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  Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Lee De Forest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
De Forest is one of the fathers of the "electronic age," as the Audion helped to usher in the widespread use of electronics.
De Forest's innovation was the insertion of a third electrode, the grid or gate, in between the cathode (filament) (or connected to the filament) and the anode (plate) of the previously invented diode.
De Forest filed a patent in 1916 that became the cause of a contentious lawsuit with the prolific inventor Edwin Armstrong, whose patent for the regenerative circuit had been issued in 1914.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Lee_De_Forest   (1117 words)

  
 Hills and Downs of Middle-earth
When the northern realm of Cardolan was defeated by the forces of Angmar in 1409, some of the Dunedain took refuge in the Barrow-downs and in the Old Forest beyond.
Amon Din was the closest of the Beacon-hills to Minas Tirith.
It was a rocky, barren hill at the eastern edge of the Druadan Forest.
www.tuckborough.net /hills.html   (6263 words)

  
 Books by and about Earthwatch-Supported Researchers - Earthwatch Institute - United States
The Lions of Tsavo: Exploring the Legacy of Africa's Notorious Man-eaters
Conserving Biodiversity in East African Forests: A study of the Eastern Arc Mountains
Tells the story of the magnificent tall eucalypt forests in Victoria's Central Highlands
www.earthwatch.org /pubaffairs/books.html   (349 words)

  
 Robin Hood & Robin of Sherwood
That in itself may be a falsehood, as no one knows for certain how the legend came to be.
Be that as it might be, Carpenter certainly created a world as stunningly real as that of Holdstock, creator of the Ryhope Wood series, in that saga of another Wood beyond time itself.
This is England before it was England -- a Celtic land full of old gods including the Norse god Fenris, wolflings, witches, mad prophets, spells, the Sword of Albion, and a forest beyond time itself.
www.greenmanreview.com /film/film_robinofsherwood.html   (2123 words)

  
 BlogRiPpinG: May 2005 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Obediah was never one to stop for debate, and immediately walked through the tapestry into the forest beyond.
She learned that the forest the players were standing in is called Arden, that the nearby castle belongs to a Faerie Queen, and that there was a village nearby.
After a bit of hiking, the party reached the outskirts of the village, which seemed to be some idealized sort of medieval town, populated by people who looked more or less like Obediah.
www.webamused.com /blogripping/archives/2005_05.html   (3543 words)

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