After an oil drilling operation in 1903 in Dexter, Kansas, produced a gas geyser that would not burn, Kansas state geologist Erasmus Haworth collected samples of the escaping gas and took them back to the University of Kansas at Lawrence where, with the help of chemists Hamilton Cady and David McFarland, he discovered that the gas consisted of, by volume, 72 % nitrogen, 15 % methane ( a combustible percentage only with sufficient oxygen ), 1 % hydrogen, and 12 % an unidentifiable gas.

After graduating from high school in 1945, Falk briefly attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and then tried to join the armed services as World War II was drawing to a close.

After a year and a half in the Merchant Marine, Falk returned to Hamilton College and also attended the University of Wisconsin.

After discovering quaternions, William Rowan Hamilton commented, " Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three dimensions.

After admission to the Ohio bar, Taft was appointed Assistant Prosecutor of Hamilton County, Ohio, based in Cincinnati.

After separating, Dillinger picked up Hamilton, who was recovering from the Mason City robbery.

After a debate that divided members largely along the lines of generation and gender, the Chickahominy Neighborhood Association voted unanimously yesterday not to bring a controversial Revolutionary War mural back to Hamilton Avenue School because its content is too violent.

After Hamilton left office in 1795, the new Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott, Jr. informed Congress that, due to the existing state of government finances, more money was needed.

After retiring, he wrote The Singer and His Art ( Hamish Hamilton, 1971 ).

After concealing the wagon, Hamilton took one of the Parsons ' mules and fit it with the saddle he had traded to Parsons and headed back into town.

After her father's death, Florence, her mother and two older brothers moved from Hamilton, Ontario to Buffalo, New York.

After being disappointed, according to biographer Ian Hamilton, when " rumblings from Hollywood " over his 1943 short story " The Varioni Brothers " came to nothing, J. D. Salinger did not hesitate when independent producer Samuel Goldwyn offered to buy the film rights to " Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut.

After the failure of the Austrian invasion of Saxony, Hamilton left Neuruppin on 10 October and headed for the River Oder, in the hopes of joining up with the Russians.

After crossing Crosswicks Creek, US 130 continues into Hamilton Township, Mercer County, where Route 156 splits to the west to parallel US 130 as it bypasses Yardville to the east.

After Helmet split up, Hamilton started Gandhi, toured with David Bowie and explored a variety of musical styles.

After an education at a preparatory school in Hamilton and the High School of Glasgow, Law left school aged sixteen to gain a " commercial education " at the family firm.

After two weeks of manoeuvre and engagements ( including The Battle of the Clouds, The Paoli Massacre, and an engagement at Valley Forge where Alexander Hamilton was nearly lost ), Howe triumphantly entered the city on 26 September.

After his death in 1786, his holdings were forfeited to merchant Robert Hamilton of Queenston.

After returning to her Aunt Ida's ( Lynn Hamilton ) house, Billie accidentally leaves the door open, puts on a record, giving the rapist the chance to slip inside ; Billie is raped.

After boundary changes, he was returned at the 1997 election for the new constituency of Hamilton North and Bellshill ; and after further boundary changes in 2005, he was returned at the 2005 election for the new constituency of Airdrie and Shotts with 59 % of the vote.

After a 2 – 1 series victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Western Finals, the Lions lined up in the 51st Grey Cup game against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

After his brother's death, Hamilton took over Murdostoun, where he renovated the castle extensively.

After Charles Throsby's 1818 journey towards present day Goulburn, followed by Hamilton Hume and William Hovell's overland journey from Appin ( near Campbelltown ) to Port Phillip and return in 1824, development of the Southern Tablelands for agriculture was rapid.

After passing Kovalainen at the start, Barrichello managed not to lose too much time, as he had the advantage of just one stop against Hamilton, Räikkönen and Sutil's two stop strategy.

After five years of pressure, Hill resigned.

After serving as visiting professor at Harvard University in 1958, and the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley in 1959 – 60, he resigned his post in Singapore at the University of Malaya to become an independent writer and celebrity.

After many buffetings and, finally, after the catastrophic results of the June European Parliament election, 2004 Špidla resigned after a revolt in his own party and the government was reshuffled on the same basis.

After the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, Chiang resigned as Chairman of the National Government.

After two years, he resigned from his ambassadorship because of disagreements with U. S. government policy.

After victory had been finalized in 1783, Washington resigned rather than seize power, proving his opposition to dictatorship and his commitment to American republicanism.

After a short time, Bullock resigned, and Dr. Robert Felkin took his place.

After the inauguration of Adams in 1825, Jackson resigned from his senate seat.

After the defeat, Major resigned as the leader of the party, and was succeeded by William Hague.

After the coup collapsed the following week, Akayev and Vice President German Kuznetsov announced their resignations from the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ), and the entire politburo and secretariat resigned.

After the referendum, Repše's government started to fall apart and he eventually resigned in January 2004.

After the Saeima did not accept the budget for 2005 proposed by the government of Indulis Emsis, the government resigned.

After several months of being sidelined at Apple, Jobs resigned on Friday, September 13, 1985.

After the strike-shortened 1982 season, in which they finished 4 – 5, head coach Ray Perkins resigned to take over the same position at the University of Alabama.

After six months he resigned his position with the city to join the San Francisco Chronicle where he became a sports cartoonist.

After losing his majority in parliament amid growing fiscal problems related to the European debt crisis, Berlusconi officially resigned as Prime Minister on 16 November 2011.

After two mediocre years, Spurrier resigned after the 2003 season with three years left on his contract.

After his electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party, but from 1876 began a comeback based on opposition to Turkey's Bulgarian atrocities.

After only eight sittings, Lord Derby resigned from the Committee stating that " It appears to me quite impossible to bring the two wings closer together ... unless and until the whole system of the Air Service is changed and they are amalgamated into one service.

After two appeals by Agnew, he finally resigned himself to the matter and a check for $ 268, 482 was turned over to Maryland State Treasurer William S. James in early 1983.

After a discussion with Lincoln, he decided in favor of the latter and resigned his commission.

After issuing the press release the other band members decided, on their own accord, that I had ' resigned ' from the band.

After he graduated in 1837, he joined the faculty of the Concord public school, but resigned after a few weeks rather than administer corporal punishment.

After Lord Grey resigned as Prime Minister in July 1834, the King was forced to appoint another Whig to replace him, as the Tories were not strong enough to support a government.

After just two episodes, Altman resigned due to differences with a producer.