| 词条 | Alexander Adie |
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LifeHe was born the son of John Adie. He was apprenticed in 1789 to his uncle John Miller. They later went into business together as Miller and Adie, Mathematical Instrument Makers, which continued until 1822. His shop was at 58 Princes Street.[2] Adie supplied lenses to Joseph Hooker, Charles Darwin[3] and Sir David Brewster and was optician to William IV and to Queen Victoria.[4] He invented the sympiesometer or marine barometer and had a small observatory erected long before there was a public observatory in Edinburgh.[4] He was elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 25 January 1819, upon the proposal of Lord F Gray, Sir David Brewster and James Russell. Adie lived at 10 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, from 1832 to 1838.[4] He died at Caanan Lodge, in the Morningside district of Edinburgh (now demolished) in December 1858, and was interred in Greyfriars Kirkyard. The grave lies to the south-west of the church, just to the north-east of the Adam mausoleum. His daughter married Thomas Henderson (1798–1844). Henderson is buried with Adie but is not listed on the memorial. Alexander James Adie (railway engineer)Adie's son was born on 16 December 1808 and also named Alexander James Adie after his father.[1] He studied at the High School in Edinburgh and then Edinburgh University before training as a civil engineer under James Jardine. In 1836 he became Resident Engineer on the Bolton, Chorley and Preston Railway. In 1863 he became Manager of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. In February 1846 he followed in his father's footsteps and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He died at his house, Rockville near Linlithgow, on 3 April 1879. He is buried on the south side of St Michael's Church in Linlithgow. References1. ^1 {{cite report|url=http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/all_fellows.pdf |title=Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002, Biographical Index |publisher=Royal Society of Edinburgh |date=July 2006 |section=Part 1, A-J |page=6 |isbn=0 902 198 84 X |location=22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ, UK |accessdate=2 July 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828135318/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/all_fellows.pdf |archivedate=28 August 2008 }} 2. ^{{Cite web| url = http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83399607&mode=transcription| title= Post-Office Annual directory for Edinburgh and its environs 1832–33|page= 37 |accessdate=2 July 2015}} 3. ^Darwin Correspondence Vol 3, p 358, Letter 1012 4. ^1 2 Mitchell, Anne (1993), The People of Calton Hill, Mercat Press, James Thin, Edinburgh, {{ISBN|1-873644-18-3}}. External links
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