Note 30 — JOHN RENNIE, F.R.S., L. and E., &c.
Reading edition
According to an article published in the Mechanics' Magazine, Sept. 20, 1861, Mr. Rennie appears likewise to have attended the collegiate academy at Perth. The above brief account of his early life is given on the authority of a Memoir furnished by Mr. George Rennie, F.R.S., and published in the Encyclopædia Britannica.