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	Alexander Bain
		Alexander Bain and his twin sister Margaret were born in October 1811 of humble parents in the little town of Thurso, at the extreme north of Scotland.
		Bains first patent is dated January 11th, 1841, and is in the name of John Barwise, chronometer maker, and Alexander Bain, mechanist, Wigmore Street.
		In 1847 Bain devised an automatic method of playing on wind instruments by moving a band of perforated paper which controlled the supply of air to the pipes; and likewise proposed to play a number of keyed instruments at a distance by means of the electric current.
	www.thocp.net /biographies/bain_alexander.htm (1399 words)

	Bain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alexander Bain and his twin sister Margaret were born in October 1811 of humble parents near Watten, between Thurso and Wick in Caithness, at the extreme north of Scotland.
		Bain improved his electrical clock in following patents, and also proposed to derive the motive electricity from an "earth battery," by burying plates of zinc and copper in the ground.
		Alexander Bain received a British patent on 27 May, 1843 for "improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in timepieces and in electric printing and signal telegraphs." Hence, Bain designed a device to scan a two-dimensional surface and sent it over wires.
	chem.ch.huji.ac.il /~eugeniik/history/bain.html (2995 words)

	Alexander Bain
		Alexander was born in 1810, in the parish of Watten, Caithness, to a family of 13 children.
		Alexander Bain died, a poor man, in 187 and was buried in Kirkintilloch.
		It is a measure of the stature and genius of Alexander Bain that the name of this self-taught dreamer from a poor Highland croft appears again and again alongside the leaders of his profession on both sides of the Atlantic.
	www.clanmackay.ca /ABain.html (1070 words)

	Alexander Bain (inventor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Bain (October 1811 – January 2, 1877), was a Scottish instrument inventor, technician, and clockmaker.
		Bain's ideas on electrical horology were incorporated in five UK patents taken out during the period 1841 to 1852, and these also include much of his work on telegraphy.
		Alexander Bain; with a vindication of his claim to be the first inventor of the electro-magnetic printing telegraph, and also of the electro-magnetic clock".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Bain_(inventor) (497 words)

	Adventures in CyberSound: Bain, Alexander
		Bain's biggest problem was figuring out how to synchronise the detector and the receiver so they would begin and end the scan lines at the same point.
		In Bain's system of two synchronous pendulums with styluses attached, the movement of one stylus is communicated to the other, using nonconducting ink on conductive paper on the one end, and sensitive paper on the other.
		Alexander Bain was born of humble parents in the little town of Thurso, at the extreme north of Scotland, in the year 1811.
	www.acmi.net.au /AIC/BAIN_BIO.html (2756 words)

	Bain - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bain was founded in 1973 on the principle that consultants should deliver results - not just reports - to their clients.
		Bain Surname Bain is a surname, and may refer to: Addison Bain Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and educationalist...
		Bain, Alexander* Bain, Alexander (1818-1903), Scottish philosopher, psychologist, and educator, born in Aberdeen, Scotland...
	consulting.fabace.com /index.php?k=bain (899 words)

	Alexander Bain
		The fax that we know today depended on a totally different approach; this is more akin to television scanning.
		In fact, Alexander Bain is rightly credited with inventing both the fax and also the television approach to scanning images progressively.
		Bain died in Kirkintilloch and is buried in the Old Aisle cemetery.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /alexander-bain.htm (296 words)

	CCWS - A to Z of Caithness Places - Statues and Monuments - James Bremner
		This memorial to Alexander Bain lies in the village of Watten on the road next to the local village hall.
		Alexander Bain was born on 22 November1810 and had a twin sister Margaret.
		Despite Bain's superior skills as a telegraph engineer he fared badly when dealing with the Morse Company in competition perhaps due to lack of funds that were available to his competitors.
	www.caithness.org /atoz/statuesandmonuments/alexanderbain (254 words)

	Famous Scots Tours in the Highlands of Scotland from Puffin Express
		Alexander BAIN (1810-1877) was born near Watten, Caithness and became a prolific electrical inventor.
		Sir John Alexander MACDONALD (1815-91) was the first Prime Minister of the Federal Dominion of Canada (1867).
		Sir Alexander Matheson was a member of the Jardine-Matheson families which did so much to develop Hong Kong in the 19th century.
	www.puffinexpress.co.uk /people.htm (2146 words)

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		Bain, who has analyzed the laws of association most thoroughly, holds both similarity and contiguity to be elementary principles.
		Bain applied the principles of association to logic and ethics.
		Certain beliefs and rnoral principles are such that the associations of the individual are not sufficient to explain them; they are the associations of successive generations handed down by heredity.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/herbermann/cathen02.txt (17598 words)

