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  Nolan Bushnell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bushnell graduated from the University of Utah electrical engineering program in 1968, and was a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.
Bushnell was one of many computer science students of the 1960s that played the now-famous Spacewar game on DEC mainframe computers.
In addition to his animatronic entertainment at Chuck E. Cheese's, Bushnell was also involved in the 1982 founding of Androbot, Inc, a company that introduced personal robots for entertainment purposes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nolan_Bushnell   (781 words)

  
 Inventor of the Week: Archive
Although Bushnell had some help with the various apparatus of his craft, the overall design and many of the details were entirely of his own creation.
Bushnell's plan of attack was for the operator to steer in secret under an enemy ship, drill the screw deep enough into the keel of the enemy ship to anchor it, then detach both the screw and the mine, set the fuse burning, and drive away as quickly as possible.
However, Bushnell himself was too frail to pilot the craft, and his usual captain, his brother Ezra, was ill with a fever.
web.mit.edu /invent/iow/bushnelld.html   (703 words)

  
 Bushnell's Turtle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bushnell's submarine was peach shaped and 7 ft. long by 4 ft. wide.
Washington also funded him with money and said on September 26, 1776, "Bushnell is a man of great mechanical powers, fertile in invention and a master of execution." Washington once wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson about the future uses of submarines.
Bushnell picked the strongest, however, not brightest, of the men, Ezra Lee.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/6262/bushnell.htm   (401 words)

  
 Fathering: Playful fathering: the burden and promise of Horace Bushnell's Christian nurture
Bushnell thus offered for his budding audience a brand of domestic theology (Bendroth, 2000) that valorized the home and the mother who protected her brood from the corrupting and malicious impositions of the workaday world in which the father found himself.
Bushnell (1908) writes that more "is done, or lost by neglect of doing, on a child's immorality, in the first three years of his life, than in all his years of discipline afterwards" (p.
Bushnell and his wife Mary had five children: a daughter who died in infancy, a son who died before age two, and three daughters whose playfulness contributed to the writing of Christian Nurture.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PAV/is_2_1/ai_107124130/pg_2   (1449 words)

  
 The Christian Century: Theological tinkering.(Bushnell, The Puritan as... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ultimately, Bushnell's innovative theology was driven by his staunch fidelity to upholding the worldview of the homespun New England "Yankee" culture that reared him--a culture rapidly disappearing during his lifetime.
Bushnell valued religious experience and discussed the significance of religious miracles in ways that anticipated the later language of Pentecostalism.
Exploring the extent to which Bushnell's pastorate shaped the contours of his theological writing might clarify his role as a theological tinkerer (this is also true of Bushnell's numerous other professional interests, which Mullin discusses only in a cursory fashion).
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:94639744&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (811 words)

  
 The USS Bushnell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bushnell's submarine was unsuccessful in her attempts to blow up British vessels in 1776-1777.
USS Bushnell weighed anchor and proceeded to Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands on 27 April...laden with provisions, fuel, and materials.
From September to December of 1945, USS Bushnell acted as a repair vessel for submarines throughout the period of demobilization and peacetime reorganization of the Submarine Force in the San Diego, California, area.
ussubvetsofworldwarii.org /Bushnell.html   (833 words)

  
 Tenders - USS Bushnell AS 15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bushnell weighed anchor for Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, 27 April laden with provisions, fuel, and materiel.
From September to December 1945 Bushnell continued to act as a repair vessel for submarines throughout the period of demobilization and peacetime reorganization of the submarine force in the San Diego area.
Bushnell was placed out of commission on 20 June 1970 and was towed to Norfolk where she was turned over to Reserve Fleet who used her as their new headquarters.
www.mississippi.net /~comcents/tendertale.com/tenders/115/115.html   (891 words)

