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	Frederick Augustus Abel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet (17 July 1827–6 September 1902) was an English chemist.
		Under the leadership of Sir Frederick Abel, first, Guncotton was developed at Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills, patented in 1865, then, the propellant Cordite, patented in 1889.
		In electricity Abel studied the construction of electrical fuses and other applications of electricity to warlike purposes, and his work on problems of steel manufacture won him in 1897 the Bessemer medal of the Iron and Steel Institute, of which from 1891 to 1893 he was president.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frederick_Augustus_Abel (557 words)

	Abel (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Abel is representative one of the Western Germanic and Nordic, and Yiddish lastnames.
		Saint Abel, archbishop of Rheims, abbot of Lobbes
		Sir Frederick Augustus Abel (1827 - ?), a chemist who made a special study of explosives.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abel_(disambiguation) (335 words)

	Abel - LoveToKnow 1911
		ABEL (Hebrew for breath), the second son of Adam, slain by Cain, his elder brother (Gen. iv.
		The narrative in Genesis which tells us that "the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering, but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect," is supplemented by the statement of the New Testament, that "by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain" (Heb.
		If Cain is the eponym of the Kenites it is quite possible that Abel was originally a South Judaean demigod or hero; on this, see Winckler, Gesch.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Abel (176 words)

	James Dewar
		Sir James Dewar (September 20, 1842 - March 27, 1923) was a Scottish chemist and physicist.
		He was born in Kincardine-on-Forth[?] and studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated.
		Along with Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, developed the explosive whose common name is cordite.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ja/James_Dewar.html (155 words)

	July 17 - Today In Science History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Sir Frederick (Augustus) Abel was an English chemist and military explosives specialist who, with the chemist Sir James Dewar, invented cordite (1889).
		Abel also studied dust explosions in coal mines, invented a device for testing the flash point of petroleum, and found a way to prevent guncotton from exploding.
		Sir Michael James Lighthill was a British mathematician who was considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century; his innovative contributions to such fields as applied mathematics, aerodynamics, astrophysics, and fluid mechanics found such applications as the design of the supersonic Concorde jetliner and noise reduction in jet engines.
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	Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ABEL, SIR FREDERICK AUGUSTUS [Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus] 1826-1902, English chemist, an authority on explosives.
		He was professor of chemistry at the Royal Military Academy (1851-55) and chemist to the War Dept. and government referee (1854-88).
		'A memorable wedding': the literary reception of the wedding of the Princess Elizabeth and Frederick of Pfalz.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-abel-sfa.html (132 words)

	Frederick Leighton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		His grandfather, Sir James Leighton, also a physician, was long resident at the court of St. Petersburg.
		Frederick Leighton was taken abroad at a very early age.
		Stephen Ralli and (the finest of all) Sir Richard Burton, the traveller and Eastern scholar, which was exhibited in 1876 and is now in the National Portrait Gallery.
	www.nndb.com /people/369/000086111 (1640 words)

	Life and Times of Abel Stillman and Poland, NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		ODIT, Augustus, Russia, was born in Switzerland, March 29, 1846, a son of Augustus who was a son of Franklin ODIT, a native of Switzerland, who had two sons and four daughters.
		Augustus ODIT was born in Switzerland in 1812.
		The Royal Grant was a tract of land acquired by Sir William Johnson from the Indians in 1760 and confirmed by the English Government in 1767.
	www.stillman.org /abelplnd.htm (7524 words)

	Abel \| \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Cain and Abel are the first and second sons of Adam and Eve, born after the Fall of Man, whose story is told in the Hebrew Bible at Genesis 4 and in the Qur'an at 5:27-32.
		Abel (hebräisch הבל Hevel oder Hebhel = Atem, Hauch, arab.
		Kaïn (Hebreeuws voor 'speer') en Abel (soms Habel; van het Hebreeuws voor 'adem' of 'vergankelijkheid') zijn in de bijbel en de Koran de twee oudste zonen van Adam en Eva.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Abel/All (509 words)

