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	William John Macquorn Rankine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rankine was initially educated at home owing to his poor health, but later attended Ayr Academy and the High School of Glasgow.
		The year 1842 also marked Rankine's first attempt to reduce the phenomena of heat to a mathematical form but he was frustrated by his lack of experimental data.
		Rankine attempted to apply his hypothesis of molecular vortices to the phenomena of birefringence (possibly motivated by the earlier work of Forbes) and of elasticity but without success.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_John_Macquorn_Rankine (1064 words)

	WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN RANKINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He was an enthusiastic and most useful leader of the volunteer movement from its begin.ning, and a writer, composer and singer of humorous and patriotic songs, some of which, as The Three Foot Rule and They never shall have Gibraltar, became well known far beyond the circle of his acquaintance.
		Rankine was the earliest of the three founders of the modern science of Thermodynamics (qv.) on the bases laid by Sadi Carnot and J. Joule respectively, and the author of the first formal treatise on the subject.
		Rankine died at Glasgow on the 24th of December 1872.
	70.1911encyclopedia.org /R/RA/RANKINE_WILLIAM_JOHN_MACQUORN.htm (293 words)

	Rankine, William John Macquorn - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rankine, William John Macquorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rankine was born in Edinburgh and trained as a civil engineer.
		In A Manual of the Steam Engine and other Prime Movers (1859), Rankine described a thermodynamic cycle of events (the Rankine cycle), which came to be used as a standard for the performance of steam-power installations where a considerable vapour provides the working fluid.
		Rankine here explained how a liquid in the boiler vaporized by the addition of heat converts part of this energy into mechanical energy when the vapour expands in an engine.
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		In 1836, while attending the University of Edinburgh, Rankine was awarded a gold medal for his essay on the undulating theory of light, and in 1838, he won another medal for his essay on methods of investigation.
		Rankine's research led him to a theory of steam engines and to expand and modify William Froude's theory on the rolling of ships among waves.
		Rankine is perhaps best remembered for the Rankine cycle which describes the changes in pressure and temperature of water in a steam engine.
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	Memoirs and portraits of 100 Glasgow men: 78. J. Macquorn Rankine [ebook chapter] / James MacLehose, 1886
		Paternally, he was descended from the Rankines of Carrick and the Cochranes of Dundonald; and by the mother's side from the Grahams of Dougalston and Birdston, and the Buchanans and the Macfarlanes of that Ilk, and was thus essentially a West-Country man.
		John Elder, the famous engineer, which was not, however, published until 1872; and in December, 1870, he was appointed a member of the Committee for Ships of War.
		Rankine (late in 1849) and Clausius (early in 1850) took the first step towards the formation of a true theory of the action of heat on bodies, by showing (by perfectly different modes of attacking the question) the nature of the modifications which Carnot's theory required.
	gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk /mlemen/mlemen078.htm (2233 words)

	Rankine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rankine is a thermodynamic temperature scale named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.
		Like Kelvin, Rankine zero is absolute zero, but Fahrenheit degrees are used.
		As a result, a difference of 1 R° is equal to a difference of 1 F°, but 0 °R is −459.67 °F. The Rankine cycle is an idealised thermodynamic cycle for a steam engine, i.e.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rankine (144 words)

	NAHSTE: Papers of William John MacQuorn Rankine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		William John MacQuorn Rankine (1820-1872) was one of the founders of the study of thermodynamics and the first to formally publish scientific results in this discipline.
		Rankine also served in the Rifle Corp Volunteers, rising to the rank of Senior Major before resigning his post.
		Rankine was elected Fellow of the Royal Society 1853, he was awarded the Keith Medal by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1854 and was first president of the Institute of Engineers in Scotland from 1857.
	www.nahste.ac.uk /cgi-bin/view_isad.pl?id=GB-0248-DC-320&view=basic (407 words)

	AllRefer.com - Rankine temperature scale (Physics) - Encyclopedia
		Rankine temperature scale, temperature scale having an absolute zero, below which temperatures do not exist, and using a degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
		Absolute zero, or 0°R, is the temperature at which molecular energy is a minimum, and it corresponds to a temperature of -459.67°F. Because the Rankine degree is the same size as the Fahrenheit degree, the freezing point of water (32°F) and the boiling point of water (212°F) correspond to 491.67°R and 671.67°R, respectively.
		The temperature scale is named after the Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine, who proposed it in 1859.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/Rankinet.html (230 words)

	Geotechnical Engineering Hall of Fame: Rankine
		Rankine is best known for his accomplishments in thermodynamics (description of the operational cycle of an ideal engine using steam or another vapor) and soil mechanics (earth pressure theory).
		On December 3, 1855, at the age of 35, Rankine was appointed by the Queen’s Commission to the Chair of Civil Engineering and Mechanics at Glasgow - a Regius Chair established by royal decree.
		Rankine, a civil engineer, was a superintendent for the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway.
	www.ejge.com /People/Rankine/Rankine.htm (762 words)