  
 Bushnell
Bushnell, P.J. Overt orienting in the rat: Parametric studies of cued detection of visual targets.
Bushnell, P.J. Concentration-time relationships for the effects of inhaled trichloroethylene on detection of visual signals in rats.
Bushnell, P.J. Behavioral approaches to the assessment of attention in animals.
www.duke.edu /web/toxicology/Bios/Bushnell.htm   (610 words)

  
 BUSHNELL -- KIMBALL COUNTY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bushnell, the last town in Nebraska on U.S. Highway 30, is just nine miles from Wyoming and only 15 miles from Colorado on the south.
The Bushnell Telephone Company was organized in 1914 as a partnership and later as a corporation with the switchboard in George Hammond's residence where his wife, Maude operated it.
By the turn of the century the population of Bushnell precinct was 137.
www.casde.unl.edu /history/counties/kimball/bushnell/bushnell.htm   (668 words)

  
 Bushnell, Nebraska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In its infancy, Bushnell carried the name of Orkney, because the post office department thought "Bushnell" sounded too much like "Rushville." It is the last town in western Nebraska on the main line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The first bank in Bushnell was built in 1910, and several other businesses were established at about that time, including a general store, a lumber yard and a land office.
The Bushnell school district consolidated with Kimball School districts in 1986, 99 years after the first school was organized in Bushnell.
www.ci.kimball.ne.us /bushnell.htm   (542 words)

  
 Bushnell, Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The community was named in honor of J.W. Bushnell, who surveyed the route of the Florida Railway and Navigation Company Railroad which had recently been constructed through this area.
In 1913 Bushnell High School had a total enrollment of 145; 14 in ninth and tenth grades, 96 in Intermediate and 35 in Primary.
After numerous elections to select a new county seat after the court house in Sumterville burned, the court house was moved to Bushnell in 1912.
sumtercounty.sum.net /towns/bushnell_mp.htm   (349 words)

  
 From Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
Bushnell's vessel was unsuccessful in her attempts to blow up British vessels in 1776-77.
Bushnell commanded the Corps of Engineers at West Point in 1783; later became the head of a private school in Georgia, and then practiced medicine until his death in 1824 at Warrenton, Ga.
She was assigned to the Submarine Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet, as tender to "L" class submarines in January 1916 and arrived on the east coast in February.
www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/as2.htm   (847 words)

  
 Prof CJ Bushnell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
C.J. Bushnell, G.M. Henniart and P.C. Kutzko "Local Rankin-Selberg convolutions for GL_n: explicit conductor formula." J. Amer.
C.J. Bushnell and G.M. Henniart "Davenport-Hasse relations and an explicit Langlands correspondence II: twisting conjectures".
C.J. Bushnell and G.M. Henniart "Sur le comportement, par torsion, des facteurs epsilon de paires".
www.mth.kcl.ac.uk /staff/cj_bushnell.html   (143 words)

  
 Bushnell Rangefinders
Thousands of hunters and golfers are using the Bushnell Yardage Pro to quickly and accurately measure distances and improve performance.
If Bushnell tested its laser products with a 7mm aperture, only about 3% of the total power would be collected.
Bushnell is working feverishly on the quality of the LCD, but that technology is not mature enough to accommodate our requirements.
www.wholesalehunter.com /product/bushnell/bushrang.htm   (1584 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Nolan Bushnell [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nolan Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is the founder of Atari, Inc. (now owned by Infogrames) and the Chuck E. Cheese Pizza-Time Theaters and is considered to be the father of the video arcade industry.
Bushnell graduated from the University of Utah electrical engineering program in 1968.
During his time there in the 1960s, Bushnell was one of many computer science students that played the now famous Spacewar game on DEC mainframe computers.
encyclozine.com /Nolan_Bushnell   (647 words)

