Torricelli extended this work to other curves such as the cycloid, and then the formula was generalized to fractional and negative powers by Wallis in 1656.

He was the first in England to take interest in generalized continued fractions and, following the work of John Wallis, he provided development in the generalized continued fraction of pi.

" Barnes Wallis was heavily involved with the design of the Wellington, as it used his geodesic construction method, but he was not the chief designer.

* Rather than the purpose as well as the method of the raid being Wallis ' sole idea, the dams had already been identified as an important target by the Air Ministry before the war.

Newton's admirers in the Netherlands informed Wallis that Newton's method of fluxions passed there under the name of Gottfried Leibniz's Calculus Differentials.

The reason for publishing these two tracts in his Optics, from the subsequent editions of which they were omitted, is thus stated in the advertisement: " In a letter written to Leibniz in the year 1679, and published by Dr Wallis, I mentioned a method by which I had found some general theorems about squaring curvilinear figures on comparing them with the conic sections, or other the simplest figures with which they might be compared.

In statistics, the Kruskal – Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks ( named after William Kruskal and W. Allen Wallis ) is a non-parametric method for testing whether samples originate from the same distribution.

Since it is a non-parametric method, the Kruskal – Wallis test does not assume a normal distribution, unlike the analogous one-way analysis of variance.

Barnes Wallis, inspired by his earlier experience with light alloy structures and the use of geodesically-arranged wiring to distribute the lifting loads of the gasbags in the design of the R100 airship, evolved the geodetic construction method ( although it is commonly stated, there was no geodetic structure in R100 ).

He was one of the earliest writers on the instruction of the non-verbal deaf, and first called attention to his method in his Surdus loquens ( Amsterdam, 1692 ), which was often reprinted, and was reproduced by John Wallis in the Philosophical Transactions ( 1698 ).

John Wallis algebrised this method: he wrote in his Arithmetica Infinitorum ( 1656 ) series which we now call the definite integral, and he calculated their values.

Wallis ' method of painting, especially in the early years of his career, and in particular on " Death of Chatterton ", was to do the initial sketch, saturate it in water, use a grey tint to block in the shade, put on the colour and allow it to dry.

Extending work by John Wallis who calculated such areas for y = ( 1 − x < sup > 2 </ sup >)< sup > n </ sup > with n = 0, 1, 2, 3, ... he considered fractional exponents.

Müller-Thurgau is also known as Rivaner ( Austria, Germany, Luxemburg, and especially for dry wines ), Riesling x Sylvaner, Riesling-Sylvaner ( Switzerland ), Johannisberg ( Wallis canton in Switzerland ) and Rizlingszilváni ( Hungary ).

On February 14, 1745, Prussian general Hans von Lehwaldt defeated Austrian forces of Georg Oliver von Wallis near the city.

A borehole was sunk for general village supply in 1910 and powered by a John Wallis Titt wind pump, which was latterly converted to electricity.

As early as 1944, the Wallis Tallboy bomb and subsequent Grand Slam weapons were designed to penetrate deeply fortified structures through sheer explosive power.

Wallis and Futuna has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Paper Airplane Pilots are a power pop quartet from Chicago composed of Jeremiah Wallis ( singer / songwriter / guitarist ), Ryan Duffy ( guitar, backing vocals ), Jim Kompare ( bass, backing vocals ), and Nate Owings ( drums ).

The film was directed by Michael Curtiz, produced by Hal Wallis and featured a strong cast, including Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet, Paul Henreid, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson.

With the departure of more and more original band members, including Wallis Buchanan and his didgeridoo, Jamiroquai had become a very different band than that of 1992.

Unlike the Rosetta Stone, their hieroglyphic inscriptions were relatively intact, and though the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone had been deciphered long before the discovery of the other copies of the decree, subsequent Egyptologists including Wallis Budge used these other inscriptions to further refine the actual hieroglyphs that must have been used in the lost portions of the hieroglyphic register on the Rosetta Stone.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Wallis and Futuna, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Siegel found work in the Warner Bros. film library after meeting producer Hal Wallis, and later rose to head of the Montage Department, where he directed thousands of montages, including the opening montage for Casablanca.

