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From Time, the Moon, and Calendars: | From Time, the Moon, and Calendars: | ||
| − | :In 1752, when the American colonies switched calendars from Julian to Gregorian, [ | + | :In 1752, when the American colonies switched calendars from Julian to Gregorian, [[F#franklin|Ben Franklin]] wrote: "It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on September 2, and not have to get up until September 14." |
558; the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (with its dropped 11 days) by | 558; the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (with its dropped 11 days) by | ||
England and Scotland in 1752; the correction was originally introduced by Pope | England and Scotland in 1752; the correction was originally introduced by Pope | ||
Gregory XIII in 1582 and soon adopted by most Catholic countries; Protestant | Gregory XIII in 1582 and soon adopted by most Catholic countries; Protestant | ||
| − | countries didn't adopt the "new style" until much later; 562; 603; ''See also'' [ | + | countries didn't adopt the "new style" until much later; 562; 603; ''See also'' [[E#eleven|Eleven Missing Days]] |
'''Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)'''<br /> | '''Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)'''<br /> | ||
97; English scientist & mathematician, credited (along with Leibniz) with | 97; English scientist & mathematician, credited (along with Leibniz) with | ||
developing the Calculus; 98; 116; cause and effect, 133; 138; 162; 169; 220; | developing the Calculus; 98; 116; cause and effect, 133; 138; 162; 169; 220; | ||
| − | 227; 318; 319; 375; 603; 615; 763; 772; | + | 227; 318; 319; 375; 603; 615; 763; 772; [http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.htmlOnline Resource] |
'''Nineveh'''<br /> | '''Nineveh'''<br /> | ||
Revision as of 15:19, 23 December 2006
Nádasdy Hussars
535; Nadasd is a small town in western Hungary's Vac county. The Husszars or Hussars are the name of the great and colorfully uniformed cavalry regiments of the old Austrian-Hungarian empire.
Naming
286; 323
Napier, John (1550-1617)
Napier's Bones
John Napier (1550-1617) was a Scottish scientist
"best known for his invention of logarithms. His invention, styled Napier's Bones, was used for mechanically multiplying, dividing, and taking square roots. The rods (made of ivory, thus "bones") had numbers marked on them that solved mathematical problems when they were placed next to each other. From Mathematicians; MORE...
Nautch Girls
148; professional dancing girls in India; Nautch-Dancer with a Ruby in her navel,
177
Nawabheit
161; "Nawab" is an alternate spelling of "Nabob" (a man of great wealth); "heit" is a German suffix meaning quality of or a state of (-ness)
Nazareth
306
Neat's Tongue Pie
446; ox tongue pie
Needles
175; on St. Helena
483; "beautiful Needlewoman in an old Painting"; "The Needlewoman" by Spaniard Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
Nemacolin
641; city in southwestern Pennsylvania
Neptune
21; Roman god of the sea, corresponding to the Greek god Poseidon, depicted as
an elderly man holding a trident and sometimes astride a dolphin or horse; 26;
56
Nervus Probandi
73; Latin: nervus = sinew, tendon, probandi = of proof
Nessel, Dr.
95; German engineer who builds Orreries and created a model of the new planet,
Georgian (aka Uranus)
net
356; Southern German: "no?" or "not so?" (Badisch question tag)
Nevilles and Vanes
416; paintings of in Raby Castle
Newark
436; town in Delaware near New Castle, about 3 miles south of
the Visto and 3 miles east of the Tangent Line
New Castle
258; North England city on the Tyne River; History - WARNING: music!
Newcastle Gang
200; 209
From Time, the Moon, and Calendars:
- In 1752, when the American colonies switched calendars from Julian to Gregorian, Ben Franklin wrote: "It is pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on September 2, and not have to get up until September 14."
558; the adoption of the Gregorian calendar (with its dropped 11 days) by England and Scotland in 1752; the correction was originally introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 and soon adopted by most Catholic countries; Protestant countries didn't adopt the "new style" until much later; 562; 603; See also Eleven Missing Days
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727)
97; English scientist & mathematician, credited (along with Leibniz) with
developing the Calculus; 98; 116; cause and effect, 133; 138; 162; 169; 220;
227; 318; 319; 375; 603; 615; 763; 772; Resource
Nineveh
600; Ninevah, like Babylon, is a city frowned upon by the Judeo-Christians. When the city was degenerating into wickedness in the eyes of YHWH, he asked Jonah to go straighten them out. Instead Jonah fled by
sea, and ended up in the belly of a whale. The city was spared when the
regurgitated Jonah became a willing prophet unto them, which pissed off
Jonah who thought God was too lenient on them after all Jonah had
been through.
Nonius
707
Norfolk
396; city on the southeast tip of Virginia, near where the James River meets Chesapeake Bay
Nutation
437; oscillatory movement of the axis of a rotating body
Nynauld, Jean de
