Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Andrew Ure
Born: May 18, 1778
Died: January 2, 1857 (aged 78)
Bio: Prof Andrew Ure was a Scottish doctor, scholar, chemist, Scriptural geologist and early business theorist.
Known for:
- Philosophy of Manufactures (1836)
- A new system of geology (1829)
- DICT OF CHEMISTRY