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	Definition of John Walker (inventor)
		John Walker was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing potash and antimony.
		Walker never married and lived with his niece.
		He was well known for his set style of dress, a tall beaver hat, white cravat, grey stockings, drab knee breeches, and brown tail-coat.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/John_Walker_(inventor) (207 words)

	John Walker - Stockton Borough Council
		John Walker was born on the 29th May 1781 at 104 High Street, Stockton, where his father was in business as a grocer and wine and spirit merchant.
		John was well educated (at grammar school) and when he was 15 he was apprenticed to a Stockton surgeon named Watson Alcock.
		John Walker retired from business in 1858, a well loved and respected man. He died on the 1st May 1859 at 12 The Square, Stockton, and was buried in the graveyard at Norton Parish Church.
	www.stockton.gov.uk /citizenservices/leisureandents/artandculture/32179/local_history/john_walker (450 words)

	Walker John - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Walker, John (1781-1859), British chemist, inventor of the friction match.
		Walker, John George (1952- ), New Zealand middle-distance runner who was the first to run a mile in under 3 minutes 50 seconds; a feat achieved in...
		John Walker was one of the most enduring athletes of the 1970s, recognized by his being voted New Zealand Athlete of the Decade (1970-1979).
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	John Walker (inventor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Walker (29 May 1781 – 1 May 1859) was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing potash and antimony.
		He had a local reputation as a botanist, he developed an interest in the study of mineralogy, and spent a lot of time doing chemical experiments.
		Walker never married and lived with his niece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Walker_(inventor) (185 words)

	John Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Walker (1826-1885), cricketer and the eldest brother of the Walkers of Southgate
		John Walker (politician), (1744–1809), U.S. Senator and Continental Congressman from Virginia
		John Walker (footballer), who played for Liverpool F.C. and Scotland at the turn of the 20th century
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Walker (433 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		John Walker (29 May 1781 – 1 May 1859) was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing potassium chlorate and antimony sulfide.
		He had a local reputation as a botanist, he developed an interest in the study of mineralogy, and spent a lot of time doing chemical experiments.
		Walker never married and lived with his niece.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=John_Walker_(inventor) (190 words)

	Technology Review: Got A Light? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Walker's curiosity was sparked by an 1826 lab accident.
		A few months later, Walker changed the name of his invention to the more manageable "friction lights," and began using wooden splints-cut by hand by local paupers and schoolboys-in place of cardboard stems.
		Faraday implored Walker to patent the device, but the inventor was more philanthropist than entrepreneur, insisting: "I doubt not it will be a benefit to the public, so let them have it." With no patent protection, and with Faraday publicizing the invention in writings and lectures, others began to manufacture versions of Walker's lights.
	www.technologyreview.com /read_article.aspx?id=11983&ch=biztech (477 words)

	The Industrialization of Software
		It allows me to experiment with CLR types and once I have it figured, I can then cut n paste into a code file and build up my application.
		What is really exciting to me is that the DLR is intended to support a variety of dynamic languages, such as IronRuby by John Lam and others… yes, even Smalltalk.
		This is why this is very encouraging news to me. Jack Greenfield and crew are advancing the state of the art in software development techniques and tools akin to what John Walker introduced with AutoCAD in 1982 to the engineering design and manufacturing world.
	softwareindustrialization.com /default.aspx (0 words)

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	John Walker
		The name preferred by American John Phillip Walker Lindh, on trial for being a member of the Taliban.
		An early American politician, John Walker (politician)[?], member of Continental Congress and US Senator.
		This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Walker.html (130 words)

	Georgia Department of Community Affairs
		Walker County, the 99th county created in the state, was formed from part of Cherokee County in 1833.
		Walker County is home to the John B. Gordon Hall which is the oldest standing brick school building in Georgia, completed in 1836.
		Another interesting person from Walker County was Garnet Carter, the inventor of the first miniature golf course, which was on top of Lookout Mountain.
	www.dca.state.ga.us /snapshots/p1.asp?County=Walker (175 words)

	COUNTY NAME ORIGINS
		Inventor, experimented with a submarine boat in France, 1801; built the Clermont, a steamboat, which sailed up the Hudson River, 1807.
		Massachusetts provincial legislature, 1766-72; served three terms in Continental Congress, was president one term; first signer of the Declaration of Independence, 1776; major general of Massachusetts Militia; Massachusetts constitutional convention, 1780; governor of Massachusetts; 1780-85 and 1787-93.
		One of the captors of Major John Andre, 1780; received silver medal from Congress and pension of $200.
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	John Walker and Samuel Jones
		Walker served his apprenticeship with a Watson Alcock, a surgeon in Stockton-on-Tees.
		Lighting 'friction matches' was apparently not easy as the head tended to detach itself in the process of drawing it through the sandpaper.
		Despite encouragement by Michael Faraday and friends, Walker decided not to patent his invention or to exploit it on a larger scale as he felt he had enough money for his own needs and wished the discovery to be used for the benefit of the public.
	www.rpsgb.org.uk /informationresources/museum/exhibitions/themotherofinvention/wajo.html (574 words)

