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    Cambridge University Press, London Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder, Charles Francis Curtiss, and Robert Byron Bird (1964), Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids...
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  • development of BDF methods (originally introduced by the chemists Charles Francis Curtiss and Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder in 1952), a multi-step method for...
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    the kinetic theories of gases and liquids. Joseph O. Hirschfelder, Charles F. Curtiss, Robert Byron Bird (1966). Molecular theory of gases and liquids....
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    calculates a useful approximation for a given fixed step size. Charles Francis Curtiss and Joseph O. Hirschfelder first described in 1952 that this can...
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    The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification...
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    Charles Dwight Curtiss (December 23, 1887 – July 9, 1983) was an Administrator of the United States' Federal Highway Administration from 1955 to 1957....
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    The Curtiss-Wright Model 21 (also known as the Curtiss-Wright Model 21 Demonstrator, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Interceptor, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon)...
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    archbishop in Mauritius Elden Francis Curtiss (born 1932), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church Emma Curtiss Bascom (1828–1916), American educator...
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    Charles Francis Walsh (October 27, 1877 – October 3, 1912) was an American pioneer aviator who died in a crash in Trenton, New Jersey. Charles Francis...
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    former Army flight-training field, where he bought a World War I surplus Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" biplane. Though Lindbergh had not touched an airplane in more...
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    Logan Act (redirect from Francis Flournoy)
    provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur ... In United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp., 299 U.S. 304 (1936), Justice Sutherland, writing for...
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    p. 60 Curtiss 1952, p. 59 "Royal Italian Opera", The Morning Post, 11 August 1851, p. 5 Holden, p. 144 Curtiss 1952, p. 61. Quoted in Curtiss 1952, p...
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    1560), did not influence King Francis II in the least, but resulted rather in the imprisonment of Condé, at Charles's behest. However, the king died...
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    their initial case against Curtiss in February 1913 when a judge ruled that ailerons were covered under the patent. The Curtiss company appealed the decision...
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    Gerhardt Hunthausen (1962–1975), appointed Archbishop of Seattle Elden Francis Curtiss (1976–1993), appointed Archbishop of Omaha Alexander Joseph Brunett...
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    Airfield, Hawaii, 2nd Lt. Gabreski trained on both the Curtiss P-36 Hawk and the newer Curtiss P-40 Warhawk. He met his future wife, Catherine "Kay" Cochran...
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    James Curtiss (also Curtis; March 29, 1806 – November 2, 1859) was an American politician who twice served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1847–1848 and...
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  • C-45 Curtiss C-46 Commando Northrop Gamma 2E Curtiss BF2C Goshawk (aka Curtiss Hawk III – Models 67 and 68) Curtiss F11C Goshawk (aka Hawk II) Curtiss-Wright...
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  • 40 3 Devo Tony Geary and Genie Francis Steve Adams, Joe Shulkin (head writers), Rod Ash, Larry Charles, Mark Curtiss, Larry David, Rich Hall, Bruce Kirschbaum...
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    Tony Curtis (redirect from Tony Curtiss)
    (1949) and a bigger part in Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949). He was also in Francis (1950), Woman in Hiding (1950), and I Was a Shoplifter (1950). He was additionally...
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    luminaries as Charles Lindbergh, Wiley Post, Jimmy Doolittle and Art Chester attended. In 1934, Post tried to set an aviation altitude record from Curtiss. By 1938...
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    Francis Victor du Pont (May 28, 1894 – May 16, 1962) was an American civil engineer, transportation commissioner, and member of the Du Pont family. He...
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    Columbia Field, originally Curtiss Field, is a former airfield near Valley Stream within the Town of Hempstead on Long Island, New York. Between 1929...
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  • fighter squadrons. The 99th Fighter Squadron was initially equipped with Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter-bomber aircraft. The 332nd Fighter Group and its 100th...
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    Francis Cornwall Sherman (September 18, 1805 – November 7, 1870) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, for three terms (1841–1842, 1862–1865) as a member...
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  • Marion (Morehouse) Cummings, (241) Steegmuller, Francis, 1906- 1 letter; 1959. Mina Kirstein Curtiss Papers, 1913-2005, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith...
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    experiencing sunlight the first time and the drowning of the small girl). Francis Edward Faragoh was brought in to submit a rewrite of the Frankenstein script...
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    1910 and 1911 American pioneering aviator Glenn Curtiss developed his floatplane into the successful Curtiss Model D land-plane, which used a larger central...
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    British Purchasing Commission. The commission approached NAA to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than...
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    Design. Shrewsbury, UK:Airlife, 1994. ISBN 1-85310-488-4. Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London:Putnam, 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8. Cooper, H...
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