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		Nathaniel Smith Nathaniel Smith was a Representative to the 1762.
		Smith River (Oregon) The Smith River is a tributary of the Siuslaw River to the north.
		Smith was born as Mamie Robinson in cabaret singer.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/smith.html

	Smith, Francis Graham
		Smith and Ryle were the first to publish (in 1957) a paper on the possibility of devising an accurate navigational system that depended on the use of radio signals from an orbiting satellite.
		Smith discovered the strongly polarized nature of radiation from pulsars 1968, and estimated the strength of the magnetic field in interstellar space.
		Smith was born in Roehampton, Surrey, and studied at Cambridge.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/S/SmithF/1.html

	Notes: The Astronomer's Tale (Notes)
		In January 2003, astronomers announced the first discovery of an exoplanet (OGLE-TR-56b, 5,000 light-years from Earth) using the transit method (observing the telltale dimming of a star's light due to a companion body passing in front of it) (Cowen 2003a).
		Astronomers have also found many "free-floaters" (objects not orbiting any stars at all), including several in the Orion constellation (Cowen 2001c and 2000e; Zapatero et al.
		On March 1, 2004, astronomers announced detection of the most distant galaxy yet known in the universe, 13.23 billion light-years away, thus having formed, by the current estimates, only 470 million years after the Big Bang (Britt 2004b).
	www.hobrad.com /astnotes.htm

	Francis Smith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Francis Smith (Australian politician), former Premier of Tasmania
		Francis Henney Smith, first Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Francis_Smith

	Historical Astronomical Posts in Britain and Ireland
		The term Astronomer Royal for England is sometimes used distinguish the title from that of the Astronomer Royal for Scotland or the historic title of Astronomer Royal for Ireland (or Royal Astronomer for Ireland), but this title is informal.
		In 1972 the title Astronomer Royal was disconnected from the position of Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory: the Astronomer Royal had been director of the Observatory from the origin of the title.
		The position was sometimes called "Astronomer Royal for Ireland", adopting the title as a parallel to the that of the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
	brynjones.members.beeb.net /histastron/posts_gbi/posts_gbi.html

	Articles - Astronomer Royal
		As Astronomer Royal he receives a stipend of Â£100 a year and is a member of the Royal Household, under the general authority of the Lord Chamberlain.
		Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
		After the separation of the two offices the position of Astronomer Royal has been largely honorary, though he remains available to advise the Sovereign on astronomical and related scientific matters, and the office is of great prestige.
	www.mainearth.com /articles/Astronomer_Royal

	EDINBURGH - Online Information article about EDINBURGH
		In Warriston cemetery (opened in 1843) in the New Town, were buried Sir James Young Simpson, Alexander Smith the poet, Horatio McCulloch, R.S.A., the landscape painter, the Rev. James Millar, the last Presbyterian chaplain of the castle, and the Rev. James Peddie, the pastor of Bristo Street church.
		The Canon-gate Tolbooth adjoins the parish church, in the burial-ground of which is the tombstone raised by Burns to the memory of Robert Fergusson, and where Dugald Stewart, Adam Smith and other men of note were buried.
		The Scottish dead in the American Civil War are commemorated in a monument bearing a life-sized figure of Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /ECG_EMS/EDINBURGH.html

	Simple Cosmology by Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith
		Sir Francis emphasized that observations are what mattered; not just theoretical calculations, although these allowed increasingly detailed theoretical modelling.
		(Former Director of Jodrell Bank and former Astronomer Royal)
		Detailed observations of stars, galaxies, quasars and pulsars, using an ever-increasing number of instruments from the surface of the earth and from space and working at an ever-wider range of wavelengths, are showing us what the universe is really about.
	www.mikeoates.org /mas/history/lectures/20030116.htm

	Jocelyn Bell Burnell
		The impact of the discovery on the astronomical community at the time was enormous and within a few weeks other similar projects were engaged and eventually other discoveries of pulsars were made.
		She was first elected as a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969 and has served as its Vice President.
		Jocelyn Burnell Bell had made the most remarkable astronomical discovery in recent history; she had detected the first known pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star that sends out regular burst of radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation.
	www.ceemast.csupomona.edu /nova/burn.html

	Library of Economics and Liberty: Biographies in Brief
		Simon Newcomb, Canadian-born, home-educated astronomer and mathematician who supervised the revamping of the telescopes at the United States Naval Observatory, plotted the orbits of Uranus, Neptune, and the moon, and taught at Johns Hopkins University, had an ongoing skill and interest in illuminating complex theories and evidence in plain language.
		Walker, Francis A. Francis Amasa Walker was an economics professor at Yale University, and served as president of the American Statistical Association and American Economic Association, and for a time, MIT.
		He was ultimately inspired by Smith's The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, and, using his background in the stock market and his natural incisive ability, actively disagreed with the mercantilist views on gold accumulation and the pricing of gold.
	www.econlib.org /library/briefbios.html

