Charles Piazzi Smyth - Charles Piazzi Smyth Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819 - 1900), was Astronomer Royal of Scotland from 1846 to 1888. Born in Naples, he was the son of astronomer Admiral William Henry Smyth. He researched wet collodion process photography and infrared astronomy, and was notable for advancing the theory (in his book Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid) that the Great Pyramid of Giza was a repository of prophesies which could be revealed by detailed measurements of the structure..
William Henry Smyth - William Henry Smyth William Henry Smyth (January 21, 1788 - September 9, 1865) was born in Westminster, England. He was the only son of Joseph Brewer Palmer Smyth, Esq., and Georgina Caroline B. Pilkington, and was a descendant of Captain John Smith, the principal founder of the Jamestown, Virginia colony. His parents were colonial Americanss who lived in East Jersey. They were English loyalists, however, and after the American Revolution they emigrated to England where their son was born. Smyth joined the Royal Navy and during the Napoleonic wars he served in the Mediterranean, eventually achieving the rank of Admiral. He married Annarella Warrington in 1815. During a hydrographic survey in 1817 he met the Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi in Palermo, Sicily, and visited his observatory; this sparked.
Great Pyramid of Giza - in a long-sealed door and poked a fiber-optic camera through. Unfortunately, all that was revealed was another closed door. Since the pyramids were built, they have moved 4 kilometers south, due to the movement of the Earth's crust. Construction From surviving drawings etched in stone, including some attributed to workers on break, certain ideas about the construction of the Great Pyramid have emerged. A comparatively small number of permanently employed, highly qualified and well-paid workers was augmented by large numbers of peasants from all over the empire who were conscripted during the flood period, when no agriculture was possible anyway. Construction took some 20 years. The stone blocks were cut in a quarry nearby. They were moved with human power, drawn and pushed on sleds sliding on stone ramps which were.
List of astronomical topics - -- Great circle -- Great Pyramid of Giza -- Great Wall (astronomy) -- Greek mythology -- Greenwich Mean Time -- Gregorian calendar -- Gregorian telescope -- Gregory, James -- Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit -- Groups and clusters of galaxies -- GRS80 -- Grus -- Guldin -- Guth, Alan -- H H II region -- Hadar -- Haemus Mountains -- Hale, George Ellery -- Hale telescope -- Hale Telescope -- Hall, Asaph -- Halley, Edmond -- Halo -- Hamal -- Hamiltonian -- Hamilton, William Rowan -- Harvard College Observatory -- Hawking, Stephen -- Hawking radiation -- HE0107-5240 -- Heat-death of the Universe -- Hebrew calendar -- Heisenberg, Werner -- Heisenberg, Werner Karl -- Heka -- Helene (moon) -- Heliacal rising -- Heliocentric model -- Heliopause -- Helioseisomology -- Helium -- Helium flash -- Helix.
List of Lunar craters - the craters on the Moon: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Abbe (after Ernst Abbe, German physicist) Abbot (after Charles Greeley Abbot, American astrophysicist) Abduh (after Mohammad Abduh, Egyptian writer) Abel (after Niels Henrik Abel) Abenezra (after Abraham ibn Ezra) Abetti (after Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer) Abul Wáfa (after Abul Wafa, Persian astronomer and mathematician) Abulfeda (after Ismael Abul-fida, Syrian geographer) Acosta (after Cristobal Acosta, Portuguese doctor) Adams (jointly after astronomers John Couch Adams, Walter Sidney Adams, and Charles H. Adams) Agatharchides (after Agatharchides) Agrippa (after Agrippa, Greek astronomer) Airy (after George Biddell Airy) Aitken (after Robert Aitken, American astronomer) Akis (a common Greek female name) Alan (a common Irish.
History of football - of tourists at a number of festivals. The Greeks and Romans are known to have played many ball games some of which involved the use of the feet. The Roman writer Cicero describes the case of a man who was killed whilst having a shave when a ball was kicked into a barbers shop. The Roman game of Harpastu is believed to have been adapted from a team game known as αÏπαστον(episkyros) or Pheninda that is mentioned by Greek playwright, Antiphanes (388-311BC) and later referred to by Clement of Alexandria. The game appears to have vaguely resembled rugby. There are a number of less well-documented references to similar ball games all around the world. William Strachey of the Jamestown settlement is the first to record a game played by the Native.
