[25] In particular may be mentioned Joseph Clement and Joseph Whitworth.
[26] See 'Memorials of Great Britain and Ireland,' by Sir John Dalrymple, Bart.
[27] For fuller account of Miller and Symington's experiments see 'Memoir of Symington.'
[28] Mechanics' Magazine, September 20, 1861.
[29] Lock's Essays on the Trade and Commerce, Manufactories and Fisheries, of Scotland, 1779. 3 vols.
[30] According to an article published in the Mechanics' Magazine, Sept. 20, 1861, Mr. Rennie appears likewise to have attended the collegiate academy at Perth. The above brief account of his early life is given on the authority of a Memoir furnished by Mr. George Rennie, F.R.S., and published in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
[31] By the invention and employment of what is now well known as the travelling-crane.
[32] This peculiarity of Mr. Ronalds' apparatus is stated in full by Mr. Highton, C.E., in his work on the 'Telegraph,' page 50. London, John Weale.
[33] See also Patrick Miller.
[34] Named in honour of Lord Dundas's daughter, Lady Milton.