	Francis Ford Coppola Profile -- Academy of Achievement
		Francis Ford Coppola has continued to trust his instincts, winning multiple Academy Awards for The Godfather II, and directing such legendary films as The Conversation and Apocalypse Now.
		Executives at Paramount had so little faith in the 32 year-old filmmaker they had hired to direct The Godfather, they actually hired another director to follow Francis Ford Coppola around the set, just to remind him he could be replaced at any moment.
		Along with its even more acclaimed sequel, it is one of the highest-grossing films of all time, and appears on every list of the best films ever made.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/cop0pro-1

	June 7 - Today in Science History
		Burke and Kenneth L. Franklin, astronomers at the Carnegie Institution in Washington, were scanning the sky for radio waves from galaxies.
		French astronomer and director of the Paris Observatory, who is noted for discovering eight comets and writing Tables astronomiques of Jupiter and Saturn (1808) and of Uranus (1821).
		American astronomer who discovered that the giant planet Jupiter emits radio waves (1955).
	www.todayinsci.com /6/6_07.htm

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 86024517
		These two distinguished astronomers continually show their sense of wonder and excitement at the universe that is now revealed to us.
		Final year high school students will find this a good introduction to astronomy; one that will appeal equally to amateur astronomers, and to those who want a comprehensive, conventional, and authoritative account from prominent authors in the field.
		Pathways to the Universe is an illustrated introduction to astronomy that begins at the level of common experience and develops the subject to the frontiers of modern research.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/cam023/86024517.html

	Cosmology Simplified - Weinstein & Smith
		It is believed by many astronomers that it was a large asteroid that collided with the Earth 65 million years ago that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
		Ancient astronomers divided it into twelve equal parts, each designated by a constellation.The twelve constellations constitute the "Zodiac." Although the word "Zodiac" is Arabic for "circle of the animals," only a few of its constellations, e.g.
		It is the "magic lantern" that astronomers use in investigating and analyzing planets, stars, and galaxies.
	members.aol.com /aweinst819/cosmo2k.htm

	Francis Edgeworth
		Francis Edgeworth was a restless philosophy student at Cambridge on his way to Germany when he decided to elope with a teenage Catalonian refugee he met on the steps of the British Museum.
		One of the outcomes of their marriage was Ysidro Francis Edgeworth (the name order was reversed later), who was destined to become one of the most brilliant and eccentric economists of the 19th Century.
		Edgeworth was born in 1845 in Edgeworthstown, County Longford, Ireland into a large, well-connected and eccentric Anglo-Irish landowning family.
	www.economyprofessor.com /theorists/francisedgeworth.php

	Dictionary of Australian Biography We-Wy
		In May the ministry was re-constructed with Francis Smith (q.v.) as premier, Weston remaining in the cabinet without portfolio.
		He was making good progress as an astronomer, but in the middle of 1860 was given the third position in the Burke (q.v.) and Wills exploring expedition.
		He married Maria Bate, daughter of Lieutenant John Smith, R.N., and their second son, Bernhard Ringrose Wise, was born in Sydney on 10 February 1858.
	gutenberg.net.au /dictbiog/0-dict-biogWe-Wy.html

	Men of Invention and Industry by Samuel Smiles
		Francis Pettit Smith was born at Hythe, in the county of Kent, in
		Francis Pettit Smith's screw vessel went to sea in the course of
		Francis Drake, also continued their action upon the seas.
	emotionalliteracyeducation.com /classic_books_online/moiai10.htm

	Useful Information
		Sir Francis Graham-Smith (former Astronomer Royal), Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw and Sir Patrick Moore in the observatory dome at the official opening.
		She is a former Pro-Chancellor of the University, Lord Mayor of Manchester, outstanding mathematician and a keen amateur astronomer.
		The dome was designed and built by Dr Glynn Marsh, a prominent local amateur astronomer.
	www.lancs.ac.uk /depts/physics/resources/observatory/info.htm

	The Sun comes to Jodrell Bank
		The second opening, this time carried out by Sir Francis Graham Smith, 13th Astronomer Royal, was of the "Sun", the centre piece of the "Spaced Out" Project - an innovative project to create the world's largest scale model of the Solar System.
		Fred Talbot, well known TV personality and keen astronomer opening the Visitor Pathway.
		The telescope is often observing towards the south and prior to the new pathway, visitors were often only able to see the back of its impressive structure; the pathway will thus often materially add to their visitor experience.
	www.jb.man.ac.uk /news/spacedout

