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	William Murdoch - engineer
		Murdoch was born in August, 1754, at Old Cumnock in Ayrshire, Scotland, the sonof a master gunner with the army.
		Murdoch revealed that he had turned it on a lathe he had invented himself and Boulton, realising the value of such a machine and the intellect necessary to design it, employed him on the spot.
		Murdoch, however, realised that high-pressure steam, acting directly on a piston in a closed cylinder, was the way forward and was, in fact, the only solution to the problem of using steam to power a moving vehicle.
	www.cottontimes.co.uk /murdocho.html (1014 words)

	William Murdoch (1754-1839) was a pioneer of gas lighting. His home, a cottage in Boulton and Watt's Soho Foundry,
		William Murdoch (1754-1839) was a pioneer of gas lighting.
		Matthew Boulton, impressed by Murdoch's wooden hat, made on a lathe of his own design, gave him a job and within a short term he was well respected within the firm.
		He is remebered by the Moonstones and a statue of him, Boulton and Murdoch, by William Bloye, all in Birmingham.
	www.birminghamuk.com /wikipedia/William_Murdoch.htm (176 words)

	William Murdoch Biography
		William's ingenuity and ability was recognised by James Watt and at the age of 25, he was appointed Senior Engine Erector in the company's most important and competitive area, Cornwall.
		William filled his spare time experimenting and, within a year or two, was actively engaged in his spare time designing and building a working model of a road vehicle powered by steam.
		William Murdoch gave to the world numerous inventions and innovations, many ahead of their time and many of which are still in use today.
	home.freeuk.net /murdochflyer/biomurdoch.htm (526 words)

	William Murdoch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Murdoch that as an archaeologist looking backward along the stream of time and trying to form, for myself, an image of what happened here (sometimes with the assistance of robotic eyes), I regret that I have gotten only a small part of the picture right, and that I have done him a grievous wrong.
		Murdoch had presented this argument to other reluctant wives as the seats in lifeboats dwindled to less than 200 for nearly 1700 still remaining aboard.
		Murdoch] is on board right now, having a look [about] as one of the officers is taking her around.
	www.charlespellegrino.com /william_murdoch.htm (2737 words)

	Dalbeattie Town History - 'RMS Titanic' - Life of William McMaster Murdoch
		Murdoch was transferred to the liner 'Celtic' on the 28th January 1904 for her voyage on the 30th between Liverpool and New York.
		Murdoch is known to have been on her for eight months and at least as many voyages, all on the same run.
		Murdoch had eleven voyages aboard her as Second Officer, then was appointed as First Officer for a trip before he left in the February of 1906 for the 'Cedric'.
	www.dalbeattie.com /titanic/wmmlifea.htm (1497 words)

	TitanicFirst Officer William M
		In the film, Murdoch, played by Ewan Stewart, the son of the late Scottish entertainer Andy Stewart, is portrayed as a coward, who in one scene accepted a cash bribe to ensure a male passenger room on a lifeboat.
		Murdoch was born on the 28 February 1873.
		Murdoch has been cruelly portrayed in the film but at least readers of The Urlar can be assured that Lieutenant William McMaster Murdoch - the First Officer of the Titanic lived and died a hero and is remembered as such in his hometown of Dalbeattie.
	www.clan-macpherson.org /titanic.htm (891 words)

	William Murdoch - Famous Scots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		William's father John (like his father) had been a master gunner with the army.
		It was soon realised what a genius William was and he was sent off to Cornwall to tend to the company's steam engine business in the tin mines.
		William wanted to mount a steam 'car' on rails but his company told him moving engines couldn't possibly have any future - and it didn't, for another 30 years.
	www.scotsmart.com /info/famous/w_murdoch.html (309 words)

	Page 11
		It is not the purpose of the present author to "prove" that First Officer William Murdoch did in fact commit suicide, since there is currently not enough eyewitness testimony available to establish the identity of the officer who was seen by several eyewitnesses to have taken his own life.
		It is worth noting that the Murdoch webmaster speculates that Wilde may have decided to shoot himself because he feared he'd be prevented from assuming command of the Oceanic due to his involvement in the Titanic disaster.
		Although the Murdoch webmaster might be excused for believing the BBC report to be accurate, the report is nevertheless untrue and does not accurately reflect Lynch's thoughts on the matter.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Carpathia/page11.htm (4803 words)

	Murdoch, Rupert K.
		Murdoch was able to quickly reverse the unprofitable states of these newspapers, and he used the new profits to acquire other media properties--thereby exhibiting the fundamental growth strategy that would come to characterize his career.
		Murdoch saw the situation as a rare opportunity to purchase a group of choice television stations in the country's largest markets, thereby ensuring a distribution vehicle for his new studio's programs.
		While Murdoch was able to renegotiate the terms of his agreements, which avoided the disaster, it temporarily placed Murdoch in the unusual position of being unable to aggressively expand News Corp.'s holdings.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/murdochrupe/murdochrupe.htm (1272 words)

