Carnegie's education and passion for reading was given a great boost by Colonel James Anderson, who opened his personal library of 400 volumes to working boys each Saturday night.

* Online edition of Franklin's personal library

In 1802 a Buildings Committee was set up to plan for expansion of the museum, and further highlighted by the donation in 1822 of the King's Library, personal library of King George III's, comprising 65, 000 volumes, 19, 000 pamphlets, maps, charts and topographical drawing.

Petrarch then dissuaded Boccaccio from burning his own works and selling off his personal library, letters, books, and manuscripts.

President Kennedy had begun considering the structure of his library soon after taking office, and he wanted to include archives from his administration, a museum of personal items, and a political science institute.

In 2004, Fraser designated the University of Melbourne the official custodian of his personal papers and library to create the Malcolm Fraser Collection at the University of Melbourne.

In " As We May Think ," Bush describes a memex as an electromechanical device enabling individuals to develop and read a large self-contained research library, create and follow associative trails of links and personal annotations, and recall these trails at any time to share them with other researchers.

* A Sputnik 1 backup unit is on display at the personal library of Jay Walker, an Internet entrepreneur.

* A treatise on the storing of books and the design of bookshelves as employed in his personal library.

In later life London indulged his wide-ranging interests by accumulating a personal library of 15, 000 volumes.

Windows Media Player ( abbreviated WMP ) is a media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as on Pocket PC and Windows Mobile-based devices.

* Dreiser's personal library cataloged on LibraryThing

De Camp's personal library of about 1, 200 books was acquired for auction by Half Price Books in 2005.

The house was open to the public for guided tours from March to September, and preserved a large collection of personal effects as well as Heath's personal library, photo collections and paintings by Winston Churchill.

He also began to visit the Paris Conservatoire library, seeking out scores of Gluck's operas and making personal copies of parts of them.

Earning his living teaching German and Slavic languages, Leo read widely and accumulated a personal library from which the young Norbert benefited greatly.

" Duel " was directed by Douglas Camfield, who bore a personal grudge against Simpson and refused to work with him, and so Camfield used library music.

The rise in Lenkiewicz's popularity was shown in a 2008 auction of his personal collection of his own works, the auction of his paintings and library raised £ 2. 1million.

Heinrichs shared his personal library and provided Banneker with his only classroom instruction.

In England he sorted out his affairs, donating most of his personal library, and all of his estate, to the Institute of Archaeology.

He became one of the most effective volunteers, reading through his personal library and compiling quotations that illustrated the way particular words were used.

LaDuke lost all her personal property at the site, including her extensive library and indigenous art and artifact collection.

** Commodore Amiga, a family of personal computers introduced to the market in 1985 after Commodore International purchased the original developers, Amiga Corporation

Butters purchased a collection of Williams's personal belongings from the actor's godson, Robert Chidell, to whom they had been bequeathed.

For example, cellphones, personal digital assistants and other consumer computers often need significant software that is purchased or provided by a person other than the manufacturer of the electronics.

It resulted in redevelopment projects in the Jack London District, where Brown purchased and later sold an industrial warehouse, which he used as a personal residence, and in the Lakeside Apartments District near Lake Merritt, where two infill projects were approved.

He imposed a heavy tax upon dress and personal adornment, especially of women, and upon young slaves purchased as favourites.

There they experimented with their own personal computers, equipment purchased from the Flea at MIT, and items obtained from dumpster diving local places of interest.

After her death in 1938, other works were sold off, and eventually another large collection of art and personal material was purchased by Joseph Hirshhorn, and now is part of the Hirshhorn Museum's collection.

After a six month investigation, the Montgomery County District Attorney's office accused them of using police cars, which had been purchased with federal grant money, as collateral to get loans which they used for personal purposes.

He has created a personal power-generating windmill ( L ' éolienne individuelle Pramac ) in polycarbonate resting on one platform in wood, that can be purchased for about 400 Euros ( about $ 633 ).

William purchased Samuel's share of his brother's personal estate, and built a new state-of-the-art brewery in 1883 – 4 at the cost of £ 130, 000 (£ in adjusted for inflation ).

Some of Knight's personal items appeared in an auction during the debut episode of A & E's Storage Wars, and a vault full of items ( including a coat ) was purchased by featured buyer Barry Weiss.

Another alternative to the traditional parking meter is the use of personal parking meters ( in-car meters ), small mobile devices that are purchased by the motorist, with a pre-paid parking bank used by the motorist to pay for on-street parking fees.

In 1853 Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden purchased the island as his personal property and built a summer palace there.

Lenovo purchased IBM's personal computer business and acquired the ThinkPad brand in 2005.

In 2005, Lenovo purchased the IBM personal computer business and the ThinkPad brand along with it.

On 27 September 2010, Unilever purchased Alberto-Culver, a maker of personal care and household products including Simple, VO5, Nexxus, TRESemmé, and Mrs. Dash, for $ US3. 7 billion.

For example, whether the product will be used alone or in a group, or whether it is being purchased as a present or for personal use.

Reverb denied the claims, saying their interns had only one account each, had each purchased the game, and were posting reviews based on their personal experiences.

In 1910, the City of Buffalo, New York, beset by the public scourge of tuberculosis, Buffalo's Mayor, James Noble Adam, purchased almost of land adjacent to the village using proceeds from his own personal fortune, for the purpose of establishing the Buffalo Municipal Hospital for Incipient Tuberculosis.

He purchased his personal safety by professing his adherence to revolutionary doctrine, but eventually quit Paris, and retired to Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, where he completed his translation of the Aeneid.

Many of the high-powered personal computers are purchased by gamers who want the fastest equipment to power the latest cutting-edge games.

In 1927, in competition against — amongst others — Herbert Austin, Morris purchased the bankrupt Wolseley Motors and the company passed into his personal control.

Economic circumstances or personal feuds may have been responsible for the frequent changes of ownership of the town, as Piła was ‘ purchased ’ in 1518 by Hieronymus von Bnin ; the document outlining the deed and ownership during his lifetime was given to him by King Zygmunt I in 1525.

Much of Ebbers ' personal holdings were purchased with loans that had been backed by his WorldCom stock holdings.