Von Platen himself extolled the modernising virtues of the canal in 1806, claiming that mining, agriculture and other industries would benefit from " a navigation way through the country.

Von Platen was awarded the Franklin Institute's John Price Wetherill Medal in 1932.

Von Platen left the project before it succeeded in producing the first synthetic diamonds in 1953.

Von Neumann himself used the term Universal Constructor.

Von Trier often shoots digitally and operates the camera himself, preferring to continuously shoot the actors in-character without stopping between takes.

Von Trier has stated he was inspired to make a trilogy about the United States as a reaction to Americans at the Cannes film festival who said he had no right to make the Dancer in the Dark, which was often viewed as being critical of a country he has never been to ( and has no intention of ever visiting, due to his phobia of travel ); however, von Trier himself has stated in interviews he did not intend it to be a criticism of America, saying the film takes place in a " fictional America ".

* September 10 – During the F1 Italian Grand Prix on the circuit of Monza, German Wolfgang Von Trips, driving a Ferrari, crashes into a stand, killing 14 spectators and himself.

Tom is also at times unsure of himself, looking to his elders for help ; as Von der Osten puts it, " the early Tom Swift is more dependent on his father and other adults at first and is much more hesitant in his actions.

Von Rauffenstein has the guards stop shooting at de Boeldieu and pleads with his fellow aristocrat to give himself up.

Several Body Worlds exhibits ( as well as Von Hagens himself ) were featured in the 2006 film Casino Royale.

In contrast, Von Spee had a formidable force of five modern vessels ( the armoured cruisers and and the light cruisers, and ), all led by officers handpicked by Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz himself.

Von Däniken had visited the potter and examined the stones himself, but he didn't mention this in his book.

Von Seydlitz threw in his last squadron, and then himself fought like a trooper, receiving a severe wound.

Both Jackson and von Tempsky received an honourable Mention in Despatches and Von Tempsky later painted a well known water colour showing himself in a very dramatic light.

He cast the American actor Norman Kerry in a part written for himself ' Count Franz Maximilian Von Hohenegg ' and newcomer Mary Philbin in the lead actress role.

While the currently married Dr. Watson is paying Holmes a visit, Holmes is called upon by a masked gentleman introducing himself as Count Von Kramm, an agent for a wealthy client.

The local commandant, Colonel Kurt Von Strohm, has decided to keep them for himself after the war and forces René to hide the painting in his café.

Kevin Von Erich, without the benefit of television ( as the result of KTVT's cancellation of Saturday Night's Championship Sports ), the absence of his brother Kerry ( who was in the WWF as The Texas Tornado ), and longtime World Class guru Gary Hart ( who was starting his Texas Wrestling Federation promotion at the time ), began promoting Sportatorium wrestling himself, bringing back the World Class Championship Wrestling name.

The final issue entitled Demon in an Armor, features Iron Man and Doctor Doom, asking what might have happened if the young Tony Stark had become involved in a body switching incident and found himself in the body of Victor Von Doom, whilst Doom takes Tony's body to control Stark Industries.

Von Richthofen flew in the Fi 156 Storch during the campaign, to see the battlefield for himself.

On February 6, 2007, Thorn and Ariel joined Elijah Burke, Matt Striker, and Marcus Cor Von in forming the New Breed stable, with Thorn taking on the enforcer role and describing himself as the " muscle " of the group.

Von Browne himself with the advanced guard forced his way across the Apennines and entered Genoa.

Von Blumenthal's soldierly qualities and talent were most conspicuous in the critical days preceding the battle of Sedan, and his services in the war have been considered as scarcely less valuable and important than those of Moltke himself.

Nimrod later faces the combined forces of the X-Men and the Hellfire Club and proves himself as a powerful threat, killing Black Rook Friedrich Von Roehm, causing Harry Leland's fatal heart attack, nearly killing Nightcrawler and badly injuring Rogue and Sebastian Shaw.

However, Nayland Smith manages to free himself, Terry, and Von Berg.

A cable television version of the film was credited to " Alan Von Smithee ", indicating that Friedkin wished to disassociate himself from its release.

Although not formalised and acknowledged as a mythos per se, Lovecraft did correspond with contemporary writers ( Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Kuttner, and Fritz Lieber – a group referred to as the " Lovecraft Circle ") – and shared story elements: Robert E. Howard's character Friedrich Von Junzt reads Lovecraft's Necronomicon in the short story " The Children of the Night " ( 1931 ), and in turn Lovecraft mentions Howard's Unaussprechlichen Kulten in the stories " Out of the Aeons " ( 1935 ) and " The Shadow Out of Time " ( 1936 ).

Von Hartmann ’ s work, on which Ebbinghaus based his doctorate, did suggest that higher mental processes were hidden from view, which may have spurred Ebbinghaus to attempt to prove otherwise.

Von Soemmerring did not change his opinion that these forms were bats and this " bat model " for interpreting pterosaurs would remain influential long after a consensus had been reached around 1860 that they were reptiles.

* Moritz Von Oswald-drums ( 1985 onwards ), percussion on " Wild and Lonely ": also composed some songs on Outernational and did various remixes of Associates songs with Ralf Hertwig.

Von Neumann judged hardware random number generators unsuitable, for, if they did not record the output generated, they could not later be tested for errors.

The main thesis was Mrs. Von Harbou's, but I am at least 50 percent responsible because I did it.

Overlooking the trade request the Magic did a sign and trade with the Boston Celtics for Glen Davis and Von Wafer in exchange for Brandon Bass.

Von Sydow came to dominate the screen as he did the stage, becoming an idol of the international arthouse film scene.

Von Braun had romantic dreams about conquering outer space with rockets, and did not initially see the military value in missile technology.

Albert followed suit, as did younger brothers Will and Jules Von Tilzer, both of whom were also active in the music industry.

Von Harnack argued that Marcion was not a Gnostic in the strict sense because Marcion rejected elaborate creation myths, and did not claim to have special revelation or secret knowledge.

Gagne did promote two cards in Minnesota in May 1991, featuring the return of Greg Gagne and Wahoo McDaniel and other stars such as Baron Von Raschke, Buck Zumhofe, and The Destruction Crew ( Mike Enos & Wayne Bloom ), but he was unable to revive the promotion.

The iron pillar of Delhi, erected by Chandragupta II the Great, which Von Däniken claimed did not rust.

He was the first player in the major leagues to hit two such home runs in a four-day period since Albert Belle did it in 1995, and he was the first Phillie to hit two such in a season since Von Hayes hit two in 1989.

Von Rosen's involvement in Africa did not end with the Congo Crisis.

Mr. Diamond and the rest of the Von Bondies both agreed that Jim Diamond did most of the production work, but Jack denied their claims and personally placed his own name on the credits of the album as the sole producer, which led to the brawl.

Catherine did translations of many of the works of Leopold Von Sacher Masoch.

The majority of Von Hammer's opponents followed the same code of honor as he did, which included not attacking a helpless pilot.

Von Weizsäcker also did not want to burden Heim with the development of a unified field theory.

Von Unwerth did promotional photography for Duran Duran from 1994 – 1997 and did some photography for their 1990 album Liberty and 1997 album Medazzaland.

Von Wild, despite the withdrawal of some Geschwader for Operation Blue, did succeed in bringing in much needed reinforcements to bring the strength levels up to a standard not seen since the start of the offensive.

Von Meck, in Cannes at the time, did not attend.