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" A. E. Anton, in Handfasting in Scotland ( 1958 ), finds that the first reference to such a " trial marriage " is by Thomas Pennant in his 1790 Tour in Scotland.
Next, Thomas Pennant in Journey from Chester to London ( 1782 ) recounted how " the curiousity of a certain taylor overcoming his fear, he took a single peep ".
* Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd: The most impressive of the late Georgian and early Victorian pretend-castles, built in 1820-45 by Thomas Hopper for the Pennant family.
He also recounts information passed to him by acquaintances and local gentry, and that obtained in natural history works of his time, including those by Thomas Pennant and Gilbert White, as well as the translation of Buffon's Histoire naturelle.
The name Common Gull was coined by Thomas Pennant in 1768 because he considered it the most numerous of its genus.
The generic name ' pipit ', first documented by Thomas Pennant in 1768, is onomatopoeic, from the call note of this species.
In 1724 Thomas ' father, David Pennant, also inherited the neighbouring Downing estate from a cousin, considerably augmenting the family's fortune.
Pennant received his early education at Wrexham grammar school, before moving to Thomas Croft's school in Fulham in 1740.
* Works by or about Thomas Pennant at Internet Archive ( scanned books original editions color illustrated )
* Full text of Thomas Pennant: The Journey from Chester to London ( 1780 ) on A Vision of Britain through Time, with links to the places mentioned.
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* 1775 – An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes " African Slavery in America ", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.
* January 3 – Harper's Weekly publishes Thomas Nast's first drawing of the modern Santa Claus ( although Santa existed previously ).
* November 7 – Harper's Weekly publishes a cartoon by Thomas Nast which is the first use of an elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party.
* Sir Isaac Newton's Method of Fluxions ( 1671 ), describing his method of differential calculus, is first published ( posthumously ) and Thomas Bayes publishes a defense of its logical foundations ( anonymously ).
* Paolo Cortese publishes De Cardinalatu, a manual for cardinals, including advice on palatial architecture – which inspires Thomas Wolsey in his construction work at Hampton Court Palace.
* Stationer Thomas Marsh publishes Seneca's Tragedies in English, a collected edition of ten dramas written by Seneca the Younger ( or attributed to him ), translated by Jasper Heywood, John Studley, Alexander Neville, Thomas Newton, and Thomas Nuce.
* Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring publishes his description of Pterodactylus which he names Ornithocephalus antiquus.
* Thomas Robert Malthus publishes the first edition of An Essay on the Principle of Population ( anonymously ) in London.
* Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring publishes Tabula sceleti feminini in Frankfurt am Main, the first accurate representation of the female skeleton.
* Dr Thomas Percival of Manchester publishes his Code of Medical Ethics, coining the expression medical ethics.
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