William Beattie

“ Auspicious Science smiled on his career.
His life—one lengthened course of mental toil—
With arts, and industry, has blessed the soil;
Those peaceful arts that bid her wealth expand,
And scatter riches o'er a grateful land. ”

“ C’est une chose admirable que de voir aujourd ’hui dans beaucoup d’atéliers de Glasgow, de simples ouvriers posséder et développer, au besoin, les principes de leurs opérations, et les moyens théorétiques d’arriver aux résultats pratiques, les plus parfaits possibles. ”

“ Ure belongs the honour of having taken the lead in a movement which has had incalculable power in developing national wealth, and promoting the interests both of Science and Art.
The influence, which in early life he exerted as a Teacher, he continued in later years as an Author. His “Dictionary of Chemistry,” and his “Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines,” have passed through many editions, and have been translated into the leading Continental languages. No works have done more for directing and extending the applications of Science, to the ordinary uses of life. ”