Oscar Sherman Adams (January 9, 1874 – March 5, 1962) was an American mathematician, geodesist, and cartographer who worked for the United States Coast...
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Oscar Adams may refer to: Oscar Fay Adams (1855–1919), an American editor and author Oscar S. Adams (1874–1962), an American mathematician and geodesist...
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American cartographer Oscar S. Adams, who published it in 1925. When it is used to represent the entire sphere it is known as the Adams doubly periodic projection...
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projections – A working manual (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. Vol. 1395. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. doi:10.3133/pp1395...
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projection, similar to the conformal projections to an octahedron by Oscar S. Adams (1928) and to a tetrahedron by Laurence P. Lee (1965), all three using...
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proposed by Émile Guyou in 1887, and a transverse aspect was proposed by Oscar S. Adams in 1925. The projection has seen use in digital photography for portraying...
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words). The projection's mathematical development was completed by Oscar S. Adams of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The projection averages...
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List of geodesists (section S)
1848–1919 (Hungary) Otto Hilgard Tittmann 1850–1938 (United States) Oscar S. Adams, 1874–1962 (United States) Tadeusz Banachiewicz, 1882–1954 (Poland)...
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equal-area projection developed by Karl Siemon in 1937 and independently by Oscar S. Adams in 1944. The meridians in this projection are fourth-order polynomial...
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Adams' turn to win an Oscar, right?". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on September 23, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017. "Amy Adams"...
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Oscar William Adams Jr. (February 7, 1925 – February 15, 1997) was the first African-American Alabama Supreme Court justice and the first African American...
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Oscar Fay Adams (1855–1919) was an American editor and author. Adams was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was educated in secondary schools,...
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Bubal hartebeest in North Africa. Adams hemisphere-in-a-square projection published by American cartographer Oscar S. Adams. May – Rhenium is discovered by...
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Academy Awards (redirect from Oscar award)
The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry. They are presented annually by the...
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In 2008, Adams played a naive nun in the drama Doubt, opposite Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep, for which she received her second Oscar nomination...
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polyhedral map projections using elliptic functions, building on the work of Oscar S. Adams. His 1976 monograph Conformal Projections Based on Elliptic Functions...
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Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who has served as the 110th mayor of New York City since...
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Bryan Guy Adams CC OBC (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer. He is estimated to have sold...
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Brandon Quintin Adams (born August 22, 1979) is an American actor, known for having played Jesse Hall in the first two Mighty Ducks movies and Kenny DeNunez...
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Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United...
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American actor Oscar Isaac has received several accolades for his work, including one Golden Globe Award, National Board of Review Award and Australian...
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Cotten, Jill St. John, Tony Bennett, Edie Adams and Ernest Borgnine. The Oscar features several real Oscar winners in its cast and crew: along with Edith...
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based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by JD Vance. The film stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close, and features Gabriel Basso, Haley Bennett, Freida Pinto...
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Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of...
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Academy Award for Best Picture (redirect from Best Picture Oscar)
Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)...
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Academy Award for Best Original Song (redirect from Oscar for Best Song)
Paris", from the film Lady Be Good, with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, won. Kern was upset that his song won because it had been...
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Hattie McDaniel (category People from West Adams, Los Angeles)
Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1975, and in 2006 became the first black Oscar winner honored with a U.S. postage stamp. In 2010, she was inducted into the Colorado...
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Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor, author, radio game show panelist, television...
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Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke; April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman. She earned a Tony...
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2024 drama film written and directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Nykiya Adams, Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski. The film had its world premiere at the...
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