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soriian) d. Physik (Natural and expenmen- 

 lal philosöphy'i au d. üiiiv. daselbst. Mitgl. 

 d. Cambridge Phil. Soc. seit ihrer Grün- 

 dung u. d. Roy. Soc. zu London seit <830 

 (KECj fOrJ, 



geb. < 8 00, Febr. 27, London, 

 /fa aUempt tu analyze the automaton chess 

 'player of Dr. Kempelen, 8", Lorid. 1821. Re- 

 marks on tlio archilecture of ihe midiiie age», 

 especially of Itaiy, 8". Cam'oridge f835. Piin- 

 ciples of mechani.sra, 8*, Lond. 1841. Archi- 

 tectural nomenelature of middle ages, 4", 

 Carribr. 1844. A System of apparalas for lec- 

 tures on mechanical philosophy, 4", Lond. 

 1851. — On Ihe pressure prodiieed on a flat 

 plate when opposed lo a stream of air issuing 

 from an orifice in a plaoesurface (Tr. Carnbr. 

 Phii. Soc. HI, pl I, <829]. Mem. of the vowe! 

 Sounds and on reed organ pipes :1b. id. et IV, 

 1833). — On the constructioo of the vaults ol 

 Ihe middle ages (Tr. of the Institute of the bri- 

 tish Architects, Vol. I, pt. IJ, 1S42). 



IVilson, B e n j a ra i n. — Wie es scheint, 

 Maler in London. Mitgl. d. Roy. Society 

 in London (Abr. XI) (RGE) (Thj, 



geh. 17 08 etwa, 



gest. 1788, Juni 6, London. 

 Treatise on electricity, Lond. 1750. — Some 

 electrical experiments made in Paris (Phil. 

 Tr. 1753). Retraction of his former opinion 

 concerning the explication of the Leyden ex- 

 periments (Ib. 1 755;. Experinnents on the lour- 

 inalin 'Ib. 1759). Further experiments in elec- 

 tricity (Ib. 1 760). Obss. on some genis similar 

 to the tourmaline [\h. \ 762). Letter to Aepinua 

 (Ib. 1763).* Considerations to prevent ligtitning 

 from doing mischief to great works, high buil- 

 diogs and large magazines (Ib. 1764). Obss. 

 on lightning and Ihe method of securing buil- 

 dings from ils eiTects (Ib. 1773j. Report on an 

 account from lightning at Purfleet Jb. 1778). 

 New exprms. and obss. on the natura and use 

 of conductors (Ib. id.). New experiments on 

 the Leyden phial, respccting the termmation 

 of conductors [Ib. id.). Account of Dr. Knight's 

 method of inaking artificial loadstones Ib. 

 1779).— Nficra nya rön vid electriciteten (Ve- 

 lensk. Acod. Handl. 1761). 



Wilson, Alexander. — Dr. Med. 

 hon. (St. Andrews nfi.V). Prof. d. pract. 

 Astronomie an d. Uriiv. zu Glasgow seit 

 neo, vordem Inhaber einer Scbriflgies- 

 serei bei Glasgow u. noch früher Pharma- 

 ceut in St. Andrews u. London. Mitgl. d. 

 Roy. Edinb. Society (Phillips, Ann. of 

 phll. XII, 1826; (Tr. Roy. Edinb. Soc. XJ 

 (RGE), 



geb. 17 14, St. Andrews, 



gest. 1786. Oct. 18, Glasgow. 

 On the transit of Venus 1 7ß9, June 3 (Phil. Tr 

 1769). Exlceme cold at Glasgow, l1'68 (Ib. 



1771). Aq i.niprovfment propo^ed in the cross 

 wires of lel.^scopes Ib. 1774'. On the nature 

 of the solar spols 'Ib. id. et 1783;. Noch ei- 

 nige astrun. Deobb. ebendaselbst. — Erfand 

 1757 die aräometr. Glasperlen fdie übrigens 

 die .\fad3iniker de! Cimento schon kannten 

 u. !:)enulzten", verbesserte die Schriftgiesserei 

 u. machte zuerst Thermometer mit platten 

 i}uecksilberfd(ien. 



Wilson, Pn'rick. — Sohn d. Vori- 

 gen. Nachfolger in dessen Professur an d. 

 Univ. zu Glasgow, u. schon seit 1784 As- 

 sistent desselben (RGE), 



geb. 17 58 etwa, 



gest. 1788, Juni * 



Experiments on cold made at the Macfarlano 

 observatory (Phil. Tr. 1781) An experiment 

 proposed for determining, by the aberration 

 of the fixed stars, whether ihe rays of light, 

 in pervading differont media change their ve- 

 locity according to ihe law of Sir I. Newton 

 'Ib. 1782). — Observation on the solar svstem 

 (Tr. Edinb. Soc. I. 17SS). Experimentsand 

 observations upon a remarkable coid which 

 accompanies the Separation of hoar frost from 

 a clear air (Ib. id.). Account of certain mo- 

 tions which small lishted wicks acquire, when 

 swimming on o has<^in of oil ;ib. IV, 1798). 



' In GM. ISll, Vol. II, p. 661 heisst es: Patrick 

 Wilson, formerly Prof. of .Astronom y in the Univ. 

 of Glasgow, (iead IMl, Oec. 30, Kensinsrtoc Square. 

 Ob disfs ein Anderer war, als der Obi^e? 



Vl^ilson, James. — Pfarrer zu Clon- 

 feaoie in Irland (TD), 



geb. . . ., gest. 1 829, . . . 

 A new differentia! method or Method of diffe- 

 rences. Lond. 1820. 



l^ilson, George. — Dr. Med., erst 

 Assistent %on Prof. Graham in London, 

 dann an verschiedenen Lehranstalten Edin- 

 burgh's chemische Vorlesungen haltend, 

 später auch Direclor (Regius Keeper) des 

 Induslrial Museum daselbst und endlich 

 seit 18.55 Regius Prof. of Technology an 

 dortiger Universität. Mitgl. d. Chem. So- 

 ciety (Ch.S.XlU), 



geb. 18 18, Febr. 2 t, Edinburgh, 

 gest. 1859, Nov. 22, Edinburgh. 

 Elemenlary treatise on chemislr>'. Treatise 

 on electric tclegraph. Fife gateways of know- 

 ledee. — On the decomposition of water bv 

 platinum and the black oxide of iron by white 

 heat etc. (Mem. Chem. Soc. III. 1845 — 48i. — 

 On some phenomena of capillary allraction, 

 observed with Chloroform, bisulphuret of car- 

 bon, and olher iiquids (Quart Jnorn. Chem. 

 Soc. 1, 1849). On the argument for the binary 

 theory of salts etc iti. id.;. On Ihe detection 

 of tluorine when acconipanied by silica Ib. 

 V, 1853). 



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