  
 Bushnell South Dakota Resource Guide, City or community of Bushnell, South Dakota Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ...
The population of Bushnell is approximately 81 (1990).
Bushnell is positioned 44.32 degrees north of the equator and 96.64 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Bushnell is home to a diverse religious makeup, yet with this enclave of cultural and religious diversity, the community of Bushnell is tolerant to all.
www.usacitiesonline.com /sdcountybushnell.htm   (844 words)

  
 Bushnell Homes Construction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Bushnell Homes is a family-owned and operated business 20 years in the making.
Carrying on the long-standing reputation built by Bushnell Builders and its founder, Stanley Bushnell, we strive to maintain the legacy of quality custom homes that you as a homeowner can be proud of.
Also, because your Bushnell Homes home is a custom home, we can accommodate changes to your existing plan, or we can recommend plans to you based on your needs.
www.bushnell-homes.com /about.html   (469 words)

  
 Bushnell, Horace on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Because of certain views of the Trinity allegedly expressed in the latter, unsuccessful attempts were made to bring him to trial for heresy.
Bushnell's dignified reply was made in Christ in Theology (1851).
His repudiation of the austerity of Calvinism and his stress on the presence of the divine in humanity and nature had profound influence in shaping liberal Protestant thought.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Bushnell.asp   (382 words)

  
 City of Bushnell Florida
Bushnell was established in 1885 and incorporated in 1911.
Bushnell is the Seat of Sumter County and is located within easy driving distance to both Tampa and Orlando.
Bushnell’s motto is “Committed to the Quality of Life” and it is the guiding principal by which all municipal decisions are made.
www.cityofbushnellfl.com   (220 words)

  
 Metroactive News & Issues | Nolan Bushnell
Bushnell sold Atari to Warner Communications in 1976 for $28 million but stayed on as a consultant for another two years.
Bushnell's personal net worth grew to between $35 and $50 million--a vast sum at the time--and his celebrity began to spread beyond the valley.
Bushnell appealed the judgment to the 6th District Court of Appeals, claiming it had been the wrongful acts of Merrill Lynch that made him unable to pay.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/09.16.99/cover/bushnell2-9937.html   (4369 words)

  
 CNN.com - Candace Bushnell talks about 'Sex' and 'Blondes' - September 15, 2000
But she does play a "me-like character," Bushnell told CNN anchor Daryn Kagan in an interview earlier this week.
Bushnell, in fact, has gotten away from her own life with a new book, "Four Blondes" (Atlantic Monthly Press).
Bushnell faced a problem last Sunday night: "Sex and the City" was a major presence at the Emmy telecast, where it was up for nine awards, while an episode of the series aired on HBO.
archives.cnn.com /2000/books/news/09/15/candace.bushnell   (543 words)

  
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The storied Bushnell clan has been spreading its influence and leaving its mark ever since five sons of Francis Bushnell left their native shore of England for America in 1635, to be followed by their legendary father and his two daughters in 1639.
Bushnell cousins across the 50 states already have expressed excitement over the prospect of coming together for fun, fellowship and story-swapping --- a combination that should lure hundreds, perhaps thousands, of friendly kinfolk who share the same ancestry.
By 2007, Hartford will be the prime convention city in the entire eastern seaboard, with a special welcome to Bushnells, since cousin Horace made such a dramatic impact on the cultural and recreational aspects of the city a few generations ago.
www.bushnell.homestead.com /files/07reun.htm   (1408 words)

  
 No. 1385: Bushnell's Submarine
Bushnell abandoned submarines a year later and went after British ships moored at Philadelphia with floating mines.
Bushnell has ever since been hailed as the father of the submarine and as a great American technological genius.
Bushnell was first to put a man under water in combat.
www.uh.edu /engines/epi1385.htm   (469 words)

  
 CWHF-Dotha Bushnell Hillyer
Dotha Bushnell Hillyer was the youngest daughter of the Reverend Horace Bushnell and Mary Apthorpe.
Dotha chose to honor her father by providing the citizens of Hartford with a venue that would encourage and inspire the appreciation of music, art, science and foster other benevolent activities.
In addition to providing the city of Hartford with the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall, Dotha and her husband were also the principal benefactors of the Science Museum in West Hartford and the original YMCA which then became Hillyer College and later, the University of Hartford.
www.cwhf.org /hall/hillyer/hillyer.htm   (203 words)