Gettysburg Union Order of Battle - 6th Wisconsin: Ltc Rufus R. Dawes 7th Wisconsin: Col William W. Robinson, Maj Mark Finnicum - 2nd Brigade: BG Lysander Cutler 7th Indiana: Col Ira G. Grover 76th New York: Maj Andrew J. Grover, Capt John E. Cook 84th New York ("14th Brooklyn"): Col Edward B. Fowler 95th New York: Col George H. Biddle, Maj Edward Pye 147th New York: Ltc Francis C. Miller, Maj George Harney 56th Pennsylvania (9 companies): Col J. William Hofmann - rowspan=2 Second Division: BG John C. Robinson 1st Brigade: BG Gabriel R. Paul Col Samuel H. Leonard Col Adrian R. Root Col Richard Coulter Col Peter Lyle Col Richard Coulter 16th Maine: Col Charles W. Tilden, Maj Archibald D. Leavitt 13th Massachusetts: Col Samuel H. Leonard, Ltc.
Fifteenth United States Congress - (Representative), Republican, OH Dudley Chase (Senator), Republican, VT Clifton Clagett (Representative), Republican, NH Thomas Claiborne (Representative), Republican, TN William Charles Cole Claiborne (Senator), Democrat, LA Henry Clay (Representative), Republican, KY Thomas Willis Cobb (Representative), -, GA Edward Colston (Representative), Federalist, VA Oliver Cromwell Comstock (Representative), Republican, NY Zadock Cook (Representative), Republican, GA Samuel Chandler Crafts (Representative), -, VT Joel Crawford (Representative), Republican, GA John Jordan Crittenden (Senator), Republican, KY John Crowell (Delegate), -, AL Daniel Cruger (Representative), -, NY Thomas Culbreth (Representative), Republican, MD John Paine Cushman (Representative), Federalist, NY David Daggett (Senator), Federalist, CT Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Senator), Federalist, CT Isaac Darlington (Representative), Federalist, PA William Davidson (Representative), Federalist, NC Joseph Desha (Representative), Republican, KY Mahlon Dickerson (Senator), Republican, NJ John Reuben Drake (Representative), Republican, NY Elias Earle (Representative), Republican,.
François Arago - from this period, are due to his advocacy - such as the reward to Louis-Jacques Daguerre for the invention of photography, the grant for the publication of the works of Fermat and Laplace, the acquisition of the museum of Cluny, the development of railways and electric telegraphs, the improvement of the reneile. In 1830 also he was appointed director of the Observatory, and as a member of the chamber of deputies he was able to obtain grants of money for rebuilding it in part, and for the addition of magnificent instruments. In the same year, too, he was chosen perpetual secretary of the Academy of Sciences, the place of J. B. J. Fourier. Arago threw his whole soul into its service, and by his faculty of making friends he gained at.
Eighteenth United States Congress - (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, NH Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Jackson Republican, MO John Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, TN Elijah Boardman (Senator), Republican, CT Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, LA William Czar Bradley (Representative), Republican, VT John Branch (Senator), Crawford Republican, NC Samuel Breck (Representative), -, PA William Leigh Brent (Representative), -, LA Ethan Allen Brown (Senator), Republican, OH James Brown (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, LA John Brown (Representative), -, PA James Buchanan (Representative), Democrat, PA Daniel Azro Ashley Buck (Representative), -, VT Richard Aylett Buckner (Representative), -, KY William Burleigh (Representative), -, ME Hutchins Gordon Burton (Representative), -, NC John Watts Cady (Representative), -, NY Jacob Call (Representative), -, IN Richard Keith Call (Delegate), -, FL Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Representative), Democrat, NY John Wilson Campbell (Representative), Republican, OH Robert Blair Campbell (Representative),.
Eureka Stockade - of whom had come to Australia from the California gold rush) and the hills has been denuded of trees to provide timber for the deep shafts being dug—an environmental disaster from which the area has never really recovered. Authority in the camps was held by the Resident Gold Commissioner, Robert Rede, and enforced by a military garrison. The main mechanism of government revenue was the "Miner's Licence"—a short term lease of a "claim" (a 3.6 metre plot of land). The monthly fee for this licence was 30 Shillings—a stupendous fee for the time—and was payable whether or not any gold had actually been found. This obviously raised the ire of the miners, as did the weekly "licence hunts" where the military police searched for and arrested anyone lacking proof of a.
