George Wallace Melville (January 10, 1841 – March 17, 1912) was a United States Navy officer, engineer and Arctic explorer. He joined the U.S. Navy in...
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George Melville may refer to: George W. Melville (1841–1912), engineer, Arctic explorer and author George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636–1707), Scots...
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George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878) was a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports, and also a poet. He took a break...
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Melville in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Melville may refer to: Cape Melville (South Shetland Islands) Melville Peak, King George Island Melville...
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under the command of Chief Engineer George W. Melville, reached the Lena Delta and its crew were rescued. Melville later found and brought to the U.S....
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launched on 2 March 1913, sponsored by Miss Helen W. Neel, granddaughter of Rear Admiral George W. Melville; and was first commissioned on 3 December 1915...
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George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air...
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Lieutenant in the United States Navy and De Long's second-in-command. George W. Melville: Engineer, explorer, and officer in the United States Navy. Chief...
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Jeannette expedition (section George W. De Long)
Charles W. Chipp, who had served with him on the Little Juniata adventure. Another veteran of the Polaris rescue mission, George W. Melville, was appointed...
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members, Executive Officer Charles W. Chipp's boat's crew was 8 total crew members, and Engineer Officer George W. Melville's boat had 11. Chipp's boat was...
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(1845–1913) George II (1890–1947) George W. Melville (1841-1912), U.S. Navy rear admiral George Deardorff McCreary (1846-1915), U.S. congressman George Eastman...
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Robert Peary after Chief Engineer George W. Melville (1841 – 1912), Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. The Melville Glacier discharges from the Greenland...
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1881. The one led by engineer George W. Melville was rescued by native Tungus huntsmen. Of the group led by Captain George W. De Long, only two of the men...
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al-Jabal al-Lamma. p. 11. Frederick, Albert; Cook, Robert E. Peary, George W. Melville (2003). Finding the North Pole. The Lyons press. ISBN 978-1-59228-072-8...
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Herman Melville (born Melvill; August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance...
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Fred Melville (1882–1940), British philatelist George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636–1707), Scottish aristocrat and statesman George W. Melville (1841–1912)...
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became the Order's commander in chief upon the death of Rear Admiral George W. Melville on March 17, 1912. He held the office until his own death six months...
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States Navy have borne the name Melville, in honor of George W. Melville, an engineer and arctic explorer. USS Melville (AD-2), was a destroyer tender...
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The boats were commanded by De Long, Chipp, and the chief engineer, George W. Melville. On September 12, 1881, the three boats were separated in a storm...
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Simon Newcomb, Lord Kelvin, and the chief engineer of the US Navy, George W. Melville, the latter of whom described flying machines as "wholly unwarranted...
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Arundel Cotter, 1921. United States Steel: A Corporation with a Soul. Burton W. Folsom, Jr., The Myth of the Robber Barons. Young America. Louis M. Hacker...
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September 12, 1881. Danenhower's boat, under command of Chief Engineer George W. Melville, reached the eastern Lena River Delta five days later. The crew was...
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vigorous program of building such ships suggested by Rear Admiral George W. Melville, who had served as chief of the Bureau of Equipment, his words were...
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Ebbesmeyer & Scigliano 2009, pp. 56–57, describing drift casks designed by George W. Melville. Dawicki, Shelley (March 14, 2014). "Message in a Bottle: The Story...
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Fritz (1896–1897) Worcester R. Warner (1897–1898) Charles W. Hunt (1898–1899) George W. Melville (1899–1900) 1900–1919 Charles H. Morgan (1900–1901) Samuel...
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features a large bronze crucifix set in a niche of white marble. Admiral George W. Melville (bronze, 1923), Philadelphia Naval Yard, Philadelphia, PA. A 1904...
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Richard Worsam Meade III – Nephew of Major General George G. Meade. Rear Admiral George W. Melville – MOLLUS Commander in Chief, 1911–1912, a survivor...
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Authority of New York and New Jersey Jay Greene, NASA chief engineer George W. Melville, chief engineer of the United States Navy. Congressional Gold Medal...
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possession in the name of the United States". The excursion was led by George W. Melville, accompanied by William Dunbar, William Nindemann, Hans Erichsen,...
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lieutenant Charles W. Chipp and seven men—capsized and sank. The other two craft, commanded by De Long and chief engineer George W. Melville with 14 and 11 men...
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