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    Hermann August Jacques Gruson (March 13, 1821, in Magdeburg – January 30, 1895) was a German engineer, inventor and industrial entrepreneur. Hermann Gruson...
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    Monday. The garden was created by industrialist and plant collector Hermann Gruson, who upon his death in 1895 bequeathed his extensive succulent collection...
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    in 1891, and was named for German industrialist and cacti-collector Hermann Gruson. While sometimes referred to as 'golden ball', this species is not to...
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    outbreak of hostilities. Beginning in 1878 the German industrialist Hermann Gruson's company located in Magdeburg, Germany specialized in the design and...
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    grusonii honors the inventor, scientist, industrialist and cacti collector Hermann Gruson of Magdeburg. Mammillaria grusonii usually grows singly. This cactus...
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    associated guns were removed from service in the 1920s. In 1893 Germany's Hermann Gruson developed an armored turret for a 53 mm gun called a "Fahrpanzer" (mobile...
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    Henriette Marie Luise Gruson (1886–1976), a daughter of industrialist Hermann August Gruson and granddaughter of Hermann Gruson of Magdeburg. Together...
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    metal armour. The initial strides in this field were made by Germans Hermann Gruson and Maximilian Schumann [de], but Frenchmen like Mougin himself perfected...
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    Russian botanist with a focus on central Asia Amaranthaceae Bu Grusonia Hermann Gruson (1821–1885), industrialist Cactaceae Ba Guanchezia Francisco J. Guánchez...
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  • paper advocating the trial of Hermann Gruson's chilled cast-iron armour in England, and in 1887 he published Grüson's Chilled Cast-iron Armour (translated...
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    design longer versions of the 24 and 21 cm guns, but of the same weight. Gruson got orders to improve the shot. Meanwhile they worked on designing an efficient...
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    Alkett weapon, the StuG IV received full support and its production at Krupp-Gruson was initiated. Since primary military production was not related to the...
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  • 23 December 1940, including the production of 5,400 wheels for the Krupp-Gruson-Werke in Magdeburg-Buckau. In 1942, with the completion of the third stage...
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    elevation to 32 degrees and declination to 5 degrees. Both were made by Gruson. For guns on board ships, there were multiple carriages. There was a 15 cm...
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  • armor and cannon using Nobel's improved gunpowder. In 1892, Krupp bought Gruson in a hostile takeover. It became Krupp-Panzer and manufactured armor plate...
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    two armored cupolas were ordered at Gruson for 953,000 guilders. The four carriages were also ordered at Gruson and cost 147,000 guilders. These carriages...
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    determined that Fort IJmuiden would have a battery of 24 cm steel guns behind Gruson armor plating. As the Dutch already had the 24 cm MRK L/25, it is tempting...
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    metallurgist Friedrich Johannsen [fr], head of the metallurgy department at the Gruson plant [fr] and professor at the Clausthal University of Technology, explored...
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  • von der Osten, Miss Yvonne Cartier, Miss Alice von Eschtruth, Miss Aga Gruson, Baron Hans von Hahn, Baron Ferdinand van der Noot, Commodore A. Ammann...
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  • Population: 214,424. 1896 SV Victoria 96 Magdeburg (football club) formed. Gruson-Gewächshäuser (greenhouse garden) opens. 1903 - Königsbrücke [de] (bridge)...
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    the lead rings of the Gruson shot were found to be very defective. On 4 August new trials were held. They would test a Gruson shot of 153 kg that did...
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    Naoya Takei  Japan Oskar Gloeckler  Germany Oskar Thiede  Austria Otto Hofner  Austria Otto Placzek  Germany Otto Schnitzer  Germany Paul Gruson  Germany...
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    economical construction method, with most guns placed in open batteries. A Gruson gun turret was built at the San Rocco works. Defences were also upgraded...
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    behind the smallest possible embrasure / loophole. This carriage was made by Gruson, and allowed an elevation from -3 degrees to + 15 degrees. It used a hydraulic...
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    rifle, 13.2mm Hotchkiss Long HMG, 37mm Hotchkiss QF, and 53x176mmR M1887 Gruson QF cartridges. A third letter in the headstamp indicated the metal supplier...
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    Time Rank Christophe Kalfayan 50 m freestyle 22.83 14 FB 22.96 =14 Nicolas Gruson 100 m freestyle 50.71 23 Did not advance Christophe Bordeau 200 m freestyle...
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    November 1918 — — Paul Grünert Generalleutnant Army 3 May 1918 — — Ernst Gruson Major Army 6 July 1918 — — Erich Gudowius Major Army 4 August 1918 — — Erich...
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  • Enjoys Big Day in Wimbledon Tennis". The New York Times: 11. July 2, 1949. Gruson, Sydney (July 3, 1949). "Miss Brough Keeps Wimbledon Titles". The New York...
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    Smith was dismissed as a fluke, New York Observer (December 23, 2019). Gruson, Lindsey. "Decade of Rep. Smith: Fluke to Tactician", The New York Times...
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    Achille Liénart, Bishop of Lille. It was designed by the Swiss architect Hermann Baur. Its shape is reminiscent of a barn. It contains numerous works of...
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