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 Statistical Account 1840
Eminent Characters.- This parish has the honour of being the birthplace of James Gregory, the celebrated inventor of the reflecting telescope, and the first who employed the transits of Mercury and Venus in determining the sun’s parallax.
His father, the Rev. John Gregory, was minister of the parish, and suffered much during the troubles for his outstanding against the Covenant, having been fined 1000 merks, imprisoned, plundered, and deposed.
Their son, James Gregory, was born here in 1638, and was educated in Aberdeen.
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 ARS Science Hall of Fame
James H. Tumlinson, III, is a pioneer in the discovery of insect pheromones.
Keith E. Gregory greatly expanded the potential of beef cattle breeding through an understanding of heterosis or "hybrid vigor." He developed a breeding system based on composite cattle—lines that mix traits from different breeds to meet criteria such as feed availability, climate or market characteristics.
Gregory was a geneticist at the Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska.
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 Local History - non-London (manuscripts only)
James Adam M.D. (1834-1908), Asylum Medical Superintendent: diaries as superintendent of the Metropolitan District Asylum at Caterham, Surrey.
James Yonge F.R.S. (1647-1721), retired naval surgeon practising at Plymouth (later Mayor): paper on uses of terebinth and various other aspects of military surgery.
Mental illness, Hertfordshire: letter from Philip Vincent to Sir James Johnstone (d.1772) discussing the care of a mentally-ill young man (probably George Johnstone (1720-1792), 3rd Marquess of Annandale), and the suitability of the Hertfordshire country house in which he is being kept.
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 Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Former Director James is an advocate for Federal employees and leader of a dynamic agency with over 3,600 employees across the country, an annual budget in excess of 261 million dollars and trust funds that annually exceed 29 billion dollars in appropriations.
James has appeared as a guest on every network morning show, several national news and talk programs, and her editorials have been featured in newspapers across the country.
In addition, James is the author of three books; her award winning 1993 autobiography Never Forget; Transforming America: From the Inside Out (1995); and a third book on the subject of marriage (2001).
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/oer/nac/NACBiosDec-05.htm   (11855 words)

  
 "G" Famous People
Gregory, Augustus Charles (1819-1905) Surveyor and explorer, born in Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire...
Gregory I, St, (c.540-604) Pope (590-604), a Father of the Church, born in Rome, Italy.
Gregory of Nazianzus, St (c.329-90) Bishop and theologian, born in Cappadocia, Asia Minor.
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 CHARLES PALACHE - AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Wrote the papers for the Mineralogist which were later published as a booklet on 2-circle Crystal Measurement.
The Gregorys in Alexandria since Charles was in Labor Dept. We had Christmas there.
Christmas with Gregorys and Alice Eloise Dyer came on and stayed with me in Jan. and remained to visit in Jaffrey.
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Gregory S. Gohn1, J. Wright Horton, Jr.1, and Lucy E. Edwards1, 1U.S. Geological Survey, 926A National Center, Reston, VA 20192, USA (ggohn@usgs.gov).
Powars, D.S., 2000, The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geologic framework and the correlation of hydrogeologic units of southeastern Virginia, south of the James River: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1622, 53 p.
Powars, D.S., and Bruce, T.S., 1999, The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geologic framework and the correlation of hydrogeologic units of the lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1612, 82 p.
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 Record Unit 7283 - Charles Upham Shepard Papers, 1830, 1842-1894 and undated
Charles Upham Shepard (1804-1886) was a mineralogist and authority on meteorites.
This collection consists primarily of correspondence with mineralogists., collectors, and museums concerning Shepard's research on meteorites and the acquisition of specimens for his collection.
Dana, James Dwight, 1859, 1880, 1884-1885, and undated.
www.si.edu /archives/archives/findingaids/FARU7283.htm   (530 words)

