They determined to reinvestigate the motion of γ Draconis ; the telescope, constructed by George Graham ( 1675 – 1751 ), a celebrated instrument-maker, was affixed to a vertical chimney stack, in such manner as to permit a small oscillation of the eyepiece, the amount of which ( i. e. the deviation from the vertical ) was regulated and measured by the introduction of a screw and a plumb line.

Through such people as Nikola Tesla, Galileo Ferraris, Oliver Heaviside, Thomas Edison, Ottó Bláthy, Ányos Jedlik, Sir Charles Parsons, Joseph Swan, George Westinghouse, Ernst Werner von Siemens, Alexander Graham Bell and Lord Kelvin, electricity was turned from a scientific curiosity into an essential tool for modern life, becoming a driving force for the Second Industrial Revolution.

Other writers admired by Orwell included: Ralph Waldo Emerson, G. K. Chesterton, George Gissing, Graham Greene, Herman Melville, Henry Miller, Tobias Smollett, Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and Yevgeny Zamyatin.

Englishman Captain George Augustus Graham is responsible with a few other breeders for reaffirming the dogs ' existence.

It is not often recognized that in his earlier work on the " Sea clocks " Harrison was continually assisted both financially and in many other ways by George Graham, the watchmaker and instrument maker who lent him a large sum on the basis of trust even after Harrison's first visit to Graham in 1728 to explain how his timekeeper worked.

Halley referred him to George Graham, the country's foremost clockmaker.

* 1894-First ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook, on Christmas Day, by Jack Clarke, Tom Fyfe and George Graham

Billy Graham at Washington National Cathedral, with President George W. Bush and past and present top officials in attendance.

* George J. Graham, Jr., political theorist

In 1859, Sherman accepted a job as the first superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy in Pineville, a position he sought at the suggestion of Major D. C. Buell and secured because of General George Mason Graham.

Besides a brief appearance of the brothers in Japan around 1994, and George making a guest-appearance in the 1990s on a concert in Japan ( including a released double-CD ) of the Graham Central Station, the duo launched an expanded US tour in 2002 which got positive, wide exposure.

* George Graham Vest ( 1830 – 1904 ) U. S. Senator from Missouri

Before the qualification competition, George Graham,

The first modern orrery was built circa 1704 by George Graham and Thomas Tompion.

Noted novelists and playwrights nominated in this category include: George Bernard Shaw ( who shared an award for an adaptation of his play Pygmalion ), Graham Greene, Tennessee Williams, Vladimir Nabokov, James Hilton, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Lillian Hellman, Irwin Shaw, James Agee, Norman Corwin, S. J.

The LSE records that the proposal to establish the school was conceived during a breakfast meeting on 4 August 1894, between the Webbs, Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw.

He married Alice Anna Graham, daughter of William Graham, on 16 May 1871 in the St George Hanover Square area.

Once in the U. S. he taught primarily at Yale University where he had such notable students as Lukas Foss, Graham George, Norman Dello Joio, Mel Powell, Harold Shapero, Hans Otte, Ruth Schonthal, and Oscar-winning film director George Roy Hill.

Together with Lee Dixon, Nigel Winterburn and Steve Bould, Adams was part of the " famous four " that lined up in Arsenal's defence, which under George Graham was renowned for its well-disciplined use of the offside trap.

* Jim Graham Papers, 1973-2006 ( 80. 5 linear feet ) are housed at the George Washington University Libraries Special Collections Research Center.

M. Robinson, Hiram Kent, Edward Powers, George Reed, Robert Graham, Samuel Gamble, A.

), C. Hodgson Fowler ( 1856 – 60 ), Thomas Gardner ( 1856 – 61 ), Thomas Graham Jackson ( 1858 – 61 ), John T. Micklethwaite ( 1862 – 69 ), Benjamin Mountfort ( 1841 – 46 ), John Norton ( 1870 – 78 ), George Gilbert Scott, Jr. ( 1856 – 63 ), John Oldrid Scott ( 1858 – 78 ), J. J. Stevenson ( 1858 – 60 ), George Henry Stokes ( 1843 – 47 ), George Edmund Street ( 1844 – 49 ), William White ( 1845 – 47 ).