	Sir James Dewar
		He is best known for his work on the properties of matter at very low temperatures (approaching absolute zero) and the liquefaction of gases, in the course of which he invented the Dewar flask and liquefied (1898) and solidified (1899) hydrogen.
		Sir Frederick Augustus Abel - Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus, 1826–1902, English chemist, an authority on explosives.
		Dewar flask - Dewar flask [for Sir James Dewar], container after which the common thermos bottle is patterned.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0815363.html (188 words)

	Science and Society Picture Library - Search
		Photograph of Sir Frederick Augustus Abel (1827 -1902).
		Abel was chemist to the war department and ordnance committees from 1854 to 1888.
		He also pioneered a new way of manufacturing gun-cotton (a nitrated form of nitrocellulose), and invented the Abel tester which determines the flash-point of petroleum.
	www.scienceandsociety.co.uk /results.asp?image=10401346&wwwflag=2&imagepos=4http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lorentz.html (123 words)

	Abel Frederick Augustus Sir 1826 1902 Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1863-1892. AIP International ...
		Abel Frederick Augustus Sir 1826 1902 Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1863-1892.
		Materials by or relating to Frederick Augustus Abel can be found in the following series: Referees Reports: 7 reports by Abel on papers by others; 8 reports by others on papers by Abel.
		The described materials do not exist as a collective entity, but represent material by or related to Sir Frederick Augustus Abel that can be found in various series at The Royal Society, London.
	www.aip.org /history/catalog/icos/2255.html (131 words)

	"A" Famous People
		Abel, Karl Friedrich (1725-87) Musician, born in Köthen, EC Germany.
		Abel, Niels Henrik (1802-29) Mathematician, born in Finnøy, N Norway.
		Albertine Agnes (1634-96) The fifth daughter of Frederick Henry of Orange, born in The Hague...
	www.jonathanselby.com /Afam.html (12967 words)

	Abel Family Crest
		The name Abel was carried to England in the enormous movement of people that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066.
		The surname Abel was also a baptismal name meaning the son of Abel, and became a popular 13th century name meaning Son.
		In the Abel coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/abel-family-crest.htm?a=54323-224 (658 words)

	The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War
		Yet his departure was far from meaning the complete removal of all cause for anxiety, since marauding bands infested the country roundabout and were constantly setting forth, from some well concealed lair, on expeditions of robbery, devastation, and murder.
		Dear Sir, We have just returned from a successful expedition into the Indian Country, And I thought you would be glad to hear the news.
		Dear Sir: After receiving the cattle and making arrangements for their keeping at Leroy I went and paid a visit to the Ruins of Humboldt which certainly present a gloomy appearance.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/12541/12541-h/12541-h.htm (13885 words)

	FREDERICK W. HILLES MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION (MS VAULT HILLES)
		Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany 4 ALS to [Caroline Henrietta (Callander)] Sheridan 1819 Feb 24, London.
		Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany ALS to Thomas Sheridan 1813 Nov 6, London 2 p.
		A leaf from a pocket-book of Sir Joshua Reynolds 3.
	webtext.library.yale.edu /beinflat/general.HILLES.HTM (10058 words)

	New England Historic Genealogical Society
		The marriage of Frederick Douglass and Helen Pitts links a major abolitionist figure, a classic African-American hero, and the prophetic tradition of fl oratory to much of the founding folklore of Yankee New England and America generally.
		Frederick Douglass and Helen Pitts, I might add, were married for eleven years, and Rudyard Kipling and Caroline Balestier for forty-four (Kipling died, in fact, on his 44th anniversary); both Mrs.
		Tuckahoe near Easton, Talbot Co., Md. as Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, a slave to Capt. Aaron Anthony (chief agent of the estate of Col. Edward Lloyd) ca.
	www.newenglandancestors.org /education/articles/NEXUS/nexus_9_1_4.asp (2284 words)

	CAIN - Online Information article about CAIN
		Lord accepted Abel's offering, and rejected his own, he slew his brother in the See also:
		The story of Cain and Abel, which appears to represent the See also:
		power, and Abel from the inferior power, and that in this respect he was the first of a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BUN_CAL/CAIN.html (955 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sir Frederick Augustus Abel (Chemistry, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Sir Frederick Augustus Abel 1826–1902, English chemist, an authority on explosives.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Sir Frederick Augustus Abel
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Abel-SFA.html (140 words)