  
 Petersburg Caledonia - Great Scots
Perhaps best known as James Bond, but more recent roles have included "The Untouchables", for which he won an Oscar and the "Hunt for Red October".
In 1603, on the death of Queen Elizabeth I, he acceded to the English throne as James I. Although this "Union of the Crowns" resulted in James being King of both countries, the countries remained separate for another 104 years.
Although remembered as a heroic figure, she was a poor ruler, lacking the political acumen of her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England.
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divine and poet) (1715-1781) James I. James I. (king of Eng.) (1566-1625) James II.
(king of Eng.) (1633-1701) James I. (of Scotland) James I. of Scotland (1394?-1437) James II.
historian) (1660-1728) Kenney Kenney, James (Irish dramatist) (1770-1849?) Kenrick Kenrick, William (Eng.
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 Amazon.com: "James Gardiner": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
James Gardiner, who was slain at the battle of Preston-pans, September 21, 1745.
This work was Phillip Doddridge's The Life of Col. James Gardiner, walo was slain at the Battle of Preston-Pans, September 21, 1745; it was reprinted 10...
James Gardiner -- MD Report  Check for malpractice, sanctions, and background on surgeon.
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 Gazetteer for Scotland: Scottish History Timeline: 18th Century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
James Sandy born - Inventor of the invisible hinge
James Mill born - Philosopher, historian and economist, who was a founder of University College London
James Lumsden born - Businessman and Lord Provost of Glasgow
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 Geology of Death Valley References J through N
James, J.W., 1993, Climate of the Death Valley Region, Nevada, California: State of Nevada, Office of the State Climatologist, University of Nevada at Reno, Nevada, 37 p., Appendix.
James, J.W., 1994, Official letter from John James to Death Valley National Monument Superintendent, February 1994, urging establishment of rain gage in Wildrose Canyon by using one of USGS Hydrologic Benchmark stations, 1 p.
Labotka, T.C., Gregory, J.L. and Baldwin, E.J., 1988, Regional metamorphism in the Funeral Mountains, Death Valley, California: Geology of the Death Valley region: p.
www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/usgsnps/deva/devarefJtoN.html   (16604 words)

  
 JAMES SMITHSON (1765-1... - Online Information article about JAMES SMITHSON (1765-1...
British chemist and mineralogist and founder of the Smithsonian Institution at See also:
He took the name of James Smithson about the See also:
Rhees, and " The Scientific Writings of James Smithson," edited by W.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /SIV_SOU/SMITHSON_JAMES_1765_1829_.html   (398 words)

  
 James Gregory (mineralogist) (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd, retrieved 2 January 2006
Sol Plattje Municipality: Diamonds are Forever, retrieved 2 January 2006
This biographical article about a geologist is a stub.
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 A Compendium of Irish Biography: comprising sketches of distinguished Irishmen, eminent persons connected with Ireland ...
Babington, William, M.D., F.E.S., a chemist and mineralogist, was born near Coleraine in 1756.
In 1619 James I. created her a baroness, and awarded to her the barony of Geashill, in the King's County.
He died in 785, and was canonized by Pope Gregory in 1233.
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 Connecticut
James Flood’s 42-room mansion was constructed of brownstone (sandstone) quarried by the Middlesex Quarry Company in Portland, Connecticut.
The stone was dressed in Newark, New Jersey and shipped “around the tip of South America to San Francisco.” The fence that surrounds the property was constructed of “bronze and thick slabs of Connecticut brownstone....” It is one of two Nob Hill structures that survived the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906.
The Stanclift Carvers: James Stanclift I (-1712), Portland, Connecticut; William Stanclift (1686-1761); James Stanclift II (1692-1772); lower Connecticut River Valley.
www.cagenweb.com /quarries/states/connecticut.html   (7129 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "state mineralogist": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This was the number '`The state mineralogist in 188z emphasized the hydraulic industry's appetite for vast water resources by reporting the consumption figures for the North Bloomfield...
It was headed by a state mineralogist appointed by the governor.
The California state mineralogist gave the name "Hitchens Spring" to the feature in 1883 to honor James Hitchens, a member of the Darwin French...
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 Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A German mineralogist, crystallographer and chemist; Kobell (1803-1882) wrote extensively on crystallography, described 19 new mineral species and redescribed many others.The above work is the first edition of his text of tables in determative mineralogy, which was to go through six editions with the last printed in 1884.
The son of the noted German mineralogist, Karl C. Leonhard; Gustav (1816-1878) devoted most of his studies to the mineralogy and geology of the Baden region.
James Hector accompanied the expedition as naturalist and geologist.
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 Geology of Death Valley References D through I
Eymann, James L., 1953, A study of sand dunes in the Colorado and Mojave deserts: Unpublished Masters Thesis, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.
Firby, James Ronald, 1969, Late Cenozoic non-marine Mollusca of western Nevada and adjacent areas: Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of California at Berkeley.
Hamilton, W.B., Gregory, J.L. and Baldwin, E.J., 1988, Death Valley tectonics–Hingeline between active and inactivated parts of a rising and flattening master normal fault: Geology of the Death Valley region, p.
www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/usgsnps/deva/devarefDtoI.html   (16159 words)