* Goot, Murray, " Contingent Inevitability: Reflections on the Prognosis for Republicanism " ( 1994 ) in George Winterton ( ed ), We, the People: Australian Republican Government ( 1994 ), pp 63 – 96

* Winterton, George ( ed ), We, the People: Australian Republican Government, Allen & Unwin ( 1994 ),

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* George Winterton

George Graham Winterton was born in Hong Kong on 15 December 1946.

George Winterton was ultimately promoted to professor of law at the University of New South Wales, who awarded him a Jubilee Medallion in 1999.

George Winterton provided legal advice to Commonwealth and state governments, other public bodies and law firms.

George Winterton died in Sydney on 6 November 2008, aged 61.

A gedenkschrift in celebration of his life and learning has been published: H. P. Lee & Peter Gerangelos ( eds ) Constitutional Advancement in a Frozen Continent: Essays in Honour of George Winterton ( 2009 ).

The inaugural George Winterton lecture was delivered by Chief Justice Robert French, of the High Court of Australia, at the Sydney Law School, the University of Sydney, on the topic of the Executive Power under the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia in February 2010.

George Winterton founded and was, until his death, the General Editor of Constitutional Law and Policy Review.

by George Winterton ).

There are four public houses in Winterton: Butchers Arms on High Street, The George Hogg on Church Side, Cross Keys on King Street and Lions Head on Park Street.

* George Winterton, Australian barrister

He was found guilty of reckless driving yesterday by Traffic Judge George T. Murphy, who continued his no-driving probation for another year and ordered him to spend 15 days in the Detroit House of Correction.

The last wicket pair of George Hirst and Rhodes were left with 15 runs to get, and duly got them.

Clinton received 41 % of the vote, while George W. Bush received 15 %, George H. W. Bush received 7 %, and Jimmy Carter received 5 %.

That title was relinquished by the last Kaisar-i-Hind George VI when India was granted independence on 15 August 1947.

To cross the Maroni ( to Albina ), count 5 € each way. Oiapoque is located 15 minutes from St. George.

George Fox was born in the strongly puritan village of Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, England ( now known as Fenny Drayton ), 15 miles ( 24 km ) west-south-west of Leicester.

George Rapp predicted that on September 15, 1829, the three and one half years of the Sun Woman would end and Christ would begin his reign on earth.

The Dolphins had a combined 15 – 39 – 2 record in their first four seasons ( under head coach George Wilson and behind QB Bob Griese 1967 when Don Shula was hired as head coach.

Born in Burlington, Iowa, on May 15, 1874, Mason was the eldest son of Rear Admiral George Collier Remey and Mary Josephine Mason Remey, the daughter of Charles Mason, the first Chief Justice of Iowa.

*" President Bush Honors Medal of Freedom Recipients ", a news release from the White House Press Secretary, December 15, 2006, containing a transcript of President George W. Bush's opening remarks at the December 15, 2006, presentation ( with link to individual citations ).

Charles, Prince of Wales ( 3 November 1972 ), U. S. President Jimmy Carter ( 15 July 1978 ), and U. S. Vice President ( later President ) George H. W. Bush ( George Bush Senior ) ( 1 February 1983 ).

About 1, 196 of these former American slaves ( who were mainly from Virginia and South Carolina originally ) sailed in 15 ships and arrived in St. George Bay between February 26-March 9.

* September 15: CIA director George Tenet presents the Worldwide Attack Matrix.

Although George Thomason did not date this tract, the last date internal to the document was Saturday 13 November 1647, suggesting a publication date of 15 November 1647.

President George Washington signed the new legislation on September 15.

George Hadfield was hired on October 15, 1795 as superintendent of construction, but resigned three years later in May 1798, due to dissatisfaction with Thornton's plan and quality of work done thus far.

On May 15, 1776, the Convention declared Virginia's independence from the British Empire and adopted George Mason's Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was then included in a new constitution.

* February 15 – The funeral of George VI takes place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

* August 15 – George Ryton, British Formula One engineer

* April 15 – WWII: King George VI awards the George Cross to Malta to mark the Siege of Malta, saying, " To honour her brave people I award the George Cross to the Island Fortress of Malta, to bear witness to a heroism and a devotion that will long be famous in history ( from January 1 to July 24, there is only one 24-hour period during which no bombs fall on this tiny island ).