As a director of the geography bureau of publisher Velhagen & Klasing, Leipzig ( 1873-1890 ), he also took up cartography, having a chief share in the production of the Physikalisch-Statistischer Atlas des Deutschen Reichs ( together with O. Peschel, Leipzig, 1877 ), and Droysens Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas, ( Leipzig, 1886 ), as well as school atlases.

His eldest son, Gustav, wrote several well-known historical works, namely, Gustav Adolf ( Leipzig, 1869 – 1870 ), a study of the Gustavus Adolphus, the King of Sweden during the Thirty Years War, and Herzog Bernhard von Weimar ( Leipzig, 1885 ), a study of Duke Bernhard, another able Protestant General during the Thirty Years War ; an Historischer Handatlas ( Leipzig, 1885 ), a geographic analysis of historical and territorial changes, and several writings on various events of the Thirty Years ' War.

Together with Count Johann Friedrich von der Decken ( 1769 – 1840 ) he founded the Historical Society of Lower Saxony ( Historischer Verein fur Niedersachsen ).

Historischer Bericht, von der Aelten und Loblichen Herrschaft Quernfurt in Sachsen ... vor und nach der Geburt Christi ...

Jahrhundert, in Berner Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Heimatkunde 67 / 1, pp. 37 – 61 ; Historical Society of the Canton of Berne (" Historischer Verein des Kantons Bern "), 2005.

His first independent publication was his work on the Jewish oath, " Die Eidesleistung bei den Juden in Theologischer und Historischer Beziehung " ( Dresden, 1840, 2d ed.

* Homepage of the " Gesellschaft Historischer Neumarkt Dresden e. V.

* The Bonatzbau, the library's oldest building, was built in 1912 and currently houses the historical reading room ( Historischer Lesesaal ), the university archive, along with a number of manuscript collections.

Historischer Reiseführer.

British navigator Captain James Cook arrived in 1773 and 1777 ; Cook named the islands the ' Hervey Islands ' to honour a British Lord of the Admiralty ; Half a century later the Baltic German Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern published the Atlas de l ' Ocean Pacifique, in which he renamed the islands the Cook Islands to honour Cook.

In 1840, in collaboration with Karl Ritter, he issued his first work, Atlas von Hellas und den hellenischen Kolonien, which brought him at once into eminence in the sphere of ancient historical cartography.

Die Entschlüsselung von Ptolemaios ` " Atlas der Oikumene ".

The Army Ballistic Missile Agency ( ABMA ) under Dr. Wernher von Braun had suggested using a modified Redstone rocket ( see: Juno I ) while the Air Force had proposed using the Atlas rocket, which did not yet exist.

The lieutenant was taking part in a survey exercise by the Royal Bavarian Topographic Bureau ( Königlich Bairischen Topographischen Bureau ) for the Atlas of Bavaria ( Atlas von Bayern ) in the Werdenfelser Land.

Elements of Hans-Jürgen von Arnim ′ s 5th Panzer Army reached the Allied positions on the eastern foot of the Atlas Mountains on 30 January.

His Verzeichniss der japanesischen und chinesischen Münzen des kaiserlichen Münz-und Antikencabinets ( Catalog of Japanese and Chinese coins in the imperial coin and antique collections ; 1837 ) and Atlas von China nach der Aufnahme der Jesuitenmissionäre ( Atlas of China after the arrival of the Jesuit missionaries ; 1843 ) are finely executed, and deserve mention as specimens of his great liberality.

Petermann spoke highly of his encounters with von Humboldt and has drawn several maps for his Atlas von Asien, on which the rendering of the Asiatic mountain-chains was of a quality corresponding to the then current view of the geographic sciences.

In the years 1839 – 1848 the school produced maps for Stieler ’ s school atlas, and Berghaus ’ s Physikalischer Atlas, school atlases, the Atlas von Asien, the Prussian atlas, and the maritime atlas.

Though Ferdinand von Wrangel started a four year long expedition in 1820 to find possible land North of cape Shelagskiy and couldn ’ t find any land he noted a Chucki chief saying: “ One might in a clear summer ’ s day descry snow-covered mountains at a great distance to the North .” Heinrich Berghaus, Petermann ’ s teacher, included this information in the right hand corner on his isotherm map of 1838 for his Physikalische Atlas with the text ‘ possible polar land ’ Polar-Land.

His attention had been called to the subject by Alexander von Humboldt ; and after years of labour he published his magnificent Physical Atlas in 1848, followed by a second and enlarged edition in 1856.

Senior Fellow Bruce Benson received the 2006 Adam Smith Award, Research Analyst Gabriel Gasave received the Freedom Award for Brave Defense of Liberty from the Fundacion Atlas, and Senior Fellow Robert Higgs received the 1998 Templeton Honor Rolls Award on Education in a Free Society, 2006 Friedrich von Wieser Memorial Prize for Excellence in Economic Education, 2006 Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties, 2006 Lysander Spooner Award for Advancing the Literature of Liberty, and 2007 Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Cause of Liberty.

