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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[John Napier]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Mathematics]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[John Napier, the “Marvellous Merchiston” (as he was known in his day), was a Scottish landowner, mathematician, physicist, astronomer and discoverer of logarithms invented the so-called ‘Napier’s bones’, and made common the use of the decimal point. He was enrolled in St Salvator’s College, St Andrews at the age of 13, and it is suspected that he left Scotland to further his education in mainland Europe. He became interested in religion while in St Andrews, being particularly interested in the Book of Revelation and the Apocalypse. Napier was also often perceived as a magician, thought to have dabbled in necromancy and alchemy, and many tales were told of his superhuman powers. He is remembered through his namesakes, Edinburgh Napier University, the crater Neper on the moon, and the French name for the Natural Logarithm (Logarithme Népérien). David Hume described Napier as “the person to whom the title of a great man is more justly due than to any other whom his country ever produced”.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[173]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[J&oacute;zef Kosacki]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Physics]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Kosacki was an officer in the Polish Army in World War Two and is notably remembered as an engineer and inventor. He invented the first man-portable mine detector during his stay in St Andrews, with the Ardgowan Hotel as army headquarters and West Sands as a test site.
Prior to World War Two, he had been involved in the clandestine Special Signals Unit, a secret instate which worked on electronic appliances for the army. 
As Kosacki had to leave his family in German-held Poland, his name was classified in order to protect them. Therefore, most of his patents were submitted under pseudonyms, including "Józef Kos", "Kozacki", and "Kozack". Although he didn't receive payment nor official recognition for his work, King George VI  sen his a letter of gratitude. 
Kosacki's designs for the mine detector have been used with various armies for over 50 years, and doubled the speed at which heavily mind sands could be cleared (from 100 to 200 metres per hour). Although he didn't receive payment or official recognition for his work, King George VI sent him a letter of gratitude. The mine detector had a profound had a profound impact, saving innumerable lives and limbs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[history]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Organisation]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[174]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Ardgowan  Hotel]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Physics]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Ardgowan was designed by the famous Scottish architect, George Rae, and was built in 1847.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[history,historyscieneex]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1909]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Lucia Cathers]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Site]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[175]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[University of St Andrews]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Museum]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[176]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Prof Peter Guthrie Tait.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Portrait of man in dark jacket and bow tie with dark hair, thinning on top, beard and moustache.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[eulac3d]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[St Salvator's College, St Andrews, north wing]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[history]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[eulac3d]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[James Bell Pettigrew. Photograph by Elliott &amp; Fry.]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[eulac3d]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:license><![CDATA[Creative Commons Attribution License]]></dcterms:license>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Still Image]]></dcterms:type>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bell Pettigrew Museum]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[history]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[eulac3d]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Panorama]]></dcterms:type>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[James Bell Pettigrew]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Natural Philosophy]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Prof James Bell Pettigrew FRSE FRS FRCPE LLD (26 May 1834 – 30 January 1908) was a Scottish anatomist and noted naturalist, aviation pioneer and museum curator. He was a distinguished naturalist in Britain, and Professor of Anatomy at St Andrews University from 1875 until his death.]]></dcterms:description>
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    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[26 May 1834]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[182]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[David Brewster (11 December 1781 &ndash; 10 February 1868)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Astronomy,Mathematics,Photography]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[licb1@st-andrews.ac.uk]]></dcterms:contributor>
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