Note 5 — PART I. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY—BIRTH AND PARENTAGE.
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In 1831 he contributed to the Edinburgh Medical and Philosophical Journal (vol. X.) a paper entitled, “Outlines of a Plan for combining Machinery with the Manual Printing Press.” His acme of festivity was to go with his friend John Cay (the “partner in his revels”), to a meeting of the Edinburgh Royal Society.