File: William Holman Hunt-The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple. jpg | William Holman Hunt, The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple, 1854-1860, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham

File: Blake Hell 34 Lucifer. jpg | Lucifer, by William Blake, for Dante's Inferno, canto 34

File: Lord Kelvin photograph. jpg | William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin ( 1824-1907 ): major figure in the history of thermodynamics, helped develop law of conservation of energy, studied wave motion and vortex motion in hydrodynamics and produced a dynamical theory of heat, formulated of the first and second laws of thermodynamics

File: Bardeen. jpg | John Bardeen ( 1908 – 1991 ): awarded Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor and again in 1972 with Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory.

File: John William Strutt. jpg |< center > Lord Rayleigh

File: William Henry Fox Talbot, by John Moffat, 1864. jpg |< center > William Fox Talbot

File: William-Paley. png | William Paley

This photo also served as a model for the engraving of the: File: William Tecumseh Sherman 1893 issue-8c. jpg | first Sherman postage stamp issued in 1893.

File: Pseudotsuga menziesii 16996. JPG | Buds and pollen cones ; William O. Douglas Wilderness

File: Joseph Mallord William Turner 013. jpg | Lake Geneva as seen from Montreux, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1810

* Oral history interview with William Norris discusses ERA years, acquisition of ERA by Remington Rand, the Univac File computer, work as head of the Univac Division, and the formation of CDC.

File: William Herbert Dunton-The horse rustler. jpg | William Herbert Dunton, The Horse Rustler, ca.

File: ShieldOfWilliamDeValence. jpg | Diaper on the Heraldic shield of William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke ( d. 1296 ) from his tomb in Westminster Abbey.

File: A Midnight Modern Conversation. jpg | Midnight Modern Conversation ( William Hogarth, 1733 ): English gentlemen sharing alcoholic punch.

File: King William's Block1. jpg | King William Block ( 1699-1702 ), Greenwich Hospital, looking south-east

File: King William's Block. jpg | King William Block ( 1699-1702 ), Greenwich Hospital, west facade

File: BLW Decanter. jpg | William Burges decanter

File: Godwinsideboard. jpg | Sideboard, 1867 – 1870, Edward William Godwin ( 1833 – 80 ) V & A Museum no.

File: Wedowee Alabama Governor William Hugh Smith Historic Marker. JPG | This historic marker marks the site of the home of William Hugh Smith, 21st Governor of Alabama ( 1868-1870 ).

File: William Holman Hunt-The Scapegoat. jpg | The Scapegoat ( 1856 )

File: Converted Oast House-geograph. org. uk-153004. jpg |

According to the Jargon File, American hackers switched to what they later discovered to be the British quotation system because placing a period inside a quotation mark can change the meaning of data strings that are meant to be typed character-for-character.

File: British Museum Egypt 086. JPG | Room 4-Colossal statue of Amenhotep III, c. 1370 BC

File: British Museum Olduvai handaxe. jpg | Room 2-Handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, Olduvai Gorge, circa 1. 2 million years

File: Sleeping Reindeer 4512630872 d31dcb1207 o. jpg | Room 3-Swimming Reindeer carving, France, Ice-Age 13, 000 years ( both one of the world's oldest works of art, as well as the oldest work of art in the British Museum's collection )

File: British Museum gold thing 501594 fh000035. jpg | Room 51-Mold gold cape, North Wales, Bronze Age, c. 1900 – 1600 BC ( one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working )

File: British Museum Royal Gold Cup. jpg | Room 40-Royal Gold Cup or Saint Agnes Cup, c. AD 1370-80 ( generally agreed to be the outstanding surviving example of late medieval French plate )

File: British Museum Reading Room Panorama Feb 2006. jpg | British Museum Reading Room

File: British Museum 2010-06-04 B. jpg | Ceiling of the Great Court and the black siltstone obelisks of Nectanebo II, c. 350 BC

File: England ; London-The British Museum, Facade South Front ~-Main Entrance + West Wing-Collonade + The Africa Garden. 2. JPG | African Garden-created by BBC TV programme Ground Force

File: BM ; RM6-ANE, Assyrian Sculpture 32-East ( N ), Centre Island + North Wall-~ Assyrian Empire +-Lamassu, Stela's, Statue's, Obelisk's, Relief Panel's ) & Full Projection. 1. JPG | The British Museum, Room 6-Assyrian Sculpture

File: British Museum-Room 85, Roman Portrait Sculpture. JPG | Room 85-Portrait Sculpture, Roman

File: Ship Clock at British Museum. jpg | Room 38-39-Mechanical Galleon, Augsburg, around AD 1585

File: Egyptian harp. jpg | An ancient Egyptian harp on display in the British Museum

This Jargon File entry notes kludge apparently derives via British military slang from Scots kludge or kludgie meaning " a common toilet ", and became confused with U. S. kluge during or after World War II.

File: 1914 Sydney Half Sovereign-St. George. jpg | British

File: Antique Japanese tachi with koshirae. jpg | Antique tachi and koshirae, British museum.

File: Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo. jpg | Depicting French Cuirassiers charging onto the British squares during the Battle of Waterloo

File: British Museum Aztec or Mixtec shield. jpg | Ceremonial shield with mosaic decoration.

File: British Airborne Units. svg |< center > Airborne Units, Great Britain ( actually a winged unicorn, with pegasus features )

File: British gun, skansin ( Faroe Islands ). jpg | The British cannon at Skansin

File: British Shorthair, Classic Tabby. jpg | A British Shorthair with the classic tabby markings.

File: Dilute calico British Shorthair. jpg | A dilute tortoiseshell and white.