Janssen is jointly credited with detecting the element along with Norman Lockyer during the solar eclipse of 1868, and Lockyer was the first to propose that the line was due to a new element, which he named.

On October 20 of the same year, English astronomer Norman Lockyer observed a yellow line in the solar spectrum, which he named the D < sub > 3 </ sub > Fraunhofer line because it was near the known D < sub > 1 </ sub > and D < sub > 2 </ sub > lines of sodium.

On the 27th November 2004 a Blue Plaque presented by the Institute of Physics was unveiled at the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth, to mark 100 years since the invention of the Thermionic Radio Valve.

Of these, 5 were later pardoned, while Robert Lockyer ( or Lockier ), a former Levellers agitator, was hanged on April 27, 1649.

In Lockyer v. Andrade,, the Court upheld a 50 years to life sentence with the possibility of parole imposed under California's three strikes law when the defendant was convicted of shoplifting videotapes worth a total of about $ 150.

Norman Lockyer, the founder of Nature, was a professor at Imperial College.

Burckhardt was portrayed by Thomas Lockyer in the 2005 BBC docudrama Egypt.

The scientist Joseph Norman Lockyer who discovered helium and founded the science journal Nature was born in Rugby.

Of this six, five were subsequently pardoned while Robert Lockyer, a former Levellers agitator, was shot.

Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, FRS ( 17 May 1836 – 16 August 1920 ), known simply as Norman Lockyer, was an English scientist and astronomer.

Lockyer was born in Rugby, Warwickshire.

the line could not be explained as due to any material known at the time, and so it was suggested by Lockyer that the yellow line was caused by an unknown solar element.

An observation of the new yellow line also was made by Janssen at the same eclipse, and so he and Lockyer usually are awarded joint credit for helium's discovery.

Originally known as the Hill Observatory, the site was renamed the Norman Lockyer Observatory after his death.

For a time the observatory was a part of the University of Exeter, but is now owned by the East Devon District Council, and run by the Norman Lockyer Observatory Society.

Lockyer died at his home in Salcombe Regis in 1920, and was buried there in the churchyard of St Peter and St Mary.

The company's action was investigated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC ) in the United States and Powerex was sued by the Attorney General of California, Bill Lockyer, who accused the BC Hydro subsidiary of " market manipulation " and " gouging " consumers.

An only child, she was born as Sally Lockyer in Devizes.

* 1826-On Christmas Day, just after the Astrolabe left, a military outpost was established on behalf of New South Wales at Albany with the arrival of Major Edmund Lockyer on the Amity.

At the end of the 1997 season Lockyer made his international debut when he was selected to play at fullback for Australia in all games of the three-test series against Great Britain in England.

In August 2008, Lockyer was named in the preliminary 46-man Kangaroos squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, and in October 2008 he was selected in the final 24-man Australia squad.

Lockyer was selected in Game I of the 2011 State of Origin series at five-eighth and as captain, this was Lockyers 34th appearance for Queensland equalling the all time record of Allan Langer.

Lockyer and English chemist Edward Frankland named the element with the Greek word for the Sun, ἥλιος ( helios ).

Pierre Janssen and Joseph Norman Lockyer discovered a new element on August 18, 1868 while looking at the chromosphere of the Sun, and named it helium after the Greek word for the Sun, ( or ).

* J. Norman Lockyer and Pierre Janssen are honored for their discovery of the nature of the Sun's prominences.

Not long after the conclusion of The Reader, a former editor, Norman Lockyer, decided to create a new scientific journal titled Nature, taking its name from a line by William Wordsworth: " To the solid ground of nature trusts the Mind that builds for aye ".

* In March 2006, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer announced that " GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) will pay $ 14 million to resolve allegations that state-government programs paid inflated prices for the firm ’ s anti-depressant drug Paxil because GSK engaged in patent fraud, anti-trust violations and frivolous litigation to maintain a monopoly and block generic versions from entering the market.

Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature.

In the 1860s Lockyer became fascinated by electromagnetic spectroscopy as an analytical tool for determining the composition of heavenly bodies.

Lockyer led eight expeditions to observe solar eclipses for example in 1870 to Sicily, 1871 to India and 1898 to India.

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed civil and criminal suits against the company, which were dropped when Diebold settled out of court for $ 2. 6 million.

The Success then sailed to King George Sound, to pick up Major Edmund Lockyer and unload provisions for the settlement there, after which the ship returned to New South Wales, anchoring off Sydney Heads on 16 April.

* Same-sex marriage in the United States: The California Supreme Court refuses a petition by California Attorney General Bill Lockyer asking for an immediate ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage laws and a cease and desist order against San Francisco's granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

** The Supreme Court of California refuses a petition by state Attorney General Bill Lockyer asking for an immediate ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage and a cease and desist order to prevent San Francisco from granting marriage licenses to more same-sex couples.

* Education for democratic citizenship ( with Andrew Lockyer ) ( 2003 )

Lockyer and the English chemist Edward Frankland named the element with the Greek word for the Sun, ἥλιος ( helios ).

" In two separate opinions handed down on the same day, the court upheld California's three strikes law against an attack on direct appeal from conviction, Ewing v. California, 538 U. S. 11, and a collateral attack through a petition for habeas corpus, Lockyer v. Andrade, 538 U. S. 63 ( 2003 ).

2007 – Université de Montréal becomes a full member, Synergy Award for collaboration between TRIUMF and D-PACE, Nigel Lockyer becomes director of TRIUMF, first ISAC-II experiment < sup > 11 </ sup > Li ( ρ, t )< sup > 9 </ sup > Li measurement with MAYA, mass measurement of < sup > 11 </ sup > Li ( shortest-lived and lightest ion ever measured in Penning trap )

Australia then struck with two quick tries to captain Darren Lockyer and David Williams, who was a mid-week replacement for the injured Brent Tate.

At the funeral of Thomas Rainsborough ( a Member of Parliament and also a Leveller leader who had spoken at the Putney Debates ) there were thousands of mourners wearing the Levellers ' ribbons of sea-green and bunches of rosemary for remembrance in their hats, as there were the next year, 1649, at the funeral of Robert Lockyer a New Model Army Agitator hanged by Oliver Cromwell for mutiny.

* In 1888, the astronomer and journalist Joseph Norman Lockyer built an observatory on the side of his house in Westgate-on-Sea, from where he took observations that formed the basis for his book, The Sun's Place in Nature.

Australia were without their captain Darren Lockyer for this match and the remainder of the tournament after he injured his foot at training.

Afterwards, Perata served as a staff assistant for then Senate Pro Tem Bill Lockyer.

He was one of the pre-eminent half-backs of his era, representing Australia on many occasions and holding the record for most State of Origin appearances, until being surpassed by his club, state & country team-mate Darren Lockyer.

The match was also notable for the debut of Tarkyn Lockyer.