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  Gibbs, Josiah Willard - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Gibbs, Josiah Willard
Gibbs showed how many thermodynamic laws could be interpreted in terms of the results of the movements of enormous numbers of bodies such as molecules.
Gibbs was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and studied at Yale and in Europe1866–69.
The Gibbs adsorption isotherm showed that changes in the concentration of a component of a solution in contact with a surface occur if there is an alteration in the surface tension.
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 GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT - LoveToKnow Article on GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 1901 the Copley medal of the Royal Society of London was awarded him as being the first to apply thesecond law of thermodynamics to the exhaustive discussionof the relation between chemical, electrical and thermal energyand capacity for external work.A
GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT (18221908), American chemist, was born at New York on the 21st of February 1822.
Gibbs researches were mainly in analytical and inorganic chemistry, the cobaltammines, platinum metals and complex acids beingespecially investigated.
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 Search Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
medal medal, a piece of metal, cast or struck, often coin-shaped.
He was coruler with his brother and his brother's wife from 170-164 BC Trouble resulted in a settlement by which Ptolemy Physcon ruled C...
Gibbs, James Gibbs, James, 1682-1754, English architect, b.
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 Encyclopedia: Prizes named after people   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to up to four mathematicians (not over forty years of age) at each International Congress of International Mathematical Union, since 1936 and regularly since 1948 at the initiative of the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields.
The IEEE John von Neumann Medal was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1990 and may be presented annually for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology.
The Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy of Sciences and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).
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 Academy Honors 18 for Major Contributions to Science   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Freedman was chosen "for his profound contributions to the theory and practice of statistics, including rigorous foundations for Bayesian influence and trenchant analysis of census adjustment." The award was established by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. in honor of John J. Carty and has been awarded since 1932.
Gibbs was chosen "for her revolutionary concepts and evidence that constitute the foundation for the current theory of chloroplast evolution and the phylogenetic relationships of algae and plants." The award was established by a bequest of Helen P. Smith and has been presented since 1979.
She has made an especially important contribution by bringing high-quality science education to groups traditionally distanced from the science world, thereby empowering many young people with the skills of a scientist." The medal was established to recognize distinguished contributions in the application of science to the public welfare and has been presented since 1914.
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 Wright Brothers Collection
The brothers made more than two hundred flights in 1904 and 1905, and a patent was granted for the plane on May 22, 1906, but it was not until 1908 that they began to receive credit and attention for their invention.
The institution was conceived to be a dynamic memorial to the achievements of the Wright Brothers.
A few of the awards and medals were housed at The Dayton Art Institute from 1949 to 1976, a fraction of the mass of material kept by the Millers at their home in the Dayton suburb of Kettering.
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 List of prizes, medals, and awards - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Agassiz Medal -- a medal and a prize of $15,000 awarded every three years for original contribution in the science of oceanography by the US National Academy of Sciences
Gibbs Brothers Medal -- Naval architecture, Marine engineering (National Academy of Sciences).
National Medal of Science -- given by the President of the United States on recommendation of the National Science Foundation to scientists and engineers in behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics.
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 Prizes named after people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gibbs Brothers Medal – William Francis Gibbs and Frederic H. Gibbs
IEEE John von Neumann Medal – John von Neumann
John von Neumann Theory Prize, IEEE John von Neumann Medal – John von Neumann
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 Gibbs' function - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Gibbs' function   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In thermodynamics, an expression representing part of the energy content of a system that is available to do external work, also known as the free energy G.
In an equilibrium system at constant temperature and pressure, G = H–TS, where H is the enthalpy (heat content), T the temperature, and S the entropy (decrease in energy availability).
The function was named after US physicist Josiah Willard Gibbs.
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 Gibbs Brothers Medal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gibbs Brothers Medal is awarded by the US National Academy of Sciences for "outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering".
It was established by a gift from William Francis Gibbs and Frederic H. Gibbs.
This page was last modified 06:17, 12 July 2004.
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 Nat' Academies Press, Report of the Treasurer to the Council For the Year Ended December 31, 2000 (2001)
Gibbs Brothers Fund - Gift of William Francis Gibbs and Frederic H. Gibbs to found the Gibbs Brothers Medal for outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering.
Gibbs Fund - Established by gift of Wolcott Gibbs, a member of the Academy, and increased by a bequest of the late Morris Loeb in 1914 for the promotion of research in chemistry.
A portion of the income may also be used from time to time to provide a medal to be known as the Franklin Livingston Hunt Medal for distinguished accomplishment in scientific research.
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 Analysis--The True Story of the Wright Brothers Contract   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The contract with the Wright brothers’ was awarded on February 10.
The upshot of all this is that the story of the Wright brothers’ 1908 contract with the Army has no bearing on the problems that agencies must solve in order to write performance work statements for services and to effectively implement performance-based service contracting.
But while the story of the Wright brothers is interesting, often dramatic, and frequently stirring, and while their 1908 Army contract is surely a milestone in the history of military aviation, it has no bearing on the challenges that agencies must confront today when trying to implement performance-based service contracting.
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 Encyclopedia: National Academy of Sciences   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sir Edward Appletons medal Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals.
The National Academy of Sciences has an annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is the scholarly journal of the National Academy of Sciences.
The Academy gives a number of different awards: A list of famous prizes, medals, and awards including cups, trophies, bowls, badges, state decorations etc....
