Glasgow

Ten facts about Glasgow Glasgow is Scotland’s largest city with a population of approximately 600,000. The city is located on the banks of the River Clyde, about 80 km from Edinburgh. It was founded in the 6th century and grew in importance as a trading port. In the 12th century, the city was granted permission to hold a fair, which still takes place every year. Glasgow’s underground railway system is the only one in Scotland, and the 3rd oldest in the world. It is sometimes nicknamed the Clockwork Orange, because of the colour of the trains. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Glasgow became one of the world’s largest and busiest ports. By the late 18th century, over half of the tobacco trade in Britain was centred on the city. One of…

The exam focuses on the following aspects of neuro exam: bruising or bleeding on the head and scalp, look for blood in the ear canal or behind the tympanic membranes. Anosmia, abnormal postresuscitation pupillary reactivity, isolated internuclear ophthalmoplegia, cranial neve exam, hearing loss, dysphagia, focal motor exam (Olson & Berman, 2017). Using the Sports Concussion Assessment tool is going to be helpful. Sports Concussion Assessment tool 3 (SAC 3) to identify subtle cognitive deficits…

the steamship Rothesay Castle, which ran the Arran-Ardrossan route. Three years later, William entered the employ-ment of the Clyde Shipping Company for a short while, before returning to a more open lifestyle. Thereafter, he was purser aboard passenger steamers Vesta and Guinevere for a number of years. Subsequently, he found employment as clerk at the Brodick and Lamlash piers for a short time, and was then appointed by the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company as their agent in Arran…

Catholic whore!”The following day the two same very young children and their mother came after us. The mother proclaiming “You accosted my son yesterday!” Philip said “well he called my girlfriend a Catholic whore” she said “That's impossible because I'm a Catholic” to that we started to walk away when the boy shouted back at us “You Catholic bastards.” Proof enough for us and their mother, utterly embarrassed she said her apologies. This is so typical of Scotland, especially Glasgow for…

On the 29th of August 1903 William Duguid was born in Glasgow that is in Scotland. When he was 25 on October 1927 he traveled on a boat and ended up in Wellington that is in New Zealand. In Levin he fell in love with Francis and they got married. When he came to NZ he became a linesman and when he got depressed and then he became a cow milker for his neighbors. He died in October 1967. This report is going to tell you the push and pull factors of William Duguid leaving Scotland and coming to New…

Roy Porter has discussed the Scottish Enlightenment in these terms and in his own words, spliced ‘Scottish thinkers into the British story as a whole’. The historiography suggests many scholars and historians consider the Scottish Enlightenment to be a consequence of closer association with England and more specifically as a direct result of the Union of Crowns in 1707. Many key figures of the Enlightenment were born or were educated in Scotland, and Scotland’s contribution to the world is…

The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale uses the same eye, verbal, and motor response tests, but is weighed differently. You can get either 4 points for a spontaneous response, 3 for a response to voice, 2 for a response to painful stimuli, or 1 point for no response in the eye opening test. The verbal Response test grants either 5 points for smiles, oriented to sounds, following objects, or interactions, 4 for cries consolably or inappropriate interactions, 3 for inconsistently inconsolable or…

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a talented and successful architect and designer in the 19th and 20th century who worked in Glasgow and is best known for several remaining creations within the city. Recognized as the father of “Glasgow Style” which created and inspired a new approach to architecture. Born in 1868 on June 7th, Charles Mackintosh studied art and design where he was interested in drawing programmes at the Glasgow School of Art as well as trained as an architecture under John…

by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. James Watt was born the 19th of January 1736 Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. James Watt died the 25th of August 1819 at (aged 83) Handsworth, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. His Residence was Glasgow, Scotland, then Handsworth, England. His Nationality was Scottish and his Citizenship was British and he was also known for the Watt steam engine,Separate condenser, Parallel motion, Sun…

Payton Calhoun Coach Burns History August, 27, 2024 The Tobacco Lords Of Glasgow The Tobacco Lords of Glasgow were a group of wealthy merchants in the 18th century who played a pivotal role in the economic development of the city. These merchants gained significant wealth through the importation and trade of tobacco from the American colonies. The tobacco trade produced lots of wealth, and Glasgow’s strategic location and access to the River Clyde made it a prime hub for buying and selling. The…