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Dewar called the Royal High School on Calton Hill in Edinburgh a " nationalist shibboleth ", mainly because it had been the proposed site of the Scottish Assembly in the 1979 referendum.
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Ironically, one of the formulae, which does not represent benzene correctly and was not advocated by Dewar, is sometimes still called Dewar benzene.
Later on, in 1891, James Dewar and Frederick Augustus Abel also managed to transform gelatinized guncotton into a safe mixture, called cordite because it could be extruded into long thin cords before being dried.
The women who work as tattooing artists belong to the Ojha, Badni and Dewar tribes of M. P., and are called Godharins.
Dewar and Royal
Dewar was also the President of the Chemical Society in 1897 and the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1902, as well as serving on the Royal Commission established to examine London's water supply from 1893 to 1894 and the Committee on Explosives.
The Royal Institution laboratories lost a number of staff to the war effort, both in fighting and scientific roles, and after the war, Dewar had little interest in re-starting the serious research work which went on before the War.
James Dewar died in London in 1923, still holding the office of Fullerian Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, having refused to retire.
Cadillac is the first American car to win the prestigious Dewar Trophy from the Royal Automobile Club of England, having successfully demonstrated the interchangeability of its component parts during a reliability test in 1908 ; this spawned the firm's slogan " Standard of the World.
* Kenneth Dewar, Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy ( 1879 – 1964 )
In 1889 Sir Frederick Abel, James Dewar and Dr W Kellner patented ( Nos 5614 and 11, 664 in the names of Abel and Dewar ) a new formulation that was manufactured at the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey.
Locally, the Ottawa Sun reported Munter campaigned " for candidates from all the major parties, including Tory Royal Galipeau in Ottawa — Orléans, Liberal Isabel Metcalfe in Carleton — Mississippi Mills and NDPer Paul Dewar in Ottawa Centre.
Dewar and School
Professor Dewar was preceded by economic historian Paul Johnson, formerly a deputy director of the London School of Economics.
Dewar and on
Following the return of the Labour Party to government in 1997, Dewar became the Secretary of State for Scotland and campaigned for a ' Yes-Yes ' vote in the successful referendum on Scottish devolution.
Born at 194 Renfrew Street, Glasgow on 21 August 1937 to mature parents, Dewar was an only child.
In his maiden speech in the House of Commons Dewar railed against proposed increase on potato tax.
The first elections to the Scottish Parliament were held on 6 May 1999, with Dewar leading the Scottish Labour Party against their main opponents, the SNP under Alex Salmond.
On 13 May, Dewar was nominated as First Minister, and was officially appointed by the Queen on 17 May at a ceremony in the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
In April 2000, Dewar was admitted to hospital for tests on his heart, following a previous test where a minor irregularity was discovered.
Abel, Sir James Dewar and Dr W Kellner, who was also on the committee, developed and jointly patented ( Nos 5, 614 and 11, 664 in the names of Abel and Dewar ) in 1889 a new ballistite-like propellant consisting of 58 % nitroglycerine, by weight, 37 % guncotton ( nitrocellulose ) and 5 % petroleum jelly.
In both countries, actual by-elections where voters go to the polls to vote for their preferred candidate only take place to fill a vacancy in a constituency seat, such as on the death of Donald Dewar, which resulted in a by-election for the constituency of Glasgow Anniesland.
* Johanna Richardson Cockburn ( Edinburgh, Midlothian, 14 January 1831-1888 ), married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 21 October 1856 to her cousin Archibald David Cockburn ( Edinburgh, Midlothian, 6 September 1826-1886 ), son of John Cockburn and wife Eliza Dewar, and had issue
Two years later, researches on " Charcoal Vacua " with James Dewar led him to see the true dynamical explanation of the Crookes radiometer in the large mean free path of the molecule of the highly rarefied air.
Tom Paterson has been the main artist for the strip, although Steve Bright has drawn it on occasions, and Bob Dewar ghosted the strip in the 1980s.
* Letters on the Ornithology of Buenos Ayres ( 1951 ), edited by David W. Dewar
The first re-launch was drawn by Bob Dewar, and the second originally by David Parkins, who drew it for much of the mid-1990s, then Robert Nixon later on.
Notable scientists who have worked there include Sir Humphry Davy ( who discovered sodium and potassium ), Michael Faraday, James Dewar, Sir William and Sir Lawrence Bragg ( who won the Nobel prize for their work on x-ray diffraction ), Max Perutz, John Kendrew, Antony Hewish and George Porter.
