Edinburgh

(noun.) the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth.

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• Alexander Bain of Edinburgh in 1845-46 originated the modern automatic chemical telegraph. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Davy had already made influential friends, and one of them, Dr. Hope, the professor of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, was to give him his next step forward. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In the new town of Edinburgh, built within these few years, there is not, perhaps, a single stick of Scotch timber. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• We left Edinburgh in a week, passing through Coupar, St. Andrews, and along the banks of the Tay, to Perth, where our friend expected us. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• His father was a teacher of vocal physiology at Edinburgh, and he himself became a teacher of deaf mutes. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In 1768, financially independent, Dr. Hutton etired to reside in Edinburgh. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• How very well you speak French, Lady Grizzel said, who herself spoke the tongue in an Edinburgh accent most remarkable to hear. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• This self-taught American, to quote from the Edinburgh Review of 1806, is the most rational, perhaps, of all philosophers. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Tenpence may be reckoned its price in Edinburgh and its neighbourhood. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• His two brothers died in Edinburgh of consumption, and he was told that he must seek a change of climate. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• There was little trade or industry in Edinburgh before the Union. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In 1826 Professor Grant, in the concluding paragraph in his well-known paper (Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, vol. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I recollect they said that in 'The Edinburgh' somewhere--it must be true up to a certain point. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Bell was born in Edinburgh March 1, 1847, and educated there and in London. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Darwin had studied medicine at Edinburgh, but found surgery distasteful. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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