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Frederick II of Denmark took him under his 

 protection, and built the famous Uranienborg 

 Observatory for him, where he worked assidu- 

 ously for over twenty years. After Frederick's 

 death he went to Prague on invitation of Em- 

 peror Rudolph II, but died soon after. He re- 

 jected the Copernican system. 



Braid, Dr. James, iv, 269. Born at Fife, Scot- 

 land, cir. 1796; died at Manchester, England, 

 1860. English physician. Educated at Edin- 

 burgh, settled in Manchester. Noted for his re- 

 searches on the subject of animal magnetism. 

 Invented the term "neurohypnotism," which 

 was shortened into hypnotism. 



Brennan, Louis, vii, 195. Born at Castlebar, 

 Ireland, Jan. 28, 1852. Engineer and inventor. 

 First came into prominence as the inventor of 

 a torpedo for the British Government. Later 

 invented the practical mono-rail gyro car, pub- 

 lic exhibitions of a full-sized model of which 

 were given in 1909. 



Brewster, Sir David, iv, no. Born at Jed- 

 burgh, Scotland, 1781 ; died at Montrose, 1868. 

 Scottish physicist. Educated for Church of 

 Scotland at Edinburgh, but turned his attention 

 to science especially optics. Invented the ka- 

 leidoscope, 1816. Edited "Edinburgh Encyclo- 

 paedia," and assisted in establishing the "Edin- 

 burgh Philosophical Journal"; one of the chief 

 originators of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science. Discoverer of the po- 

 larization of light. 1819 chosen principal of 

 Edinburgh University. 



Broca, Dr. Paul, iv, 272. Born at Sainte Foy, 

 1824; died at Paris, 1880. French physician and 



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