Browne joined the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee on his election, and became the Parliamentary Private Secretary ( PPS ) to the Secretary of State for Scotland Donald Dewar in 1998.
( 2003 ), co-edited ( with Diane Coyle and Brian Ashcroft ) New Wealth for Old Nations: Scotland ’ s Economic Prospects ( 2005 ), edited an anthology of essays on the life of the late First Minister, Donald Dewar: Scotland ’ s first First Minister ( 2005 ) and wrote a non-political column for young mums in The Daily Record.
The election was held on Saturday 21 October, only 72 hours after Dewar ’ s funeral and the surprise result saw Jack McConnell defeated with 36 votes to Henry McLeish ’ s 44 votes.
Galbraith served as Minister for Children and Education in the Scottish Executive under Donald Dewar from 1999 to 2000 and then, following the SQA exams controversy which was primarily his fault, as Minister for Environment, Sport and Culture under Henry McLeish until his resignation on 20 March 2001 from ministerial office and his parliamentary seats for health reasons.
At the time of the decision, Dewar was attending a seminar on child protection.
Dewar and Hill
Other hills in the Moorfoot Hills include Blackhope Scar ( 651m ), Dewar Hill, Garvald Law, Rough Moss ( 601m ).
Dewar and Edinburgh
Bratley first became interested in self-reproducing programs after seeing the first known such program written in Atlas Autocode at Edinburgh in the 1960s by the University of Edinburgh lecturer and researcher Hamish Dewar.
Following this, the Scottish Office, led by the then Secretary of State for Scotland, Donald Dewar, decided that a new purpose-built facility would be constructed in Edinburgh, to house the Scottish Parliament.
Deacon was elected to the Scottish Parliament as MSP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh in May 1999 and, though tipped for ministerial office, her appointment by First Minister Donald Dewar as Scotland ’ s first Minister for Health and Community Care came as a surprise to many.
McFadden studied Politics at the University of Edinburgh, gaining an MA in 1988, and was chair of Scottish Labour Students in 1986-87 before becoming a researcher in 1988 for Donald Dewar, then Labour's Scottish Affairs spokesman.
Dewar and nationalist
However, Donald Dewar, then Secretary of State for Scotland, considered the site a " nationalist shibboleth ", and the nearby St Andrew's House buildings ( which at that time were the base of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the former Scottish Office ) to look " Nazi " like " Dresden " ( sic ).
Dewar and ",
On the base of the statue were inscribed the opening words of the Scotland Act: " There Shall Be A Scottish Parliament ", a phrase to which Dewar himself famously said, " I like that!
Dewar and mainly
The music was mainly adult contemporary plus two specialized shows on weekends — The Bandstand with Dick Irvin, and Starlight Concert with Rod Dewar.
Dewar and because
While Dewar was recognised as the inventor, because he did not patent his invention there was no way to stop Thermos from using the design.
Note: Blair McDougall served two terms because the Youth and Student Conference was cancelled following the death of Scotland's First Minister, Donald Dewar.
Dewar and had
One of the first scandals to hit the new Scottish Parliament occurred when allegations that the lobbying arm of public relations company Beattie Media had privileged access to ministers were published, prompting Dewar to ask the standards committee to investigate the reports.
Tropolone had been recognised as an aromatic molecule by Dewar in 1945.
He was mostly responsible for bringing Guncotton into safe use and for winning a patent dispute brought by Alfred Nobel against the British Government over the patent rights to Cordite which Abel had jointly developed with Professor James Dewar.
Dewar had already been created a baronet in 1907. the titles are held by his grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1993 ( who in his turn had succeeded his half-brother in 1947 ).
A police officer from Brent council, Rachel Dewar, decided to lift the police protection, allowing Climbié to return home, when told by a social worker that she had scabies.
At that election Douglas decided not to seek re-election in Dunfermline West, the seat he had represented for 13 years, but to stand against Donald Dewar ( a then high profile Scottish Labour MP ) in his Glasgow Garscadden seat.
Donald Dewar, a leading figure in Scottish Labour politics, had in 1999 been elected to the Scottish Parliament where he had become First Minister of the Scottish Parliament, but he retained his seat in the Parliament of the United Kingdom intending to stand down at the next general election.
They also lost Dunfermline West, but this was not helped by the sitting MP Dick Douglas deciding to stand against Labour MP Donald Dewar in his Glasgow seat instead of defending the seat he had represented for years.
He had been elected in the by-election following the death of First Minister Donald Dewar.
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