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Henry Moyes

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Some aspects of the history of education in analytical chemistry: published syllabi and their authors, Shaw (1734), Watson (1771), Moyes (1784, 1786) and Sullivan (1856)
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A History of the Masonic Lodge of Holyrood House (St. Lukes), No. 44 Holding of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, with Roll of Members, 1734-1934
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As an itinerant public speaker he helped raise 18th century popular interest in the new field of
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Moyes was an Affiliate Member of Lodge Holyrood House (St Luke's), No.44, (Edinburgh,
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Being blind, he required assistance for demonstrations and his assistant, nephew
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at the foot of Carrubbers Close as a theatre but known as St Andrews Chapel.
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where lectures were given to small groups of gentry. Moyes was described as
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The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland.
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From 1778 he gave his lectures in a building constructed by
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Henry Moyes. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1806, after J. R. Smith
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His brother was '"Old Moses" the dreary, drowsy, drone' (
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Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Science and technology in the Industrial Revolution,
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Index



John Kay
natural philosophy
chemistry
Lunar Society
Hanover Square
Adam Walker
Joseph Priestley
John Russell
Kirkcaldy
blinded
smallpox
Adam Smith
latter was in Kirkcaldy
Wealth of Nations
David Hume
Thomas Reid
William Nicol
contributions to science
Allan Ramsay
United States
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Princeton
Charleston, South Carolina
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Manchester
England

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