  
 CCfamilies
This bald became known as Gregory Bald to eulogize the contributions of a pioneer who sacrificed his life for the community.
The Gregory family remained a major influence throughout the history of the Cove.  The beautiful flaming azaleas of Gregory Bald are a “fitting memorial” to the man who gave so much.
Although scarce knowledge exists of Calvin’s life in the New England States, Post family lore is that Calvin was educated as both a medical doctor and as a mineralogist or geologist, perhaps in Europe, indicating his immediate family was reasonably wealthy.
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 The Toulumne Intrusive Suite Research Center
Beiersdorfer, R. E., Beard, James S., Day, Howard W., and Moores, Eldridge M., 1991, Igneous and Metamorphic Features of the Smartville Complex, Northern California: In Book: Geological excursions in Southern California and Mexico, p.
D., Gregory A., 1975, Nature And Controls Of Cordilleran Orogenesis, Western United States: Extensions Of An Earlier Synthesis: American Journal of Science, v.
Harper, G. D., Wright, James E., 1984, Middle To Late Jurassic Tectonic Evolution Of The Klamath Mountains, California-Oregon: Tectonics, v.
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Kisch, H. J., and van den Kerkhof, A. 1994, CH4-rich inclusions from quartz veins in the Valley-and-Ridge province and the anthracite fields of the Pennsylvania Appalachians: American Mineralogist, v.
Knight, I.; and James, N. P., 1987, Stratigraphy of the St. George Group (Lower Ordovician), western Newfoundland; the interaction between eustasy and teconics: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v.
Knight, I.; James, N. P.; and Lane, T. 1991, The Ordovician St. George Unconformity, northern Appalachians: The relationship of plate convergence at the St. Lawrence Promontory to the Sauk/Tippecanoe sequence boundary: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v.
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 http://geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/3950/ScotlandinHistory.html
06/02/1581 James Douglas, Scottish inventor of the guillotine (the Maiden) guillotined.
James Gregory (1638 - 1675) Inventor of the reflecting telescope, which was developed three years later by the Englishman Sir Isaac Newton.
James Nasmyth (1808 - 1890) Born in Edinburgh and youngest son of the emminent landscape artist, Alexander Nasmyth.
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 Great Scots
He succeeded his brother as Professor of Geology at the University of Edinburgh a post which he held until 1914.
The "Young Pretender", grandson of James VII of Scotland (James II of England), who was exiled by William of Orange.
The french-backed Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 was intended to restore him to the throne, but ended in disarray and bloody defeat at Culloden (in 1746).
website.lineone.net /~nicky_smillie/Scotland/great_scots.htm   (6373 words)

  
 Wisconsin Biblio2.html
Hawley, J. and A.P. Beavan,1934, "Mineralogy and Genesis of the Mayville Iron Ore of Wisconsin", The American Mineralogist, vol.
Middleton, M.D., and I.S. Wiliams, 1989, "Stratigraphy and Structural Setting of the Prairie du Chien Group in the Beyer Quarry" in Williams, I.S. edited "Paleography and Structure of the St. Croix River Valley", Guidebook for the 57nd Annual Tristate Geological Field Conference, UW-RF.
Mursky, Gregory, J. Anderson, T.Cook and W. Meddaugl, 1989, "Uranium and thorium in selected Precambrian rock units in Wisconsin", Geoscience Wisconsin, Vol.
www.uwrf.edu /~wc01/WisconsinBiblio2.html   (2581 words)

  
 Kilauea East Rift Zone Magmatism: an Episode 54 Perspective -- THORNBER et al. 44 (9): 1525 -- Journal of Petrology
Trace-element distribution coefficients for pyroxenes, plagioclase, and olivine in evolved tholeiites from the 1955 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, and petrogenesis of differentiated rift-zone lavas
American Mineralogist, May 1, 2005; 90(5-6): 888 - 899.
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues.
petrology.oxfordjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/44/9/1525   (310 words)

  
 Nahcolite: Nahcolite mineral information and data.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Foshag, William Frederick (1938), Sodium bicarbonate from Searles Lake, California …(abstract): American Mineralogist: 23: 169.
Foshag, William Frederick (1940), Sodium bicarbonate (nahcolite) from Searles Lake, California: American Mineralogist: 25: 769-778.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 134-136.
www.mindat.org /min-2831.html   (366 words)

  
 CARBONATE CONCRETIONS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Coleman, M. The control of precipitation of organogenetic carbonate concretions: two case studies, manganese and sulphate reduction zones.
Gregory, R.T., K.M. Ferguson, C.B. Douthitt, P.V. Rich and T.H. Rich.
Field relationships and stable isotope geochemistry of concretions from James Ross Island, Antarctica.
home.att.net /~amcimages/concretionsbiblio.html   (10382 words)

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