Alexander Carnegie Kirk (16 July 1830 – 5 October 1892) was a British engineer responsible for several major innovations in the shipbuilding, refrigeration...
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Alexander Kirk may refer to: Alexander Carnegie Kirk (1830–1892), Scottish engineer Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979), American diplomat Alexander Kirk...
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Kirk may refer to: Alexander Carnegie Kirk (1830–1892), Scottish engineer Alexander Comstock Kirk (1888–1979), United States diplomat Alexander Kirk (disambiguation)...
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Fergusson George Forbes Alexander Gibb Hugh Gill James Goodfellow Nigel Gresley Graeme Haldane Naeem Hussain Alexander Carnegie Kirk David Kirkaldy Carol...
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Library. Kirk's son Colonel John William Carnegie Kirk was the author of "A British Garden Flora". The engineer, Alexander Carnegie Kirk, was John Kirk's elder...
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ammonia dissolved in water (referred to as "aqua ammonia") 1862 – Alexander Carnegie Kirk invents the Air cycle machine 1864 – Charles Tellier patented a...
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successfully powered by a triple expansion steam engine, designed by Alexander Carnegie Kirk, is launched at Robert Napier and Sons' yard at Govan in Scotland...
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2 lbs to 2.5 lbs of coal per hour per indicated horsepower. 1881 – Alexander Carnegie Kirk built SS Aberdeen, the first major ship to be successfully powered...
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"Doctor" Alexander Carnegie Kirk, experimentally fitted his first triple expansion engine to a ship called Propontis in 1874. In 1881, Kirk installed...
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civil engineer Fleeming Jenkin, engineer, inventor of telpherage Alexander Carnegie Kirk, marine engineer Elijah McCoy, engineer, inventor of the Automatic...
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David Carnegie of Kinnaird, Lord Carnegie, and Earl of Southesk John Carnegie, Earl of Northesk Alexander Carnegie Robert Carnegie Katherine Carnegie, who...
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Scotland on 21 December 1881. The senior partner at Napier's was Alexander Carnegie Kirk, a talented engineer who had experimentally fitted the world's...
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Hospital daily. Alexander Carnegie Kirk, innovative engineer in several fields, was born at Barry on 16 July 1830. His brother John Kirk, a physician, explorer...
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less capable intellectually than men. In March 1799, Carnegie was successful in persuading the kirk session of the town council in Montrose to approve her...
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Cambridge University Press, 1938. 2013 ISBN 9781107672932 define Alexander Carnegie Kirk born Barry, Forfarshire 1830, died Glasgow 5 October 1892 Wikimedia...
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Glasgow 1886-87 William Denny, Shipbuilder, Dumbarton 1887-89 Alexander Carnegie Kirk, LLD, Marine Engineer, Glasgow 1889-91 Ebenezer Kemp, Marine Engineer...
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Napoleon Hill (category Andrew Carnegie)
modern historians also doubt many of his claims, such as that he met Andrew Carnegie and that he was an attorney. Hill was born in a one-room cabin near the...
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Alexander Carnegie Kirk 1830 - 1892, engineering innovator - particularly of the marine triple expansion steam engine. Elder son of the Rev John Kirk...
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locomotive designer (died 1885 in London) Alexander Muir, songwriter (died 1906 in Canada) 16 July – Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (died 1892) 3...
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steam engine, designed by Alexander Carnegie Kirk, is launched at Robert Napier and Sons' yard at Govan. The remains of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford...
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September – George Grub, church historian (born 1812) 5 October – Alexander Carnegie Kirk, mechanical engineer (born 1830) October – first Gaelic mòd, predecessor...
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Alec Baldwin (redirect from Alexander Rae Baldwin III)
Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his leading and supporting roles in a variety of genres, from comedy...
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According to Hill, the work was commissioned at the request of Andrew Carnegie, at the conclusion of a multi-day interview with Hill. It was allegedly...
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Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been...
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cast, as the first in the rebooted film series. The film follows James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) aboard the USS Enterprise as they...
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Alexander Falconer of Halkertoun, by his wife Agnes Carnegie, eldest daughter of David Carnegie of Colluthie. On 9 July 1639 he succeeded Lord Woodhall...
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Meinelschmidt), Robbie Rist as Zit, Stephen Lee as Hockstein, Claud Mann as Carnegie, and Daniel Roebuck as S. C. U. Lambda. 233 13 "Miss Mom" Unknown Unknown...
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Architecture of Aberdeen (section Kirk of St Nicholas)
design by open competition winner Alexander Brown, the Central Library, which was opened by its benefactor Andrew Carnegie, stands at the west end of the...
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Homestead strike (category Andrew Carnegie)
the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers (the AA) and the Carnegie Steel Company. The final result was a major defeat for the union strikers...
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The Battle of Kirk Kilisse or Battle of Kirklareli or Battle of Lozengrad was part of the First Balkan War between the armies of Bulgaria and the Ottoman...
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