Each of the laminae can be seen to be composed of two, three, or four layers of ligneous tubes; but supposing each ring the growth of one year, and the semidiameter of a mowana of one hundred feet in circumference about seventeen feet, if the central point were in the centre of the tree, then its age would lack some centuries of being as old as the ...
Brodie can be a given name or a surname. Of Scottish origin, and a location in Moray, Scotland, its meaning is uncertain; it is not clear if Brodie, as a word, has its origins in the Gaelic or Pictish languages.In 2012 this name was the 53rd most popular boys' name in Scotland.ome of the suggestions that have been advanced as to the meaning of the name Brodie are: 1  Gaelic for a little ridge; a brow, or a precipice;  2 ditch or mire, from the old Irish word broth;  3 muddy place, from the Gaelic word brothach;
Riley is a given name for males and females, which first appeared as Raghallach, which was originated on a man who died in the Battle of Clontarf. Its source gives its meaning as valiant. Though originally a given name, it is more popular and well known as a surname. The surname's first variant is O Ã³ (Raghallaigh descendent/Of Of) raghallach which was later adapted In english As'O reilly which itself has been anglicized Into. Reilly the Surname riley is an over time translated version Of. reilly