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continued in later years as an Author. His “Dictionary of Chemistry,” and his “Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines,” have passed through many editions, and have been translated into the leading Continental languages. No works have done more for directing and extending the applications of Science, to the ordinary uses of life.
Dr. Andrew Ure was born at Glasgow, May 18th, 1778. He studied at the University of his native town, and afterwards at that