	2005 July 26 - Remembering John Rankine, Former BIAC Vice Chair
		We were saddened to learn of the death on June 7 of John Rankine, a longtime IBM executive and USCIB member who served as vice chairman of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD in the late 1970s. He was 77.
		Rankine he grew up in Scotland and earned engineering degrees from the University of Glasgow, later completing post-graduate studies in atomic physics at McGill University in Montreal.
		Rankine also served as chairman of the American National Standards Institute, vice president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and chairman of its Standards Association and Board of Governors.
	www.uscib.org /index.asp?documentID=3350 (260 words)

	Rankine, William John Macquorn articles on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rankine, William John Macquorn RANKINE, WILLIAM JOHN MACQUORN [Rankine, William John Macquorn], 1820-72, Scottish engineer and physicist.
		Serving as a professor of engineering at the Univ. of Glasgow from 1855, he made valuable contributions to civil and mechanical engineering as well as to thermodynamics.
		Rankine temperature scale RANKINE TEMPERATURE SCALE [Rankine temperature scale] temperature scale having an absolute zero, below which temperatures do not exist, and using a degree of the same size as that used by the Fahrenheit temperature scale.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/38988.html (165 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: John Rankine
		The Thorburn Enterprise by John Rankine [Science Fiction]
		The Fletcher Chronicles by John Rankine [Science Fiction]
		One is One [Dag Fletcher Galactic Series #5] by John Rankine [Science Fiction]
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	More info about the poet: William John Macquorn Rankine - references bibliography
		William John Macquorn Rankine Scottish engineer and physicist and one of the founders of the science of thermodynamics, particularly in reference to...
		William John Macquorn Rankine (5 de julio de 1820-24 de diciembre de 1872) fue un ingeniero y físico escocés.
		William John MacQuorn Rankine (1820-1872) was one of the founders of the study of thermodynamics and the first to formally publish scientific results in...
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	John Rankine Barclay ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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		John James Audubon, Douglass" Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848), circa 1843
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	Overview of William John Macquorn Rankine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Born in Edinburgh, Rankine became Professor of Civil engineering and Mechanics at the University of Glasgow in 1855.
		Rankine also undertook pioneering work in soil mechanics, considering earth pressures and the stability of retaining walls.
		He died in Glasgow and his name is remembered in the principle known as the Rankine cycle, which he developed and is used as a thermodynamic standard for rating the performance of steam turbines.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/people/famousfirst839.html (159 words)

	Rankine Timber & Truss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rankine Timber and Truss began operation in 1926 where its founder, Mr.
		The four Rankine Brothers paved the way for the local business to survive into the 21st century and now the second generation continue the trend of running the successful business.
		John Rankine, who has been working with the company since 1968, and, in an assistant manager position, Mr.
	www.rankinetimber.com.au /profile.htm (201 words)

	RANKINE, WILLIAM JOHN ... - Online Information article about RANKINE, WILLIAM JOHN ...
		JOHN MACQUORN (182o-1872), Scottish engineer and physicist, was See also:
		Rankine was the earliest of the three founders of the See also:
		Rankine died at Glasgow on the 24th of See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /PYR_RAY/RANKINE_WILLIAM_JOHN_MACQUORN_1.html (487 words)

	Rankine, William John Macquorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Trained as a civil engineer under Sir John Benjamin MacNeill, Rankine was appointed to the Queen Victoria chair of civil engineering and mechanics at the University of Glasgow (1855).
		One of Rankine's first scientific works, a paper on fatigue in metals of railway axles (1843), led to new methods of construction.
		Rankine cycle) used as a standard for the performance of steam-power installations in which
	www1.ceit.es /asignaturas/Termo/Gente/Rankine.htm (157 words)

	John Rankine Art Show - Geekfest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		John is one of the most creative people that I know and I am very excited to see his work created during the past 30 years, beginning in Toronto, from there to Key West and luckily for us, Eureka Springs.
		And if you have a Rankine article of clothing, tonight would be the perfect time to wear it.
		John, may you have a wonderful birthday, and may the year ahead hold great treasures.
	www.geekfest.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/009387.html (499 words)

	Rankine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rankine is a temperature scale named after Scottish engineer and physicist William John Macquorn Rankine who proposed it in 1859.
		As a result difference of 1 degree R. is equal a difference of 1 degree F but degrees R is -459.67 degrees F. Other temperature scales include the Newton (c.
		The Bromius phenomenon: John Rankine (Dobson science fiction)
	www.freeglossary.com /Rankine (254 words)

	John Rankine - TheBestLinks.com - Science fiction, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Pen name, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		John Rankine - TheBestLinks.com - Science fiction, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Pen name, TheBestLinks.com:Stub,...
		John Rankine, Science fiction, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, Pen name...
		John Rankine is the pen name of Douglas Rankine Mason (1918 -), a British (or British based) science fiction author.
	www.thebestlinks.com /John_Rankine.html (135 words)