	William Murdoch (1754-1839) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		William Murdoch, the son of an Ayrshire mill designer, was born in 1754.
		Murdoch had an excellent grasp of mechanics and, in 1777, he walked 300 miles to Birmingham to meet James Watt, in the hope of persuading Watt to employ him at his factory.
		Murdoch's best known contribution, then, was to gas lighting.
	level2.phys.strath.ac.uk /ScienceOnStreets/williammurdoch.html (213 words)

	Mr William McMaster Murdoch
		Mr William McMaster Murdoch, 39, was born on 28th February, 1873 at "Sunnyside", Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland, the fourth son of Samual Murdoch and Jane 'Jeannie' Muirhead.
		Murdoch joined the White Star after serving on sailing vessels.
		Murdoch was on the bridge at the time of the collision.
	www.encyclopedia-titanica.org /biography.php?id=1360 (205 words)

	Cricinfo - William Murdoch
		Murdoch had a long career as a cricketer but his fame will rest mainly on what he did for the Australian teams of 1880, 1882, and 1884.
		In his early days in Australia, Murdoch was a first-rate wicket-keeper and it was chiefly as a wicket-keeper that he secured his place in the Australian team of 1878.
		Murdoch's career was sharply divided into two parts.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /australia/content/story/155793.html (701 words)

	Some famous Murdochs
		For the next 60 years Murdoch was on the stage irregularly, yet he managed to establish a reputation and was highly regarded during the 19th century as both a tragedian and a comedian.
		The novels illustrate Murdoch's conviction that although human beings think they are free to exercise rational control over their lives and behaviour, they are actually at the mercy of the unconscious mind, the determining effects of society at large, and other, more inhuman, forces.
		Among Murdoch's diverse publications were a number of more conventional and respected newspapers, such as The Times of London and the Sunday Times (both acquired in 1981) and the Australian (a national daily that he established in 1964).
	www.strathearn.com /clan-murdoch/mu_history4.html (1823 words)

	The William Murdoch Project - Historical Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		In 1792 William Murdoch succeeded in lighting his house and office in Cross Street, Redruth, by piped coal gas.
		In this house over 200 years ago William Murdoch, the father of the modern gas industry, pioneered the first practical system of piped-gas lighting anywhere in the world.
		William Murdoch's novel work had more significance than much which has been given greater praise and greater prominence.
	www.trainingscotland.i12.com /murdoch/profile05.htm (369 words)

	Titanic's Officers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Murdoch was in charge of the bridge and it was on his watch that the Titanic struck the iceberg.
		William McMaster Murdoch was born on February 28, 1873 at Barr Hill, Dalbeattie, the fourth son of Captain Samuel Murdoch.
		Murdoch was also rumored to have committed suicide, but his body was never recovered and consequently, there is no evidence to prove or refute this allegation.
	my.execpc.com /~reva/tioff.htm (1669 words)

	K. Rupert Murdoch - SourceWatch
		Rupert Murdoch (Keith Rupert Murdoch) is chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation and the Fox News.
		Murdoch was born in Australia on 11th of March, 1931.
		Murdoch believes the criticism of him in the UK is attributable to his success in breaking the print unions and his success in establishing satellite broadcasting.
	www.disinfopedia.org /wiki.phtml?title=Rupert_Murdoch (3140 words)

	Doig Genealogy - Walter Doig and Elizabeth Murdoch
		William farmed the 185 acres of the Doig homestead in Bovina.
		William was an important factor in the industrial interests of the town of Bovina, has a pleasant residence in Bovina Centre, where in following his trade of plasterer and mason, he assisted in building some of the finest residences and business houses.
		William was a plasterer and mason and served as Collector and Constable in Bovina.
	doig.net /WALT1767.html (6354 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Billy Murdoch
		Billy Murdoch, born at Sandhurst, Victoria, October 18, 1854, died at Melbourne, February 18, 1911.
		In his early days in Australia, Murdoch was a first-rate wicketkeeper and it was chiefly as a wicketkeeper that he secured his place in the Australian team of 1878.
		He kept wicket in the memorable match against MCC at Lord's -- the match that once for all established the fame of Australian cricket -- but he soon found that he could not hold his own with Blackham, and thenceforward batting became his exclusive study.
	content.cricinfo.com /australia/content/player/6669.html (788 words)

	UCR News: 2003 Alfred M. Boyce Lecture to be Given by Ecologist William Murdoch
		William Murdoch is the Charles A. Storke II Professor of Ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
		Murdoch has edited two editions of an environmental textbook, and wrote a book on the inter-relations among population growth, hunger, agriculture and economic development - The Poverty of Nations - which has been translated into French, Spanish and Catalan.
		Murdoch established the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at UC Santa Barbara.
	www.newsroom.ucr.edu /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=586 (801 words)

	The William Murdoch Project presented by Motor Racing Retro
		William Murdoch's work on his first model-steam carraige (the only survivor), came to a halt towards the end of 1784 for various reasons.
		More importantly, to William at least, was his marraige to Anne Payntor, and within the year his twin sons were born.
		William Murdoch's work on the steam carraige was not yet finished though, for there is more evidence suggesting two more carraiges were built between 1790 and 1792.
	www.trainingscotland.i12.com /murdoch/devil02.htm (766 words)