	IEE Scotland South East Young Members Section: Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Senior Section are organising a lecture on Alexander Bain, an ingenious and meritorious inventor at Royal Museum Lecture Theatre, National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh on Tuesday 16th May, 2000 at 6pm.
		Born in Watten, Caithness in 1810, his pursuit of knowledge is epitomised by his walking 13 miles in mid-winter, from Thurso to his home after attending a lecture 'Light, heat and electricity'.
		Moving to London in 1837, Bain having gained employment as a clockmaker, was able to advance his knowledge of electrical science through reading and attending lectures.
	local.iee.org /scotlandse/YMS_events_text.html (525 words)

	Alexander Bain (Uhrmacher) \| THG Lexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alexander Bain (* Oktober 1811 in Watten, Caithness; † 2.
		Bain benutzt 1846 Lochstreifen zur telegraphischen Übertragung von Nachrichten ("ticker paper"); Patent auf einen chemischen Telegraphen.
		Bain kann mit dem neuen Telegraphen die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit erheblich steigern.
	www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Alexander_Bain_(Uhrmacher) (165 words)

	Wick - Family History, Genealogy, Surnames and Local History.
		Their son Andrew Bremner Alexander emmigrated to Australia around 1880 and settled in Balmain NSW with his wife Elizabeth McWhirter of Colmonell Ayr who he married in Edinburgh in 1880.
		married helen bremner in thrumster in 1831.their first child was catharine and she was born in caithness in 1833 followed by a son alexander in 1835 but i do not know if the family was still in caithness then.
		Some of his entries are not in the parish registers but as Alexander was born in 1841 I assume he would have known all these people and their details.
	www.curiousfox.com /history_S/caithness.lasso (1868 words)

	Watten, Highland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Watten (grid reference ND242544) is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road (A882-A9) between the county town of Wick and the burgh of Thurso, about twelve kilometres (eight miles) west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten.
		The village is within the parish of Watten, which has the Parish of Bower to the north, that of Wick to the east, that of Latheron to the south and that of Halkirk to the west.
		Watten is famous also as the birth place of Alexander Bain, inventor of an electric clock and a fax machine and was the site of POW Camp 165 during World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Watten,_Highland (213 words)

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		Likely Christian (believed to have been pronounced "Christy-Ann") was a few years younger than Alexander if she was a first wife, perhaps a number of years younger if his second or third wife.
		Maps of County Caithness and of Watten and Wick parishes
		Above, in Watten parish (the brownish area), note the location of Watten village, L[och] Watten and Watten Ch[urch], the last being the location of the old church where the Calders attended before coming to America.
	www.garrason.com /zccg/calder/ca13ACsr.htm (603 words)

	Queries Page
		I believe he was a farmer in Watten and was born around 1780.
		They brought up their grandson John Elder Nicolson (my grandfather) and his twin Alexander (born 27th July, 1880) when their mother died a month after the twins were born.
		In the 1891 census, in addition to my grandfather John and his twin Alexander, there was also another grandson, Donald McKay, aged 2, recorded in the household - I would be interested to know whose child he was.
	www.caithnessfhs.org.uk /webpages/queries/queries-page.htm (3241 words)

	The Military Tradition in Caithness:Part 2-The Territorial Road to 1914:Highland Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alexander Carnaby, of Thurso, serving as a lieutenant with the 76th Highlanders was with Moore when he fell.
		David Henderson of Stempster was a captain with the 10th Regiment of Foot, his brother Alexander, a serving lieutenant in the 10th Bombay Infantry, drowned during an expedition to the Persian Gulf.
		Watten formed a rifle corps in 1867, by which time Caithness had been incorporated, along with Orkney and Lerwick, into the Golspie-based Sutherland Rifle Volunteers Administration Battalion.
	www.internet-promotions.co.uk /archives/caithness/tradition2.htm (3305 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for Watten
		Watten, is a small village in Caithness, Scotland, on the main highway between the county town of Wick and the burgh of Thurso, about twelve kilometres (eight miles) west of Wick and close to the Wick River and to Loch Watten.
		The name of the village and loch appear to come from the Norse Vatn meaning water, and the loch is famous for its brown trout fishing.
		Watten is famous also as the birth place of Alexander Bain, inventor of an electric clock and a fax machine.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=watten (107 words)

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		She was distraught at her capture and the death of her lover, Alexander, and did her best to deter the lustful advances of Dugald Keith.
		An Alexander Gunn of Watten, tells us that the Crowner's Brooch (assumed lost) was a gift from the King of Scotland to the Crowner for his office, and that it was found during the last century in Kildonan and passed into the possession of MacLeod of Cadbell.
		Interestingly, according to Mark Rugg Gunn, the Castle Dirlot was occupied by one Alexander Sutherland a relative of the Dunrobin family.
	www.sconemac.com /gunn.html (4910 words)