	John R. Pierce / Electron Tubes
		The inventor of the traveling-wave tube was Rudi (Rudolf) Kompfner.
		John R. Pierce was born in Des Moines Iowa, March 27, 1910.
		John Pierce worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories for 35 years, during which time he was involved in design work on a large number of communications systems including Echo and Telstar.
	www.smecc.org /john_r__pierce____electron_tubes.htm (7432 words)

	COMPUTER PEOPLE
		John Vincent Atanasoff, developer, with Clifford Berry, of a late 1930's electronic computing device that has a claim to be the "first" computer and their ABC machine.
		A vignette on both Jobs and Wozniak from the MIT "Inventor of the Week" archives is worthy of a visit though some may disagree with their designation as the inventors of the first "ready-made" personal computer.
		John Napier, the eighth laird of Merchiston, the developer of logarithms, the "bones" which bear his name, a (binary) chessboard computer, and the promptuary.
	ei.cs.vt.edu /~history/people.html (2233 words)

	Iowa Commission on the Status of African Americans
		John B. Christian (1927-) —John Christian was working as an Air Force, Materials Research Engineer, when he invented and patented new lubricants, used in high flying aircraft and NASA space missions.
		Her Walker System, which included a broad offering of cosmetics, licensed Walker Agents, and Walker Schools offered meaningful employment and personal growth to thousands of Black women.
		Madame Walker’s aggressive marketing strategy combined with relentless ambition led her to be labeled as the first known African-American woman to become a self-made millionaire.
	www.state.ia.us /government/dhr/saa/AA_culture/scientists_inventors.html (1597 words)

	Famous People
		John Buddle (1773-1843) was a pioneer of mining engineering, born at Kyo (Stanley, County Durham), he worked with the Marquess of Londonderry to develop Seaham Harbour.
		William Chapman and John Buddle were the railway pioneers behind the original Steam Elephant.
		John Dobson the famous Newcastle architect was born in Chirton, North Shields in 1787.
	www.afundit.co.uk /Famous1.htm (1220 words)

	Invent Now \| Hall of Fame \| Search \| Search Results
		Inventor Ernst Alexanderson was the General Electric Company engineer.
		John Ericsson invented the ship propeller and incorporated the landmark device into his design for the Civil War ironclad the Monitor.
		American inventor, pioneer, mechanical engineer, and manufacturer Eli Whitney is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin.
	www.invent.org /hall_of_fame/1_1_2_listing_inventor.asp?vAlpha= (3667 words)

	New Inventors: TumbleTainer
		He selected sea containers as the ideal vehicle for the system because John saw them as a possible means of raising investment capital via managed investment methods and also as a "stackable" product that could achieve a high processing capacity in a small area or "footprint".
		The inventor has simply modified standard (six or 12 metre) sea containers into rotating compost tumblers and worm farms.
		John Walker is qualified in accounting and finance but is an inventor at heart, having developed machinery that cultivates, sows and sprays one acre of agricultural land per minute (the ‘Mollerin Monster’).
	www.abc.net.au /newinventors/txt/s1093774.htm (534 words)

	SUNY Potsdam: Inventor Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Martin A. Walker, assistant professor of chemistry at SUNY Potsdam, was recently honored with the Promising Inventor Award presented by State University of New York Chancellor Dr. Robert L. King at the second State University Dinner Honoring Innovation, Creation and Discovery.
		Pictured (l to r) are Dr. King; Dr. John A. Fallon III, president of SUNY Potsdam; Dr. Walker; and Thomas F. Egan, chairman of the SUNY Board of Trustees.
		Walker's entry, "Exochemistry - Performing Chemistry in Space," was one of 22 entries recognized in the Promising Inventor category, while seven SUNY faculty members were presented an Excellence in the Pursuit of Knowledge Award and 25 faculty members were presented a First Patent Award.
	www.potsdam.edu /news/2003/inventor_award.html (412 words)

	The Winings Klan
		John the youngest of three brothers, came with his parents from Germany to America when was five years old.
		Ross Winans of Baltimore, the millionaire inventor of the steamship and builder of the great Russian Railroads, was a direct descendent of one of these three German emigrants.
		John, youngest, was born in 1728, and lived to the great age of 104.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /dsharp1/Winings.htm (467 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Inventor Politicians
		Son of John Chesley Clough and Lydia Jane (Treddick) Clough; married,
		Son of John Dern and Elizabeth (Dern) Dern; married,
		Farmer; Kearney County Clerk, 1916-23; inventor of Nu-Matic horse collar; postmaster;
	politicalgraveyard.com /occ/inventor.html (848 words)