	William John Macquorn Rankine - definition erklärung bedeutung glossar zu William John Macquorn Rankine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rankine gilt als einer der Begründer der Thermodynamik und hat insbesondere wichtige Beiträge zur Theorie der Dampfmaschine geliefert.
		Rankine schrieb auch über die Materialermüdung von Metallen, z.B. bei Achsen von Lokomotiven, über den mechanischen Druck bei Erdbewegungen und über die mechanische Stabilität von Wänden.
		Seite verfügbar, der William John Macquorn Rankine Artikel kann
	www.adlexikon.de /William_John_Macquorn_Rankine.shtml (267 words)

	Strathalbyn
		Among the ship's 105 passengers were ten members of the Rankine family and a substantial number of other families who followed Rankine and also settled at Strathalbyn.
		Andrew Rankine, son of William Rankine was the first child born in Strathalbyn in 1841.
		In June 1869, John Bills, carpenter and builder, and Charles Smith, butcher were both declared insolvent.
	www.southaustralianhistory.com.au /strathalbyn.htm (1295 words)

	Robert Burns Country: The Burns Encyclopedia: Rankine, John (d. 1810)
		He apparently got to know that Elizabeth Paton was expecting a child by Burns — the poet's first — and twitted Burns, who replied with two insignificant stanzas, and then with the clever and technically daring 'Epistle to John Rankine'.
		The 'poacher-court' got to hear of the 'paitrick hen' he had brought down with his 'gun', so he had to 'thole the blethers an' pay the fee'.
		He tells Rankine that as soon as her 'clockin'-time' is by, and the child is born, he means to have further 'sportin' by and by', to get value for his guinea.
	www.robertburns.org /encyclopedia/RankineJohnd1810.731.shtml (350 words)

	West Church of Maybole History
		In this way the Glen Kirk, as it was known, became surplus to requirements and for many years it was a Chapel of Ease, being served by a succession of ministers.
		One of them was Rev John Rankine, a native of Maybole who became Moderator of the Church of Scotland in 1883.
		The church grounds were granted to the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland for a nominal annual charge in 1857 and the Rev John Thomson was called to be minister of the Glen Kirk.
	www.maybole.org /community/churches/westchurch/history.htm (1199 words)

	Walkabout - Strathalbyn
		The Angas River district, at the southern end of the Mount Lofty Ranges, was settled in the late 1830s when Dr John Rankine from Ayrshire, one of a 105 Scottish immigrants who had arrived at Holdfast Bay near Adelaide, took up land which he called 'Fairfield'.
		It is a compliment to the town's founders that they decided, once the town site had been chosen, to ensure that the banks of the river remain parkland thus creating the town's delightful centre.
		Located at 1 Rankine Street and housed in the old police station (1858) and court house (1867) the Old Court House Museum has extensive displays of historic photographs, clothing, domestic ware and the Police Station has a sitting room, two bedrooms and a kitchen all furnished in equipment from the Victorian era.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/SAStrathalbyn.shtml (708 words)

	Rankine Robert - new and used books
		Also writes as John Rankine Cover illustration by Robert Foster.
		Carnell, John [Edited by] With Contributions by: James White and Douglas R.Mason and Robert Presslie and John Rankine and F. Temple and R. Mackelwortth and Keith Roberts -
		Member of the P.B.F.A. Carnell, John [Edited by] With Contributions by: James White and Douglas R.Mason and Robert Presslie and John Rankine and F. Temple and R. Mackelwortth and Keith Roberts - New Writings in S-F 7
	www.isbn.pl /A-Rankine-Robert (343 words)

	William John Macquorn Rankine Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His steam engine manuals and other such engines were used for many decades.
		His research included: forces in frame structures, molecular physics, metal fatigue, soil mechanics, earth pressures, and the stability of retaining walls.
		Rankine was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1853.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Rankine_William_John_Macquorn.html (157 words)

	References for Rankine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		J B Henderson, Macquorn Rankine : professor of civil engineering and mechanics in the University of Glasgow, 1855 to 1872 : an oration (Glasgow, 1932).
		H B Sutherland, Rankine : his life and times : lecture delivered before the British Geotechnical Society at the University of Glasgow on 13 December 1972 to mark the centenary of the death on 24 December 1872 of William John Macquorn Rankine (London, 1973).
		William John Macquorn Rankine, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Science 1 (1873-4), 276-278.
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/References/Rankine.html (233 words)

	Adams John Couch 1819 1892 Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1847-1887. AIP International Catalog of Sources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Educated at St. John's College, Cambridge and graduated B. 1843 as Senior Wrangler and lst Smith's prizeman.
		Materials by or relating to John Couch Adams can be found in the following series: Lubbock Letters: 27 letters.
		The described materials do not exist as a collective entity, but represent material by or related to John Couch Adams that can be found in various series at The Royal Society, London.
	www.aip.org /history/catalog/icos/2256.html (297 words)

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