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111Newcomb's Tables of the Sun — is the short title and running head of a work by the American astronomer and mathematician Simon Newcomb entitled Tables of the Motion of the Earth on its Axis and Around the Sun on pages 1–169 of Tables of the Four Inner Planets (1895),[1]… …
112Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event — Artist s rendering of bolide impact Badlands nea …
113Ratumaibulu — In the mythology of Fiji, Ratumaibulu is a god of great importance who presides over agriculture. In the month called Vula i Ratumaibulu [ the month of Ratumaibulu , corresponding roughly to November] , he comes from Bulu, the world of spirits,… …
114Oliver Joseph Lodge — Infobox Celebrity name = Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge caption = Vanity Fair cartoon . birth date = birth date|1851|6|12|mf=y birth place = Penkhull, Staffordshire occupation = Physicist and inventor prizes = Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1898… …
115Taqi al-Din — Muhammad ibn Ma ruf al Shami al Asadi (Arabic: تقي الدين محمد بن معروف الشامي السعدي, Turkish: Takiyuddin) (1526 ndash;1585) was a major Ottoman Turkish [cite journal last = Douglas | first = A. V. year =1963 title = Tenth International Congress… …
116Bulu (Fijian mythology) — In Fijian mythology, Bulu is a name for the world of spirits (presumably the underworld). In the month called Vula i Ratumaibulu [ the month of Ratumaibulu , corresponding roughly to November] , the god Ratumaibulu comes from Bulu, the world of… …
1172007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel — Map of the Persian Gulf. Iranian military personnel seized 15 Royal Navy personnel during 2007 and held them for 13 days. On 23 March 2007, 15 British Royal Navy personnel, from HMS Cornwall, searching a merchant vessel were surrounded by the… …
11814654 Rajivgupta — Asteroid 14654 Rajivgupta (provisionally 1998 YV16) is named for amateur astronomer and former president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Dr. Rajiv Gupta. [ [http://www.rasc.ca/education/asteroids.shtml Description of Dr. Rajiv Gupta… …
119Invention in Canada — This article outlines the history of Canadian technological invention. Technologies chosen for treatment here include, in rough order, transportation, communication, energy, materials, industry, public works, public services (health care),… …
120Haidinger-Büschel — Darstellung des Haidinger Büschels (Skizze nach Marcel Minnaert) Im Jahre 1844 hat Wilhelm Ritter von Haidinger in den Annalen der Physik[1] auf eine bis dahin unbeachtete Fähigkeit des menschlichen Auges hingewiesen: mit Hilfe der Wahrnehmung… …