  
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In a brief historical prelude, the magazine mentions that "the Whiteleys, the Warders, the Bushnells and the Fooses challenged Chicago for primacy as farm-equipment makers in the world" and Asa Bushnell's mansion on High Street now is a funeral home.
Asa Bushnell also was identified with other business enterprises: president of the First National Bank of Springfield, president of Republic Printing Co. and head of innumerable lesser local concerns.
Professor Bushnell has achieved international recognition as a "scientist's scientist" for his innovative and intellectually stimulating research on the physiological, molecular and biochemical processes of biotrophic fungal pathogens and the plant defenses that restrict their development.
www.bushnell.homestead.com /files/2001.htm   (2147 words)

  
 The Bushnell | The Bushnell Opens Holiday Box Office at Westfarms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Bushnell, Connecticut's premier performing arts center, is pleased to announce the opening of its Holiday Box Office at Westfarms in Farmington.
The Bushnell's remote box office is located at a kiosk between The Gap and Rainforest Café, near the entrance to Filene's.
The Bushnell's nationally-recognized arts-in-education program, PARTNERS (Partners in Arts and Education Revitalizing Schools), is a cross-community educational effort serving 40 schools in 17 districts throughout the Greater Hartford area.
www.bushnell.org /index.cgi/9575   (322 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Terri Schiavo denied Last Rites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Attorney Deborah Bushnell told Monsignor Thaddeus Malanowski, who has been Terri's spiritual provider for three years, that ''because of court order and doctor's orders, you can't put anything in her mouth,'' not even a morsel of moistened communion wafer.
Malanowski spoke with Bushnell outside the room, explaining that he wanted to administer the Sacrament of Annointing of the Sick or the Viaticum, the last communion for a Catholic before death.
While Bushnell was talking with the priest, they had had a prayer service and the ''spiritual communion'' – but many Catholics do not regard that as the same as communion with a consecrated host.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35156   (1039 words)

  
 David Bushnell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He is credited with creating in 1775, while studying at (A university in Connecticut) Yale University, the first (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) submarine ever used in combat, known as the (Any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming) Turtle.
He combined his ideas in an attempt to attack British ships which were blockading (Click link for more info and facts about New York Harbor) New York Harbor in the summer of 1776 by attaching underwater bombs to their hulls, but due to bad luck failed every time, and the Turtle eventually sank.
Source: "David Bushnell and his turtle - The story of America's first submarine" By June Swanson Illustrated by Mike Eagle
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/david_bushnell.htm   (187 words)

  
 View topic - Bushnell Rangefinder
I called Bushnell to see if this is a common problem, and the person I talked to said that they don't work when the temperature is below freezing.
I sent my Bushnell Scout rangefinder in to determine if it was defective, since it would not function in cold weather.
Bushnell sent me a brand new Bushnell Scout which is working in cold weather.
www.opticsplanet.com /msgboard/about474.html   (279 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Nolan Bushnell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals.
(Sente is the Japanese term for checkmate in Go, Bushnell's favourite game).
Midway Games NYSE: MWY is a video game publisher known for such game series as Mortal Kombat, NBA Jam, and Spy Hunter.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nolan-Bushnell   (1594 words)

  
 Bushnell Cycle Design Builder Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Today in an effort to increase their cycling enjoyment, many couples have been turning to tandem bicycling.
Our customers are special and we know how to provide for their individual needs.
At Bushnell Cycle Designs, extensive background in tandems has led to a superior frame geometry, plus tubing selections that are best suited for tandem frames.
www.sandsmachine.com /bp_bushn.htm   (288 words)

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