The Twentieth Century Society has stated that " tragically high quantity of good buildings have been demolished in Slough in recent years, including grand Art-Deco-styled factories by the likes of Wallis Gilbert and high-quality post-war offices.

A series of distinguished British actresses have portrayed Queen Mary on stage and screen, including Dame Wendy Hiller ( on the London stage in Crown Matrimonial ), Dame Flora Robson ( in A King's Story ), Dame Peggy Ashcroft ( in Edward & Mrs Simpson ), Phyllis Calvert ( in The Woman He Loved ), Gaye Brown ( in All the King's Men ), Dame Eileen Atkins ( in Bertie and Elizabeth ), Miranda Richardson ( in The Lost Prince ), Margaret Tyzack ( in Wallis & Edward ), and Claire Bloom ( in The King's Speech ).

These early attempts at challenging the fifth postulate had a considerable influence on its development among later European geometers, including Witelo, Levi ben Gerson, Alfonso, John Wallis and Saccheri.

" His work was published in Rome in 1594 and was studied by European geometers, including Saccheri who criticised this work as well as that of Wallis.

The actor also narrated at least one TV documentary about The Dambusters and contributed forewords to many books on the subject, including The Dam Busters by Jonathan Falconer ( 2003 ), Filming The Dam Busters by Jonathan Falconer ( 2005 ) and most recently Bouncing-Bomb Man: The Science of Sir Barnes Wallis by Iain Murray ( 2009 ).

Geodesic structural elements were used by Barnes Wallis for British Vickers between the wars and into World War II to form the whole of the fuselage, including its aerodynamic shape.

was made into a film starring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Shani Wallis which won several Oscars, including best film.

From the 1930s through the 1960s, Elizabeth Arden Inc competed as one of the most upscale cosmetics brands, with celebrated patrons including Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Wallis Simpson and Mamie Eisenhower.

* T. a. delicatula – Australia and offshore islets ( not on Tasmania ), Lesser Sunda Islands ( Savu, Timor, Jaco, Wetar, Kisar, Tanimbar, possibly Rote ), Melanesia ( New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands ; Aneityum, Erromango and Tanna in S Vanuatu ; Solomon Islands including Bougainville ; Long Island, Nissan, Buka and perhaps New Ireland and N New Britain ), W Polynesia ( Fiji and Rotuma, Niue, Samoan Islands, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna ); introduced to Lord Howe Island but became extinct again.

The apparent paradox formed part of a great dispute over the nature of infinity involving many of the key thinkers of the time including Thomas Hobbes, John Wallis and Galileo Galilei.

* Wallis Gallery a gallery of works by Alfred Wallis, including biography and analysis of Wallis paintings

** His children, including Whitworth Wallis and Rosa Wallis.

With thanks to ISC members past and present, including Colonel John S Haynes, Brig John A Gilchrist, Major-General AC Murchison, Gordon Maitland and Max Wallis.

* International Association of Walser ( including those of Wallis canton )

Wallis also produced albums for a number of Stiff Records artists including The Adverts and Mick Farren's EP Screwed Up ( November 1977 ) and album Vampires Stole My Lunch Money ( August 1978 ).

The band went under many names including The Police Cars, The Police Sleighs, The Donut Dunkers Of Death and finally The Love Pirates Of Doom, the most settled line up being Wallis, Sanderson, drummer George Butler ( ex-Lightning Raiders ) and second guitarist Andy Colquhoun ( ex-Warsaw Pakt & Tanz Der Youth ).

Warner, however, denied Wallis the sweeping powers enjoyed by Zanuck, and the result was a decentralization of creative and administrative control that often created confusion at the studio.

A reviewer of Wallis ' 1976 book Agenda for Biblical People summarized the Christological basis of Wallis ' political theology: " Christ's life, death, and resurrection have brought victory over ' the powers.