University College, London, where Ramsay was Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. Alwyn Davis of UCL will present a lecture, “Ramsay, the Man, the Myth, the Bicycle,” and a Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Heritage Plaque to commemorate Ramsay’s Nobel Prize for the discovery of the inert gases will be unveiled. The anniversary provides us with an excellent opportunity to review briefly Ramsay’s life and career. On December 10, 1904, the eighth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death, Sweden’s King Oscar II awarded the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [2] to Ramsay [3–9] (Figures 1 and 2) “in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system” [10]. Ramsay was the first Briton to win the chemistry prize. In his presentation speech Professor J. E. Cederblom of Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH) and President of Svenska Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien (the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), after summarizing the events leading to the discoveries and enumerating some of Ramsay’s most important achievements, praised the uniqueness of his discoveries at length:

49. BBC NEWS | Education | League Tables | Sir William Ramsay School
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KEY: This institution LEA average National average Darker part of bar shows performance relative to the rest What do these figures mean? VALUE ADDED: PUPILS' IMPROVEMENT KEY STAGE 2 to GCSE SCORE GCSE-LEVEL PERFORMANCE 147 eligible, 10.8% of whom had special educational needs SCORE A/AS-LEVEL PERFORMANCE 44 entrants KEY: This institution LEA average National average RANKING How well this school did compared with others in the area at: GCSE-level Value added score A/AS-level What do these figures mean? English secondary schools 2004 ENTER SCHOOL OR TOWN NAME: TYPE IN A FULL POSTCODE: OR SEARCH BY AREA: England Secondary Barking and Dagenham Barnet Barnsley Bath and North East Somerset Bedfordshire Bexley Birmingham Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Bradford Brent

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51. Ramsay, Sir William Mitchell
ramsay, ram z? sir william MITCHELL Church of Scotland layman; b. at Glasgow Mar.15, 1851. He was educated at the universities of Aberdeen (MA, 1871),
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RAMPOLLA, DEL TINDARO, MARIANOO: De cathedra Romana Beati Petri, Apostolorum principis (Rome, 1888); De authentico Romani Pontificis magisterio (1870); and Del Luogo dei martirio e del sepolcro dei Maccabei
RAMSAY, SIR WILLIAM MITCHELL: Historical Geography of Asia Minor (London, 1890); The Church in the Roman Empire before 180 A.D. The Cities and Bishops of Phrygia (2 vols., 1895-97); St. Paul the Traveller and the Roman Citizen Was Christ born at Bethlehem: The Education of Christ The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia Pauline and Other Studies in Early Christian History The Cities of St. Paul, their Influence on his Life and Thought. The Cities of Eastern Asia Minor Luke the Physician, and Other Studies in the Hist. of Religion The Revolution in Constantinople and Turkey; a Diary The Thousand and One Churches (1909; in collaboration with Gertrude L. Bell); and Pictures of the Apostolic Church, its Life and Preaching (1910); and has edited Studies in the Hist. and Art of the Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire
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52. Thomas Campbell's Anthology
ALLAN ramsay. sir CHARLES HANBURY williamS. ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE. JOHN BYROM . THOMAS PENROSE. sir william BLACKSTONE. sir JOHN HENRY MOORE, BART.
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CHAUCER JOHN GOWER. JOHN LYDGATE. SCOTTISH POETRY. JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND. ROBERT HENRYSON. WILLIAM DUNBAR. SIR DAVID LYNDSAY. SIR THOMAS WYATT. HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY. LORD VAUX. RICHARD EDWARDS. WILLIAM HUNNIS. THOMAS SACKVILLE, LORD BUCKHURST AND EARL OF DORSET. GEORGE GASCOIGNE. JOHN HARRINGTON. SIR PHILIP SYDNEY. ROBERT GREENE. CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE. ROBERT SOUTHWELL. THOMAS WATSON. EDMUND SPENSER. POETRY OF UNCERTAIN AUTHORS OF THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. JOHN LYLY. ALEXANDER HUME. THOMAS NASHE. EDWARD VERE, EARL OF OXFORD. THOMAS STORER. JOSEPH HALL. WILLIAM WARNER. SIR JOHN HARRINGTON. FROM HENRY PERROT'S BOOK OF EPIGRAMS. SIR THOMAS OVERBURY. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

53. Centenary Anniversary In 2004 Of Sir William Ramsay's Nobel Prize
Centenary anniversary in 2004 of sir william ramsay s Nobel prize. 10 December2004, University College London. The centenary anniversary in 2004 of sir
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He, or probably his son joined David I of Scotland and lived by robbing the natives! Ramsay de Dalwolsey builds the inner Keep with Vaults and the Bottle Dungeon. Edward I of England stays at Castle before Battle of Falkirk against Sir William Wallace of Scotland. William Ramsay joins forces with King Robert the Bruce to defeat Edward II of England at Bannockburn. Sir Alexander de Ramsay helps re-capture castles and occupied lands from the English. Sir William Ramsay defeats the English at Nisbet Moor in 1355.

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The Drum tower, which dates from the 15th century, has a well at ground level, which supplied the Castle and still yields potable water. The 1st Earl of Dalhousie first built up the area between the keep and the curtain wall in the early 17th century. The Castle closely resembles nearby Dirleton Castle, which is now in ruins.
Sir Alexander formed a band of loyal knights, and mass troopers, and organised raids on the English. By the year 1342 most of the castles and occupied areas were captured and David 2nd was able to return from France.
The 9th Earl, with the aid of the architect Burns, undid much of the previous Earls work and restored the building in keeping with its original form. Inside the front door there was formerly an open courtyard across which one went to gain access to the main building through a low door in the keep and up a turnpike stairway. The courtyard was roofed in and converted into an entrance hall, further buildings were added between the keep and outer wall. The 9th Earl died in 1832, mourned amongst others, by his old school friend Sir Walter Scott.

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Sir William Ramsay (1852) It was also on this date, October 2, 1852, that British inorganic chemist and Nobel Laureate Sir William Ramsay was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He learned his Rationalism at Tübingen University, Germany and, after publishing several notable papers between 1885 and 1890, Ramsay co-discovered the elements argon (Ar 1894), helium (He 1895), krypton (Kr 1898), neon (Ne 1898) and xenon (Xe 1898). Sir William Ramsay received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1904, "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system." Ramsay was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1888 and was knighted in 1902. He died at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on 23 July 1916. * William A. Tilden, Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., F.R.S; Memorials of His Life and Work . London: Macmillan, 1918.

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Chemist. Ramsay was born in Glasgow. He went on to become Professor of Chemistry at Bristol and then at University College, London. Chiefly responsible for the discovery of the inert gases Argon (1894), Helium (1895), Neon, Krypton and Xenon (1898), Ramsay also show that helium was produced on the radio-active decay of radium. He also discovered the last of the noble elements, the radio-active gas Radon, in 1910. He spread scientific interest to other parts of the British Empire, including setting up the Indian Institute for Science at Bangalore. He was knighted in 1902 and received a Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1904.
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