	Category:British astronomers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Science > Astronomy > Astronomers > Astronomers by nationality > British astronomers
		People > by occupation > Scientists > Astronomers > by nationality > British astronomers
		This page was last modified 19:56, 30 May 2005.
	www.butte-silverbow.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Category:British_astronomers

	World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Fr
		Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Fr.htm

	Mansfield & Sutton Astronomical Society
		The society is pleased to count the 13th Astronomer Royal Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith F.R.S. and Professor Michael R. Merrifield, from the University of Nottingham School of Physics and Astronomy as its patrons.
		Professor Sir Francis Graham-Smith held the position of 13th Astronomer Royal from 1982 to 1990, and also officially opened the Sherwood Obervatory in 1986.
		Mike Merrifield primarily studies the properties of nearby galaxies using telescopes at radio, infrared, optical and even X-ray wavelengths.
	www.solarius.com /msas/index.php?PHPSESSID=236657ca761bb9450b64c3a29a810373

	The National Archives National Register of Archives Browse the combined corporate and business indexes
		Smith, Benjamin Frederick (1819-1900) Archdeacon of Maidstone (3)
		Smith, Gerard Edwards (1804-1881) Vicar of Osmaston Botanist (2)
		Smith, Cecil Woodham- (1896-1976) Historian and Biographer (3)
	www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk /nra/browser/person/page/person_SM.htm

	Francis Galton : Statistical Inquiries into the Efficacy of Prayer, written in 1872
		Quetelet, (Lambert) Adolphe (Jacques), 1796 – 1874, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, statistician and sociologist known for his application of statistics and the theory of probability to social phenomena.
		Francis Galton : Statistical Inquiries into the Efficacy of Prayer, written in 1872
		Also 1990, Peter Smith Pub; ISBN: 0844621080 £12
	www.abelard.org /galton/galton.htm

	101 Radio Astronomy - www.101science.com
		Bernard F. Burke, Francis Graham-Smith (Contributor) / Paperback / Published 1997
		Antennas as small as six feet in diameter to around 20 feet in diameter are possible for the backyard amateur radio astronomer.
		And, on a more intimate note, we are given a rare glimpse of the author himself as he movingly describes his valiant fight for his life, his love for his family, and his personal beliefs about death and God.
	members.aol.com /ledodd/rastronomy.htm

	The University of Manchester
		Sir Francis Graham-Smith, Emeritus Professor at The University of Manchester and 3rd Astronomer Royal, will unveil the structure, which is part of the world's largest scale model of the Solar System, in the UK.
		Fred Talbot, Granada's regular weather reporter, and a keen astronomer, commented: "Back in 1959 a late uncle of mine took me to see Jodrell Bank from a nearby lane.
		The models are being sited within school grounds and sites of astronomical interest, and there has been major involvement of school pupils and local communities.
	www.manchester.ac.uk /press/title,17600,en.htm

	Science & Nature / Astronomy
		This is much more than another collection of astronomical star charts: it provides an illustrated history of the science and discoveries of astronomers, creating a solid reference for both high school and college level students.
		Astronomers were among the first scientists to whole-heartedly embrace the computer and the Internet.
		magazine's "Night Watchman" columnist leads fledgling and amateur astronomers through amazing discoveries, curiosities, and wonders of the universe.
	www.stavar.i.se /bookstore/Sci_Astronomy.html

	Directory of Pages each page represents one object in the collection
		Boyd Smith / The hare and the tortoise / between 1880 and 1943
		Boyd Smith / The hare and the hound / between 1880 and 1943
		Boyd Smith / The frog and the ox / between 1880 and 1943
	www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico8_list14.html

	Samuel Beckett Resources and Links
		Smith has deduced that Beckett's writings are "a bitterly negative, anti-humanist and even misanthropic body of work".
		In fact, some would contend that he broke more ground in the field of time and space in the real world (human) sense than any physicist squinting into a microscope or astronomer peering into the heavens.
		W. Smith ("At the frontiers of technology and customer service").
	www.samuel-beckett.net

	The National Archives Search other Archives Accessions to Repositories Major Accessions to Carmarthenshire Archive Service, 2003
		Francis Pettit Smith, curator of the Patent Office Museum: corresp rel to possibility of a photographic process having been used at the Soho Works of Boulton and Watt (MS 2117)
		Thomas Wright (1711-1786), astronomer, architect and antiquary: unpublished MS 'A new theory of the Earth founded upon and more fully explaining the universal phenomenon of earthquake; effects of the magnet and doctrine of tides' (WRM)
		Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920), knight astronomer (addnl): corresp (MS 236)
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /accessions/2003/03digests/science.htm

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