Exploration of Australia - Nicholas Pateshall François Péron Arthur Phillip Olive Pink John Price George Augustus Robinson Arthur Bowes Smyth John McDouall Stuart Charles Sturt Watkin Tench Michael Terry William Tietkins Frederick Walker William Wall Peter Egerton Warburton Warrup Lawrence Wells Charles Wentworth William Wentworth William Wills Tommy Windiitj Charles Winnecke External Link: http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers.html.
1957 in music - Diamonds, a parody cover of a rhythm and blues hit "Come Go With Me" - Dell-Vikings, one of the first integrated groups "Black Slacks" - Joe Bennett Published popular songs "According To My Heart" w.m. Gary Walker "An Affair To Remember" w. Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey m. Harry Warren "After School" w.m. Dick Wolf & Warren Nadel "All Shook Up" w.m. Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley "All The Way" w. Sammy Cahn m. James Van Heusen "Almost Paradise" m. Norman Petty "Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)" w. Selma Craft m. Morton Craft "America" w. Stephen Sondheim m. Leonard Bernstein "April Love" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Sammy Fain "Are You Sincere?" w.m. Wayne Walker "At The Hop" w.m. Artie Singer, Johnny Medora & Dave White "Be-Bop Baby" w.m. Pearl Lenghurst "Bernadine" w.m. Johnny Mercer "Black Slacks" w.m. Joe Bennett & Jimmy Denton "Bony.
1906 in music - "Alice, Where Art Thou Going?" Heelan, Gumble "All In Down And Out" w. Cecil Mack m. Chris Smith, Billy B. Smith & Elmer Bowman "Anchors Aweigh" w. Alfred Hart Miles & R. Lovell m. Charles A. Zimmerman "Andulko Safárova" Kmoch "Anxious" William Jerome, Jean Kendis, Paley "Are You Coming Out Tonight, Mary Ann?" w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Harry Von Tilzer "Arrah Wanna" w. Jack Drislane m. Theodore F. Morse "At Dawning" w. Nelle Richmond Eberhart m. Charles Wakefield Cadman "Because You're You" w. Henry Blossom m. Victor Herbert "The Bee That Gets The Honey Doesn't Hang Around The Hive" w. Ed Rose m. J. Fred Helf "The Bird On Nellie's Hat" w. Arthur J. Lamb m. Alfred Solman "The Buffalo Rag" Tom Turpin "By The Side Of The Zuyder Zee".
Albert Reynolds - Fáil. '''An Taoiseach Albert Reynolds Rank: 8th First Term: February 11 1992 - December 15 1994 Predecessor: Charles Haughey Successor: John Bruton Date of Birth: 3 November 1932 Place of Birth: Roscommon, Ireland Profession: Businessman Political Party: Fianna Fáil Albert Reynolds was born on 3 November 1932 in County Roscommon. He was educated in Sligo at Summerhill College. He became involved in dancehall promotion and also founded a pet-food company. He also had business interests in local newspapers and a cinema. He became interested in politics following the 'Arms Trial' of 1970 (which saw Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney acquitted of importing arms into the country illegally). Reynolds was an elected TD for Fianna Fáil in the party's landslide victory in 1977. He became a Minister under Charles Haughey, serving as.
Twentieth United States Congress - (Representative), Whig, TN Samuel Bell (Senator), Adams, NH Thomas Hart Benton (Senator), Jacksonian, MO John Macpherson Berrien (Senator), Jacksonian, GA John Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, TN Thomas Holdsworth Blake (Representative), -, IN Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Senator), Adams-Clay Republican, LA John Branch (Senator), Crawford Republican, NC William Leigh Brent (Representative), -, LA Titus Brown (Representative), -, NH John Heritage Bryan (Representative), -, NC James Buchanan (Representative), Democrat, PA Daniel Azro Ashley Buck (Representative), -, VT Richard Aylett Buckner (Representative), -, KY Rudolph Bunner (Representative), -, NY Tristam Burges (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, RI William Burleigh (Representative), -, ME Jacob Burnet (Senator), Adams, OH Samuel Butman (Representative), -, ME John Calhoon (Representative), Whig, KY Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Representative), Democrat, NY Samuel Price Carson (Representative), -, NC John Carter (Representative), Jacksonian, SC Ezekiel Forman Chambers.
