ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] October 29, I874. John Laird died.-One of the chief pioneers of iron shipbuilding, Laird, who was born in Greenock in i8O5, was the son of William Laird, who established a boiler making works at Birkenhead. As a partner with his father, in I829 he built an iron lighter of 6o tons, and in i833 built ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/110591a0