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    Sir William Snow Harris (1 April 1791 – 22 January 1867) was a British physician and electrical researcher, nicknamed Thunder-and-Lightning Harris, and...
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  • William or Will or Willie Harris may refer to: William Harris (born 1504) (1504–?), MP for Newport, Cornwall William Harris (died 1556), MP for Maldon...
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    scientific realm by the English physician and electrical researcher William Snow Harris in 1843, and French Academy scientist François Arago in 1855. This...
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    the first to be fitted with the lightning conductor invented by William Snow Harris. FitzRoy spared no expense in her fitting out, which included 22...
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    when lightning was anticipated, and had a low success rate. In 1820 William Snow Harris invented a successful system for fitting lightning protection to...
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  • Stevenson, On the history, construction, and illumination of lighthouses William Snow Harris, On Galvanism Thomas Roger Smith (1861) Acoustics "Weale, John" ...
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    Fellowship of the Royal Society by such distinguished men as William Thomas Brande, William Snow Harris and Charles Wheatstone. Grove also attracted the attention...
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  • spinning jenny John Harington (1561–1612), UK – the flush toilet William Snow Harris (1791–1867), UK – much improved naval Lightning rods John Harrison...
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    sensitive balances measuring the attraction between charged disks. William Snow Harris is credited with the invention of this instrument, which was further...
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    As early as 1845 he pointed out that the experimental results of William Snow Harris were in accordance with the laws of Coulomb. In the Memoirs of the...
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  • Snow White & the Huntsman is a 2012 American fantasy action-adventure film based on the German fairy tale "Snow White" compiled by the Brothers Grimm...
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    13s. 4d. (roughly equivalent to £212,366 in 2023) was made by Sir Joseph William Copley in 1881, and the interest from that amount is used to pay for the...
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    was one of the first to test the lightning conductor invented by William Snow Harris. FitzRoy obtained five examples of the Sympiesometer, a kind of mercury-free...
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  • classical and Persian scholar who translated Dante, and the electrician William Snow Harris. There was a charitable trust founded in 1732 by the will of a Plymouth...
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  • electric relay. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code. Copley Medal: William Snow Harris Wollaston Medal: Gideon Mantell March 12 – Simon Newcomb (died 1909)...
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    IV (1991). Harris received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for his role in The Snow Goose (1971)...
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    "Beneath Still Waters". Harris had a continued string of commercially and critically successful albums like Roses in the Snow (1980), Evangeline (1981)...
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  • lieutenant, he joined the Northwest Passage expedition led by Captain William Edward Parry, aboard HMS Hecla. He made various scientific observations...
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    William Henry FRS (12 December 1774 – 2 September 1836) was an English chemist. He was the son of Thomas Henry and was born in Manchester England. He...
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    actor William Snow Harris, electrical engineer Jonathan Nash Hearder, electrical engineer John Stevens Henslow, botanist and geologist William Jackson...
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    from the Inuit to the Maori. The magazine's authors have included: William Snow Harris, who in the 1840s published a series of articles on lightning conductors...
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  • Theoretical Explanation of an apparent new Polarity of Light". 1839 William Snow Harris, "Inquiries concerning the Elementary Laws of Electricity". 1838...
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    Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primarily known for his comedic television...
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    Flowers for Mrs. Harris Music 1975, Music Inspired by The Snow Goose, album by the British progressive rock band Camel, based on The Snow Goose Ivins, Molly...
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    Davenport is a step-cousin of Damian, Jared, and Jamie Harris, her sons from her marriage to Richard Harris.[citation needed] His parents divorced when he was...
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    Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He recorded 140...
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  • Rhayader (Richard Harris), a lighthouse keeper in the fishing village Great Marsh in Essex. The two meet as Rhayader helps Fritha care for a snow goose she has...
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  • The Snow Goose, directed by Patrick Garland, was broadcast on BBC television. This film, from a screenplay by Gallico, features Richard Harris and Jenny...
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  • Cambridge Thomas Maxwell Harris 1948-03-18 8 January 1903 – 1 May 1983 William Anthony Harris 2007-05-17 William Snow Harris 1831-06-02 1 April 1791 –...
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  • relationship. Stephen Metcalfe, upon whose play Strange Snow (1982) the film was based, wrote the screenplay. Harris was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance...
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