...was scarcely a phenomenon in nature, that^ever came to his knowledge or observation, but he eould, in some measure or other, reasonably account for it....Cartmell, and was best known by the name of Willy Gibson, sti'l continuing his former occupation. For the last forty years of his life he kept a school...

...the university of Gottingen in Germany, which he never failed to answer ; and from the minute inquiry he made into natural philosophy, there was scarcely...nature, that ever came to his knowledge or observation, for which he could not in some degree reasonably account. He went by the name of " Willy o' the Hollins"...

...the university of Gottingen in Germany, which he never failed to answer; and from the minute inquiry he made into natural philosophy, there was scarcely a phenomenon in nature, that ever came to hip knowledge or observation, for which he could not in some degree reasonably account. He went by...

...Germany, which he never failed to perform ; " and," says his biographer, " from the minute enquiries he made into natural philosophy, there was scarcely...some measure or other reasonably account for it." His usual appellation was Willy o'the Hollins, from which place he removed to Tarngreen, where he resided...

...Gottingen in Germany. These, however difficult, he never failed to answer ; and from the minute inquiry he made into natural philosophy, there was scarcely...knowledge or observation, but he could, in some measure at least, reasonably account for it. He went by the name of Willy-o'-th'-Hollins, for many years after...