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 INDIANS TRIBES of WASHINGTON TERRITORY by George Gibbs
Kam-ai-ya-kan is the only one of the three brothers who has adopted even the forms of Catholicism, and he refuses to be baptised, because he would be compelled to put away his surplus wives, of whom he has several.
At Ketetas, on the main Yakima, we were visited by Ow-hai, one of the two principal chiefs of the northern band of this tribe.
An actual count of the last three, which were supposed to contain half the population, was made by their chiefs in January, and, comprehending all who belonged to them, whether present or not, gave a population of only 376
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 Gibbs Brothers Medal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Gibbs Brothers Medal - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Gibbs Brothers Medal contains research on
Gibbs Brothers Medal, Recipients, See also and External link.
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 Biography
The real beginning of the Céline experience in the music world happened on 1981, when in the kitchen of the house, her mother Thérèse and one of her son, Jacques, wrote the first original song for Céline, "Ce n'était qu'un reve".
Céline overcame the competition of other 30 finalists and in front of 12.000 persons present in the hall and 115 millions watching the television, she won the gold medal.
After the thousand awards received by Céline, there weren't yet the State honours that usually are attributed to the prominent personalities of the culture; in January she received the medal of the Knight of Arts and Letters from the Minister of the French Culture.
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 The Scientist :: NAS Awards, Apr. 30, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Because of advanced symptoms of multiple sclerosis, Sarah P. Gibbs of McGill University was unable to attend the ceremony to accept the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal for her work that provided a foundation for understanding the chloroplast's endosymbiotic origin.
The Gibbs Brothers Medal in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of naval architecture and marine engineering went to Alfred C. Malchiodi of Electric Boat Corporation.
For instilling a greater sense of scientific understanding and appreciation in the next generation of scientists, Shirley M. Malcom of the American Association for the Advancement of Science received the highest honors of the evening, the NAS Public Welfare Medal.
www.biomedcentral.com /news/20030430/03   (1055 words)

  
 Academy Honors 17 for Major Contributions to Science -- 96 (4): 1173 -- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The medal was established in honor of Henryk Arctowski and has
The medal was established by the bequest of William Francis Gibbs
medal and a prize of $50,000, awarded annually in recognition
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 Gibbs Brothers Medal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His feelings were mixed about receiving the medal.
Corps Training Center in Tampa, his medal on his...
We got real close, like brothers, because of...
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 Prizes named after people   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The prizes, the winners, entry form and rules, articles and media coverage, and a variety of related links.
ICM Prizes The Fields Medal and Nevanlinna Prize to be awarded at the ICM 2002.
The Ewart Organization People, places and things past and present named Ewart.
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 Nat' Academies Press, Report of the Treasurer to the Council 1996-1997 (1997)
Arctowski Fund - Bequest of Jane Arctowska in memory of Henryk Arctow- ski for a medal to recognize contributions to studies in solar physics and solar-terrestrial relationships.
Gibbs Fund - Established by gift of Wolcott Gibbs, a member of the Academy, and increased by a bequest of the late Morris Loeb in 1914 for the pro- motion of research in chemistry.
A portion of the income may also be used from time to time to provide a medal to be known as the Franklin Livingston Hunt Medal for distinguished accom- plishment in scientific research.
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 List_of_books_by_award_or_notoriety   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Alexander Agassiz Medal - a medal and a prize of $15,000 awarded every three years for original contribution in the science of oceanography by the US National Academy of Sciences
Gibbs Brothers Medal - Naval architecture, Marine engineering (National Academy of Sciences).
National Medal of Technology - American award for leading innovators.
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 weblog of Judi Gibbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
They were on their way from Vancouver to Mom's place in Sask. It's always fun to see what people think of all the animals and our way of life out here on the Alberta prairie.
My brother and sister-in-law from Vancouver were there as well, so it was nice to have a visit with them as well.
When I arrived in Halifax, my sister and brother in law, Linda and Leonard were there to greet me. We drove into Halifax and picked up my nephew, Darren, and headed for the harbour to have dinner.
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 Marla Gibbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In opera she created the role of Lucretia in the American premiere of Benjamin’s Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia, and she made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1967 as Prince Orlofsky in Die Flerdermaus.
Kitty Carlisle Hart’s film appearances include a starring role in the classic A Night at the Opera with the Marx Brothers and two films with Bing Crosby, She Loves Me Not and Here Is My Heart.
Hart received the National Medal of Arts from President George Bush on July 9, 1991.
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 JPT (Sep 2004): 2004 SPE Award Recipients Selected, Honored at Annual Meeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Lee is the recipient of the 2003 SPE Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medal, the 1995 SPE John Franklin Carll Award, the 1992 SPE Distinguished Service Award, and the 1986 SPE Reservoir Engineering Award, and he is a member of the Natl.
The Ferguson Medal recognizes significant contributions to the permanent technical literature of the profession written by a member of the Society under age 33.
Academy of Sciences Gibbs Brothers Award for outstanding contributions in naval architecture and marine engineering.
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 Gibbs Brothers Medal
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But as of Thursday Gibbs Brothers Medal award to Prof Kiel Alfred A. Keil, Professor and IHead of the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engi- neering, became the second re- cipient of the Gibbs Brothers Medal of the National Academy of Sciences.
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