* C. Desjardins, Physisch-Statistisch und Politischer Atlas von Europa, C. Desjardins, Wien, 1838.

Other notable items are a 1491 Map of Germany by Nikolaus von Kues, the Atlas of The Great Elector (), the Jahangir-Album from around 1600, and the largest Hebrew Bible and the largest parchment Torah scroll in the world.

Ferdinand von Hebra wrote one of the most influential books on dermatology of all times, the Atlas der Hautkrankeiten ( Atlas of skin diseases ), with phenomenal illustrations by two of the leading medical illustrators of Austria, Anton Elfinger ( 1821-1864 ) and Carl Heitzmann ( 1836-1896 ).

After his return from Mount Etna, Waltershausen visited Iceland, and subsequently published Physisch-geographische Skizze von Island ( 1847 ), Über die vulkanischen Gesteine in Sizilien und Island ( 1853 ), and Geologischer Atlas von Island ( 1853 ).

* Atlas / Seaboard Comics, ( 1970s ) a line of comics published by Seaboard Periodicals

* Atlas Elektronik GmbH, a naval / marine electronics and systems business based in Bremen, Germany

* James Atlas ( born 1949 ), is a founding editor of the Lipper / Viking Penguin Lives Series

* 1964 – U. S. Air Force launches a satellite employing a US Air Force Atlas / Agena combination from Point Arguello ( LC-2-3 ) in California and from Cape Kennedy in Florida.

The early 1970s saw a Gothic Romance comic book mini-trend with such titles as DC Comics ' The Dark Mansion Of Forbidden Love and The Sinister House of Secret Love, Charlton Comics ' Haunted Love, Curtis Magazines ' Gothic Tales of Love, and Atlas / Seaboard Comics ' one-shot magazine Gothic Romances.

New York: Atlas Books / HarperCollins, 2005.

After launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12 the protective shroud covering Mariner 4 was jettisoned and the Agena D / Mariner 4 combination separated from the Atlas D booster at 14: 27: 23 UTC on November 28, 1964.

In the Star Trek Atlas, the Romulan Star Empire is about 1 / 3 the size of the Klingon Empire and surrounded by the Federation.

Sowjetunion / Tramway Atlas of the former USSR " ( ISBN 3-926524-15-4 ).

Over the years, LLNL designed the following warheads: W27 ( Regulus cruise missile ; 1955 ; joint with Los Alamos ), W38 ( Atlas / Titan ICBM ; 1959 ), B41 ( B52 bomb ; 1957 ), W45 ( Little John / Terrier missiles ; 1956 ), W47 ( Polaris SLBM ; 1957 ), W48 ( 155-mm howitzer ; 1957 ), W55 ( submarine rocket ; 1959 ), W56 ( Minuteman ICBM ; 1960 ), W58 ( Polaris SLBM ; 1960 ), W62 ( Minuteman ICBM ; 1964 ), W68 ( Poseidon SLBM ; 1966 ), W70 ( Lance missile ; 1969 ), W71 ( Spartan missile ; 1968 ), W79 ( 8-in.

* Gran Atlas Aguilar ( Spain, 1969 / 1970 )

* Pergamon World Atlas ( 1962 / 1968 )

The invention was conceived at the request of the United States Air Force to come up with a more flexible and secure way of storing the targeting constants in the Atlas E / F ICBM's airborne digital computer.

The patent and associated technology was held under secrecy order for several years while the Atlas E / F was the main operational missile of the United States ICBM force.

An Atlas Air EP was announced for 1 November as a vinyl / digital only release in aid of Warchild, also featuring the Heligoland leftover track, RedLight, plus a remix by Warp artist, Clark.

The three missions together demonstrated good performance of the Atlas / Agena B launch vehicle and the adequacy of the spacecraft design, but unfortunately not all on the same attempt.

Atlas is a chart / map support for FlightGear ; Kelpie Flight Planner is a Java based flight planner for FlightGear.

The program began in January 1955 and took shape in parallel with the Atlas ( SM-65 / HGM-16 ) intercontinental ballistic missile ( ICBM ).

Meanwhile, Polydor Records and Atlas Records merged, briefly called " Polydor / Atlas ," and began operating through A & M Records, another PolyGram subsidiary.

In 1995, Polydor / Atlas became simply Polydor Records again.

There is also a Trillium Railway ( Port Colborne Harbour Railway ) north-south line running through the east side of Welland on the former Welland Canal railway / Canadian National tracks beside the former site of the Atlas Specialty Steels plant ( torn down in 2007 ).

* Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi / Maciste in the Land of the Cyclops ( Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops, 1961 ) starring Gordon Mitchell

* Maciste alla corte dello zar / Maciste at the Court of the Czar ( Atlas Against The Czar, 1964 ) starring Kirk Morris ( aka Samson vs the Giant King )