...one of his biographers says; but his election took place the year before ; and about the same time the university of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. In the same. year in which his History of Electricity appeared, he left Warrington, and settled at...

...Holywood. In 1786 he published a sermon, entitled, The Purpose for which Christ came into the World; and in the same year the university of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of DD In 1794 appeared his Commentary on the Revelation of St. John the Divine, 2 vols, 8vo. In 1797 he...

...editions. He had, the year before, been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ; and, about the same time, the University of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Though it was no part of his duty to preach, while at Warrington, he chose to continue the practice,...

...one of his biographers says ; but his election took place the year before, and about the same time the University of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. His attention was now turned to the properties of fixed air. He commenced his experiments on this subject...

...one of his biographers says ; but his election took place the year before, and about the same time the University of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. His attention was now turned to the properties of fixed air. He commenced his experiments on this subject...

...Government, on becoming aware of his •wish, granted him leave of absence for the prosecution of his studies. In order to carry out his object, Mr. Gilchrist...intending to go to India. At Edinburgh also, where he lived for some years, he gave gratuitous teaching in Eastern languages, and soon after his removal,...

...editions. He had the year before been elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and about the same time the University of Edinburgh conferred on him the degree of Doctor of Laws. Though it was no part of his duty to preach, while at Warrington, he chose to continue the practice....