During that time, Fahrenheit met or was in contact with Ole Rømer, Christian Wolff, and Gottfried Leibniz.

According to a letter Fahrenheit wrote to his friend Herman Boerhaave, his scale was built on the work of Ole Rømer, whom he had met earlier.

The Danish and German geographical mile ( geografisk mil and geographische Meile or geographische Landmeile, respectively ) is 4 minutes of arc, and was defined as approximately 7421. 5 metres by the astronomer Ole Rømer of Denmark.

An early experiment to measure the speed of light was conducted by Ole Rømer, a Danish physicist, in 1676.

Ole Christensen Rømer (; 25 September 1644, Århus – 19 September 1710, Copenhagen ) was a Danish astronomer who in 1676 made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

There are few sources on Ole Rømer until his immatriculation in 1662 at the University of Copenhagen, at which his mentor was Rasmus Bartholin who published his discovery of the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar ( calcite ) in 1668, while Rømer was living in his home.

Ole Rømer at work

* September 25 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer ( d. 1710 )

* September 19 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer ( b. 1644 )

* December – Ole Rømer makes the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

* 1675 – Ole Rømer uses the orbital mechanics of Jupiter's moons to estimate that the speed of light is about 227, 000 km / s

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During his reign, science witnessed a golden age due to the work of the astronomer Ole Rømer in spite of the king ’ s personal lack of scientific knowledge and interest.

The Rundetårn ( round tower ) was used in the 17th century as an observatory by Ole Rømer.

Although the king had been persuaded by Ole Rømer to introduce the Gregorian calendar in Denmark-Norway in 1700, the astronomer's observations and calculations were among the treasures lost to the fire.

The brilliant contributions to atomic physics of Niels Bohr ( 1885 – 1962 ), the contributions to linguistics by Otto Jespersen ( 1860 – 1943 ), Ludwig A. Colding's ( 1815 – 1888 ) neglected articulation of the principle of conservation of energy, the pioneering work in anatomy and geology by Nicolas Steno ( 1638 – 1686 ), and the astronomical discoveries of Tycho Brahe ( 1546 – 1601 ) and Ole Rømer ( 1644-1710 ) indicate the range of Danish scientific achievement.

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* Danish astronomer Ole Rømer measures the speed of light by observing the eclipses of Jupiter's moons, obtaining a speed of 140, 000 miles per second ( approximately 25 % too slow ).

The effect of the finite speed of light on observations of celestial objects was first recognised by Ole Rømer in 1675, during a series of observations of eclipses of the moons of Jupiter.

Leibniz, Domenico Guglielmini ( 1655 — 1710 ), Hartsoeker, and E. W. Tschirnhaus were appointed on 4 February, James Bernoulli and John Bernoulli on 14 February, and Newton and Ole Rømer on 21 February.

* 1676 – Ole Rømer: first measurement of the speed of light

* 1676 – Ole Rømer measures the speed of light for the first time

The Wallace High School was awarded funding in 2008 by the European Union and British Council to partake in the multinational Comenius Partnerships Project, alongside Ole Vig Videregående Skole, Norway and Johannes-Kepler Gymnasien, Germany.

It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn.

The Nordisk company was set up there in 1906 by Ole Olsen, a fairground showman, and after a brief period imitating the successes of French and British film-makers, in 1907 he produced 67 films, most directed by Viggo Larsen, with sensational subjects like Den hvide Slavinde ( The White Slave ), Isbjørnenjagt ( Polar Bear Hunt ) and Løvejagten ( The Lion Hunt ).

In 2008, there was still a strong herd at the Isortoq Reindeer Station maintained by the Icelander Stefán Magnússon and Norwegian Ole Kristiansen.

Cukor obtained a job as an assistant stage manager and bit player with a touring production of The Better ' Ole, a popular British musical based on Old Bill, a cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather.

The Krag-Jørgensen is a repeating bolt action rifle designed by the Norwegians Ole Herman Johannes Krag and Erik Jørgensen in the late 19th century.

On the next play, Morton nearly threw his fifth interception, and was then immediately replaced by former Ole Miss quarterback Norris Weese, a native of New Orleans suburb Chalmette.

The term " stalactite " was coined in the 17th century by the Danish Physician Ole Worm who created the word from the Greek root stalasso, ( σταλάσσω ), " to drip ".

The most successful early outboard motor, was created by Norwegian-American inventor Ole Evinrude in 1909.

Other personalities who were attracted by his talks were American poets Harriet Monroe and Ella Wheeler Wilcox ; Dr. Lewis G. Janes, president of Brooklyn Ethical Association ; Sara C. Bull, wife of Ole Bull, the Norwegian violinist ; Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress and Madame Emma Calvé, the French opera singer.

This view is developed and explored by Peter Bøgh Andersen, Claus Emmeche, Niels Ole Finnemann, and Peder Voetmann Christiansen, among others.

Translated to English by Karen Jelved, Andrew D. Jackson, and Ole Knudsen, ( translators 1997 ).

From 1955 – 57, Al Gannaway produced both The Country Show and Stars of the Grand Ole Opry, filmed programs syndicated by Flamingo Films.

" The Byrds further outraged the Opry establishment by breaking with accepted protocol when they performed Parsons ' song " Hickory Wind " instead of the Merle Haggard song " Life in Prison ", as had been announced by Tompall Glaser. Grand Ole Opry House

Management has been very conscious of the need to enforce its trademark on the name " Grand Ole Opry " and limit use to members of the Opry and products associated with or licensed by it.

In September 2004, it was announced that the Grand Ole Opry had contracted for the first time with a " presenting sponsor " and would henceforth be known as " the Grand Ole Opry presented by Cracker Barrel.

* Good Ole Days of the Grand Ole Opry-slideshow by Life magazine

They were unveiled on the Grand Ole Opry by Ernest Tubb.

She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit " Come On-a My House " written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian ( better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks ), which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me " ( a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati ), " Mambo Italiano ", " Tenderly ", " Half as Much ", " Hey There " and " This Ole House ", although she had success as a jazz vocalist.