	FAMILY TREE
		Annie had previously been married to DUNCAN McPHERSON who was in the same regiment as John and as far as we know Annie and Duncan had no children.
		Their grandchildren, Peter Sutherland and Margaret Bain, were described as living at the residence of James Gunn and Robertina on the 1881 census.
		"Alexander Munrow" is said to be 31 years old in the certificate.
	members.aol.com /munrostory/familytree.htm (574 words)

	Pioneer Profiles (B)
		Baines arrived in the Sheep Creek area, in 1886.
		Begg was born at Watten, Caithness, Scotland in 1825 and died in New York, USA in 1905.
		He was engaged by Sir Alexander Galt to explore the Coalbanks area.
	www.pioneersalberta.org /profiles/b.html (11812 words)

	Query
		Alexander (1846-1931) - my great-grandfather, William, John, Margaret, Gordon and Donald (said to have emigrated to Canada).
		Alexander had seven siblings; Kenneth, John, William, Donald, Malcolm, Hugh, and Mary.
		Alexander was a mason by trade in Keiss and married Isabella
	www.elbon24.freeserve.co.uk /query.htm (2291 words)

	Alexander Bain (Uhrmacher)
		Alexander Bain (* Oktober 1811 in Watten Caithness Schottland; † 2.
		Bain benutzt 1846 Lochstreifen zur telegraphischen Übertragung von Nachrichten paper"); Patent auf einen chemischen Telegraphen.
		Bain kann mit dem neuen Telegraphen Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit erheblich steigern.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Alexander_Bain_(Uhrmacher).html (153 words)

	Annuaire 3wFrancais.com : de bain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At Bain, we look for recommendations that are actions designed to generate results, not merely academic answers.
		Bain Ltd handles a full range of shipments from LTL to heavy haul and warehousing.
		La Salle de Bain (Bathroom) The Bathroom of the Inn is a place to escape the worries of the world.
	www.3wfrancais.com /de-bain.php (2075 words)

	Overview of Alexander Bain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Born in Watten (Caithness), Bain was apprenticed to a clock-maker in Wick.
		Bain moved to London, where he developed the first fax machine, although it took time to find a use for this invention.
		Bain also invented a printing device which used an electro-chemical process to record the messages.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst933.html (264 words)

	What to
		Watten is a small village mid-way between Wick and Thurso.
		It lies at the end of Loch Watten which is famous for its fishing.
		Famous as the Birthplace of "Alexander Bain" inventor of the Electric Printing Telegraph and the Electric Pendulum Clock.
	www.scotland-index.co.uk /caithness/in_watten.htm (188 words)

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		John Bain was born say 1710 probably in Caithness County, Scotland.
		A twenty-six year old man named William Bain was on the ship that brought Henrietta (Bain) Calder and her family to America in 1775.
		If John Bain (above) and his wife did so when Henrietta Bain came into the world, she would have been born just a few days before 19 May 1736, the day she was christened in Bilbster community near Wick in Co Caithness.
	www.garrason.com /zccg/bain/bn15JB&HB.htm (334 words)

	Caithness CWS - Community Pages - Libraries - Wick Library - History - Chapter Two
		After Hugh Fraser, George Bain and John Dunnet were interviewed, an open vote was held and George Bain had an overall majority, and therefore was elected to the post of Librarian.
		Carnegie from George Bain, Librarian and Clerk, with a complete copy of the minutes of the special meeting of the Library Committee held on the 1st of October.
		George Bain becomes Consulting Librarian after his faithful and loyal services to the library and the Committee, and a new Librarian is appointed to Wick Library, Mr.
	www.caithness.org /community/libraries/wicklibrary/history/ch2.htm (5061 words)

	Famous Scottish Technologists and Scientists - B - The IET
		He conceived and constructed an electromagnetic clock and was thr first person to transmit time signals telegraphically.
		'Alexander Bain, a most ingenious and meritorious inventor' Burns R W. Engineering Science and Education Journal, Vol 2, No2, April 1993.
		A detailed account of the life and achievements of Alexander Bain.
	www.iee.org /TheIEE/Locations/SEC/Famous/sts_b.cfm (1003 words)

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		B: Spouse: Alexander BUDGE Olrig, Caithness, Scotland Alexander BUDGE (M)...................
		C: 17 Feb 1734 Father: John BUDGE Watten, Caithness, Scotland Mother: Janet BAIN Alexander BUDGE (M)...................
		C: 1786 Father: Alexander BUDGE Bower, Caithness, Scotland Katharine BUDGE (F)...................
	www.cursiter.com /txt-exe-files/Budge.txt (5386 words)

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