	I, Cringely . September 4, 2003 - The Innovators' Ball \| PBS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Last week I mentioned John Walker's essay "The Final Days of Autodesk." I actually wrote "The Last Days of Autodesk," which was a mistake and more than 30 readers contacted me claming they couldn't find the essay and asking for a link.
		Walker, when he was head of Autodesk, wrote long memos to the company about the current state of their business and where they were heading.
		But when Walker wrote The Finals Days he was no longer Autodesk's CEO so I don't think that 43-page essay was included in the book.
	www.pbs.org /cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030904.html (1198 words)

	Joseph B. Walker \| Gordon E. Sawyer Award \| AMPAS
		Joseph B. Walker was the first recipient of the Gordon E. Sawyer Award.
		Walker, who began his career as a cinematographer in 1914, is the inventor of the zoom lens.
		During his 27 years under contract to Columbia Pictures as a cinematographer, Walker bridged the gap from silents to sound by designing and supervising the construction of lightweight camera blimps, follow-focus devices, fade in/out attachments and many other photographic control devices involving optical diffusion techniques.
	www.oscars.org /aboutacademyawards/awards/54_walker.html (168 words)

	Walker Coat of Arms, Family Crest
		It is derived from the Old English "wealcere," meaning "fuller," an occupation involving the scouring and thickening of raw cloth by beating it and trampling it in water.
		Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: John Walker, Roger Walker, and Isabel Walker, who all immigrated to Virginia in 1623; Augustine Walker, who settled in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1630; James Walker, who arrived in St. Christopher in 1635.
		Ancestors and Descendants of the Walker Lathrop Family of Chelsea, Vermont by M. Gudmundson Walker, The Genealogy of the Families of Formon-Boisclair, Walker, Beers, Lacy by Mary W. Meadows, Genealogy of the Vale, Walker, Littler and Other Related Families by George Walker Vale.
	www.houseofnames.com /coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Walker (1431 words)

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		Commemorating the achievement of Stockton's John Walker, the inventor of the friction match.
		John Walker's shop was at number 59 the High Street from 1819-1857.
		My great grandmother's maiden name was Walker and was born around 1890 give or take a few years either side, I was wondering if I could be related to John Walker as I have heard rumours of the fact that i am and i would like to confirm or deny it.
	picture.stockton.gov.uk /preview.aspx?id=bsaks1 (586 words)

	WAC \| SonicFlux \| John Cage
		This second interaction in the Sonicflux series focuses on John Cage -- at once the most influential, controversial, well-loved, and widely ridiculed composer of the late twentieth century.
		Believing that art is inseparable from life, John Cage was a composer whose influence expanded into art, dance, philosophy, and cultural debate.
		As a group of like-minded friends, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and the painters Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns became a combined force of cultural influence.
	sonicflux.walkerart.org /cage/cage_index.html (2252 words)

	Transportation-Related Inventors and Inventions: EnchantedLearning.com
		HADLEY, JOHN H. John Hadley (1682-1744) was an English mathematician and inventor who built the first reflecting telescope and invented an improved quadrant (known as Hadley's quadrant) used in navigation.
		The earliest motorcycle was a coal-powered, two-cylinder, steam-driven motorcycle that was developed in 1867 by the American inventor Sylvester Howard Roper.
		A gas-powered motorcycle was invented by the German inventor Gottlieb Daimler in 1885.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /inventors/transportation.shtml (4158 words)

	Surrounding Villages - Stockton Borough Council
		The village is one of several conservation areas in the Borough of Stockton.With the charming pond on Norton Green, overlooked by the 11th Century St Mary's Church, it is one of the region's most picturesque spots.
		John Walker (inventor of the friction match) is buried in the grounds of Norton Parish Church.
		Popular with motorists on two or four wheels, and walkers alike the region has a wealth of scenic country roads, excellent footpaths, cycle routes, public houses and restaurants, renowned for quality and mouth watering dishes to suit any taste.
	www.stockton.gov.uk /citizenservices/leisureandents/townsandvillages/surroundingvillages (209 words)

	John Walker at AllExperts
		* John Walker (1826-1885), cricketer and the eldest brother of the Walkers of Southgate.
		* John Walker (naturalist) (1731–1803), Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh.
		* John Grimes Walker (1835–1907), U.S. Navy admiral.
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/jo/john_walker.htm (465 words)

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