Twenty-first United States Congress - (Representative), -, MA Henry Daniel (Representative), Jacksonian, KY Thomas Davenport (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, VA John Davis (Representative), Whig, MA Warren Ransom Davis (Representative), Jacksonian, SC Charles Gerrit DE Witt (Representative), -, NY Edmund Deberry (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, NC Harmar Denny (Representative), Anti Mason, PA Robert Desha (Representative), Jacksonian, TN Mahlon Dickerson (Senator), Jacksonian, NJ John Dean Dickinson (Representative), -, NY Philip Doddridge (Representative), -, VA Clement Dorsey (Representative), -, MD Joseph Draper (Representative), Jacksonian, VA William Drayton (Representative), Jacksonian, SC Charles Edward Dudley (Senator), Jacksonian, NY Edward Bishop Dudley (Representative), -, NC Joseph Duncan (Representative), Jacksonian, IL Henry Williams Dwight (Representative), -, MA Samuel Watkins Eager (Representative), -, NY Jonas Earll, Jr (Representative), Jacksonian, NY John Henry Eaton (Senator), Jacksonian, TN Powhatan Ellis (Senator), Jacksonian, MS William Wolcott Ellsworth (Representative), -,.
Seventeenth United States Congress - (Senator), Republican, MO Lewis Bigelow (Representative), Federalist, MA William Salter Blackledge (Representative), -, NC James Blair (Representative), Jacksonian, SC Elijah Boardman (Senator), Republican, CT Charles Borland, Jr (Representative), -, NY James Douglas Breckinridge (Representative), -, KY Ethan Allen Brown (Senator), Republican, OH James Brown (Senator), Republican, LA John Brown (Representative), -, PA Henry Hunter Bryan (Representative), -, TN James Buchanan (Representative), Democrat, PA Wingfield Bullock (Representative), -, KY Daniel Burrows (Representative), -, CT Hutchins Gordon Burton (Representative), -, NC Josiah Butler (Representative), Republican, NH Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Representative), Democrat, NY John Wilson Campbell (Representative), Republican, OH Samuel Campbell (Representative), -, NY Newton Cannon (Representative), Republican, TN John Carter (Representative), Jacksonian, SC George Cassedy (Representative), -, NJ David Chambers (Representative), -, OH John Chandler (Senator), Republican, ME John Cocke (Representative), -, TN.
Sixteenth United States Congress - (Representative), -, RI Henry Waggaman Edwards (Representative), -, CT Ninian Edwards (Senator), Republican, IL Samuel Edwards (Representative), -, PA Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Representative), Republican, NC John Elliott (Senator), Republican, GA John Wayles Eppes (Senator), Republican, VA James Ervin (Representative), Republican, SC William Eustis (Representative), Republican, MA John Fay (Representative), -, NY Charles Fisher (Representative), Republican, NC John Floyd (Representative), Republican, VA Walter Folger, Jr (Representative), Republican, MA Samuel Augustus Foot (Representative), Adams, CT Samuel Augustus Foote (Representative), Adams, CT William Donnison Ford (Representative), -, NY Thomas Forrest (Representative), -, PA Timothy Fuller (Representative), Republican, MA David Fullerton (Representative), -, PA John Gaillard (Senator), Republican, SC Robert Selden Garnett (Representative), Republican, VA Benjamin Gorham (Representative), Anti Jacksonian, MA John Cowper Gray (Representative), -, VA Ezra Carter Gross (Representative), -, NY Samuel Gross.
Nuclear weapon design - the bomb many times. For maximum yield, however, moderately enriched uranium is preferable as a jacket material. The largest bomb ever exploded was of this type, a 50 megaton bomb named Tsar Bomba that was exploded by the Soviet Union in Novaya Zemlya. The cobalt bomb uses cobalt in the shell, and the fusion neutrons convert the cobalt into cobalt-60, a powerful long-term (5 years) emitter of gamma rays. In general this type of weapon is a salted bomb and variable fallout effects can be obtained by using different salting isotopes. Gold has been proposed for short-term fallout (days), tantalum and zinc for fallout of intermediate duration (months), and cobalt for long term contamination (years). To be useful for salting, the parent isotopes must be abundant in the natural element, and.
