John Thomas Romney Robinson FRS FRAS (23 April 1792 – 28 February 1882), usually referred to as Thomas Romney Robinson, was an Irish astronomer. He was...
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versions, with some mistakenly credited as its inventor. In 1846, Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882) improved the design by using four hemispherical cups...
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(designed to reduce dust and draughts). It was highly praised by John Thomas Romney Robinson in the 19th century, who at that time believed it to be the most...
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species in genus Romneya, which was named for Irish astronomer John Thomas Romney Robinson. They are known commonly as Matilija poppies (/məˈtɪlɪhɑː/ mə-TIL-i-hah)...
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1984) Juvenile Poems, Thomas Romney Robinson, at the Armagh Observatory website. American edition, 1808 Poems by Thomas Romney Robinson, written between the...
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needle invented by Francis Rynd. 1846: Cup anemometer invented by Thomas Romney Robinson. 1848: Kelvin scale invented by William Thomson. 1851: Binaural...
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Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American politician, businessman, and lawyer, and the junior United States senator from Utah since 2019...
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Leicester Thomas Robinson (orientalist) (1790–1873), English cleric and academic Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist Thomas Robinson...
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asteroid impacting on the Earth. One of the observatory's directors, Thomas Romney Robinson invented the cup anemometer, a device for measuring wind speed....
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(Mathematics, 1987), probabilist. Jones Quain (Classics, 1814), anatomist. Thomas Romney Robinson (Classics, 1808), astronomer and physicist. Awarded his scholarship...
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a 1983 family vacation, American businessman and future politician Mitt Romney drove 12 hours with his dog on top of the car in a windshield-equipped carrier...
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been observed a few decades earlier by Thomas Romney Robinson in Armagh. There are now doubts concerning Robinson's out-of-season records, partly as a result...
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton 1846–1851: Humphrey Lloyd 1851–1856: Thomas Romney Robinson 1856–1861: James Henthorn Todd 1861–1866: Charles Graves 1866–1869:...
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Wyndham-Quin William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse Lord Talbot de Malahide Thomas Romney Robinson McDonough, Ciaran. "The Brehon Law Commission". Retrieved 15 November...
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4 – Thaddeus Stevens, American politician (d. 1868) April 23 – Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) April 25 – John Keble...
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Medal and Bishop Law's Prize for Mathematics. Standing against Thomas Romney Robinson, he won through and was elected a Fellow of the College in 1813...
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John Robinson may refer to: John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author...
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George Stokes, John Tyndall, George Johnstone Stoney, Thomas Romney Robinson, Edward Sabine, Thomas Andrews, Lord Rosse, George Salmon, and George FitzGerald...
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telegraphs. While in Cork, Mitchell became friendly with astronomer John Thomas Romney Robinson, and mathematician George Boole. In 1848, he was elected a member...
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who developed the Beckley rain gauge and the Robinson-Beckley anemometer with Thomas Romney Robinson. Beckley worked at Kew Observatory from 1854 while...
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during extreme events 1846 – Cup anemometer invented by Dr. John Thomas Romney Robinson. 1847 – Francis Ronalds and William Radcliffe Birt described a stable...
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Slagle Ridge (redirect from Mount Robinson (Antarctica))
James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named the feature for Rev. Doctor Thomas Romney Robinson of Armagh, one of the more active promoters of magnetic research...
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opinion". Stokes married Mary Susanna Robinson, the only daughter of Irish astronomer Rev Thomas Romney Robinson, at St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh on...
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First Minister of Northern Ireland, was born in Armagh in 1926 Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), astronomer, lived in Armagh Christopher Vokes, Major...
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by California botanists. It is named after Irish astronomer John Thomas Romney Robinson. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Romneya trichocalyx". The PLANTS Database...
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Cambridge. Sedgwick, Romney R. "Constituencies > 1715-1754 > Thirsk". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 June 2024. "ROBINSON, Thomas (1695–1770), of...
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politician, 15th President of the United States (d. 1868) 1792 – Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist (d. 1882) 1794 – Wei Yuan, Chinese...
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married the Irish astronomer Thomas Romney Robinson 1843. Francis Beaufort Edgeworth (1809–1846), Mentioned in Thomas Carlyle's Life of Sterling. Married...
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invented the Ulster overcoat (as worn by Sherlock Holmes) John Thomas Romney Robinson: invented the cup anemometer and measured the position of Armagh...
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physiology, Royal Belfast Academical Institution, 1819–49 John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), director, Armagh Observatory, 1823–1882 Robert Patterson...
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