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Today in History
1820:
William Rankine, the engineer and physicist, was born. Rankine is noted for his work in thermodynamics. He devised the 'Rankine Cycle', a theoretical ideal process for the operation of turbines and steam engines, in which a condensing vapour is the working fluid. He served as the first President of the Institute of Engineers in Scotland.
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 The Scottish Arts Council says a scaled-back revamp of the Usher Hall may not develop the venue to "21st century standards". It emerged this week that a £566,000 grant pledged by the body towards the refurbishment has been put on hold until the concerns are addressed. Urgent savings had to be made after a series of complications arose once building work had begun. Previous Tollcross Articles
Source: Edinburgh Evening News
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