	Tasmania
		"When, in 1642, Abel Tasman first sighted the island later to be named after him, it was populated by some thousands of Australian Aborigines who had drifted southward, reaching the island before the landbridge with mainland Australia had submerged.
		Bicheno, Colonial Secretary, under Governor Franklin, and afterwards by the Premier, Sir Richard Dry, I was so unfortunate as to discover no papers relative to the first six years of the settlement.
		Bicheno, Colonial Secretary under Governor Franklin, and by the present Premier there, Sir Richard Dry, I was so unfortunate as to discover no papers relative to the first six years of the settlement.
	www.csuchico.edu /~curban/Pacific/Tasmania.html (5230 words)

	NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (183... - Online Information article about NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (183...
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		Explosives, serving on the latter for twenty years, until its See also:
		About the same time he was prevailed upon by Sir See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NEW_NUM/NOBLE_SIR_ANDREW_1832_.html (999 words)

	Past Presidents of the IEE. - The IET
		Sir Frederick Augustus Abel Bt KCB GCVO FRS
		Sir John Gavey CB Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook KCB KCVO FRS
		Sir Hamish Maclaren KBE CB George Sail Campbell Lucas OBE
	www.iee.org /TheIEE/Research/Archives/IEEMembers/PastPresidents.cfm?PrintVersion=true (203 words)

	C.I.4.P.I. ~ WWW.KEALEY.NET ~ Canadian Institute for Political Integrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Abel : In the Old Testament, the symbolic Neanderthal second son of Adam and Eve (himself the symbol of Mis-Pi MONK ABUSE) who was evicted from Matrial Clan Society by his elder brother, Cain (the Builder-Mason).
		The Mis~Pi Monks (ABEL), by fabricating organized religion, have since taken back control over all human civilized Society worldwide and have converted Freemasonry into the veil that protects and serves them alone.
		He invented cordite (1889), a smokeless explosive powder consisting of nitrocellulose, nitroglycerine, and petrolatum that has been dissolved in acetone, dried, and extruded in cords, with Sir James Mandan Dewar.
	www.kealey.net /2004_01_01_archive.html (14563 words)

	Science in the 19th Century Periodical
		Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus, 1st Baronet (1827–1902) DNB
		Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel, Prince-Consort of England (1819–61) DNB
		Armstrong, Sir William George, Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810–1900) DNB
	www.sciper.org /browse/nam_a.html (197 words)

	Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Bt (1827-1902), Chemist and explosives expert
		Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Bt by Frank Bramley
		Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Bt by Henry John Whitlock
		The online database contains information on 88,710 works, 49,933 of which are illustrated; the National Portrait Gallery's collection includes over 330,000 works.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp00007 (92 words)

	Winnemucca 19 history - torrence
		Ducker, Prelate; T. Brown, Treasurer; J. Abel, Recorder; C. Haviland, Warder.
		The records fail to disclose the names of either the Generalissimo or the Captain General.
		Referring to the old minutes of the Commandery, we find that the first Conclave was held in Silver State Hall in Winnemucca, on November 14, 1914.
	www.nvmasons.org /history/torrence/torr19.html (2460 words)

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		Telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, Abel, Telegraph Engineers, Helmholtz, Ellis, Phonautograph, Watson
		Journal of the Society of Telegraph Engineers, Vol.
		PROFESSOR ABEL, C.B., F.R.S., President, in the Chair.
	members.lycos.co.uk /MikePenney/telebell1.htm (1653 words)

	Manuscripts Guide -- P
		(Sir William Keith), "The Life and character of a strange `He Monster' lately arrived in London from an English Colony in America,.
		Letters received by the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region; also a selection of ca.
		Diary of Frederick S. Dellenbaugh of the Colorado River Expedition, 1871-1873; correspondence of Robert B. Stanton and Jack Sumner about Powell, 1907; and J. Steward's "Through the Canyons of the Colorado, 1871."
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/p.htm (7210 words)

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		Wisconsin, they behaved with great coolness and presence of mind, ever ready to obey my command.
		Ohio, acting as volunteer aide to General Sill, and after his death in the same capacity to me, and who showed great coolness and activity in carrying orders during the thickest of the fight.
		Corporal John Frederick, wounded in side and died of wounds
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