	Neocon Corner
		It is clear that Murdoch was financially comfortable before embarking on his meteoric rise, as he quickly added the Sydney Mirror and the News of the World and The Sun in London to his expanding collection of media outlets.
		Murdoch was a gambler in every sense of the word as he moved into the newspaper and publishing market.
		Murdoch always has been known as an opportunistic buyer, and likes to consider himself a "catalyst for change." He is also recognized for what some have called his "special brand of synergy," or "corporate cross-pollination," using his various corporate holdings to publicize and reinforce one another.
	www.wrmea.com /archives/june2003/0306024.html (2288 words)

	More about other Lunar Society members (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		William Small was born in Scotland in 1734 and educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen.
		William Withering made an extensive study of botany and in 1776 he published an 826-page treatise on all the vegetables growing naturally in Britain.
		Seriously ill, William Withering took to spending his winters in Portugal for the good of his health, prompting Matthew Boulton to coin the dreadful pun, 'The flower of Physick was in such a Withering way as to render a transportation to Lisbon necessary'.
	jquarter.members.beeb.net /moreother.htm (2534 words)

	Some Descendants of William Murdoch and Isabella Crawford
		William Murdoch born 26 Nov 1820, Lochwinnoch, Renfrew, Scotland, occupation farmer, married Elizabeth Craig?.
		William Murdock Johnston (son of William Johnston and Elizabeth Murdoch) born Circa 1858, Peoria county, Illinois, married Jennie Hayes.
		Robert Dougal Johnston (son of William Johnston and Elizabeth Murdoch) born 16 Dec 1868, Peoria county, Illinois, married 13 Sep 1891, in Beaconsfield, Ringold, Iowa, Lucy Belle Daniels, born 24 Jun 1875, Stark, Illinois, died 20 Jan 1944, Mt. Ayr, Ringold, Iowa, buried: Rosehill cem, Mt. Ayr, Ringold, Iowa.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Plains/6025/murdock.htm (3777 words)

	William Murdoch Lugar near Cumnock
		Murdoch is credited with the invention of using gas for lighting and a plaque exists at Bello Mill farm to commemorate this achievement.
		It is surely apparent that Redruth pays homage to William Murdoch more appropriately than the area of his birth.William Murdoch's legacy is venerated here and the townspeople celebrate a "Murdoch's day" yearly.
		The photograph on the right is of William Murdoch's house in Redruth as it is today.The plaque on the wall on the right of the house is shown below in higher resolution.
	www.cumnock.net /murdoch.php (233 words)

	Murdoch -The Man, the Mystery -Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		It must be pointed out that Murdoch -The Man, the Mystery is an on-going attempt to finally collect and organise unprejudiced information about William Murdoch, something which has not been done to any full or organised extent until now.
		However, the William Murdoch biography is only a few lines compared to the several paragraphs for the other officers.
		As would be expected, they vigorously defend the image of one of the Murdoch clan, and name Murdoch as the "true hero" of the night.
	www.geocities.com /murdochmystery/Links.html (835 words)

	Dalbeattie Town History - Murdoch of the 'Titanic'
		Second Wireless Operator Harold Bride, and passenger Archibald Gracie, both also saw Murdoch trying to free a collapsible boat to rescue more of the crew and passengers when he was swept away.
		William Murdoch's heroic actions were those of a reasonable and honourable seaman.
		Despite a donation made by 20th Century Fox to the School on the 15th April 1998, The Murdoch Memorial Fund supporting this Prize still needs to be increased and the account administered by the Board of Governors remains open for donations.
	www.dalbeattie.com /titanic (476 words)

	William Murdoch - The Scot Who Lit The World
		William Murdoch (1754-1839) grew up in the Ayrshire village of Lugar where his millwright father invented cast iron pinion gearing and rode his famous ‘wooden horse’ - the world’s first tricycle.
		William’s creative genius flourished and at the age of 23 he walked 250 miles to begin work with James Watt and Matthew Boulton at the Soho Manufactory in Birmingham.
		For almost 20 years he ran their hugely demanding Cornwall steam engine business but continued to invent with breathtaking foresight and imagination giving the steam carriage and his greatest innovation which rapidly transformed society: the invention of gas lighting.
	www.williammurdoch.com (340 words)

	Amazon.com: Poor Tom Is Cold: Books: Maureen Jennings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Murdoch's investigation is driven as much by the desire of the police to avoid the stigma of a suicide in its ranks as it is by a desire to expose a crime.
		This is the third novel in the William Murdoch mystery series set in Victorian Toronto, and it is as riverting and as compelling as the first two books.
		William Murdoch is asked to investigate Wicken's death; and in spite of the coroner's desire to wrap things up quickly, and Murdoch's own niggling doubts about the suicide, William Murdoch is determined to do his best find out the truth about Wicken's death.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312268920?v=glance (1894 words)

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