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    silver (Cu 7(Tl, Ag)Se 4), and named the mineral crookesite in honor of Sir William Crookes. Crookes developed the Crookes tube, investigating cathode rays...
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    The Crookes were a British indie rock band who formed in Sheffield in 2007. They released their first single "A Collier's Wife" in 2009 as part of the...
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  • containing Crook Crooked (disambiguation) Crookes (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Crook. If an internal...
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    2019. Crookes made an appearance on the Irish music TV series Other Voices in November 2019. Crookes was shortlisted for Rising Star Award at the 2020...
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    A Crookes tube (also Crookes–Hittorf tube) is an early experimental electrical discharge tube, with partial vacuum, invented by English physicist William...
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    The Crookes radiometer (also known as a light mill) consists of an airtight glass bulb containing a partial vacuum, with a set of vanes which are mounted...
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  • of the band's songs, 'The Crookes Laundry Murder 1922' is named after one of Crookes' most famous crimes. The instrumental track "The Bus To Crookes" by...
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  • Look up Crookes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crookes is a suburb of Sheffield, England; also:. Crookes may also refer to: Crookes (ward), an electoral...
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  • Easterns and the Highveld Lions. Crookes was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has...
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  • served the family sugar-growing company Crookes Brothers as chairman from 1993 to 1998. Wisden 1954, p. 286. "Crookes Centenary" (PDF). Crookes Brothers...
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    was named by Crookes. It was isolated by both Lamy and Crookes in 1862; Lamy by electrolysis and Crookes by precipitation and melting of the resultant powder...
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  • Samuel Crookes (born 15 November 1935) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket in South Africa from 1962 to 1970. Norman Crookes was an off-spinner...
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    William Crooks (6 April 1852 – 5 June 1921) was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar, London, and a member of the Fabian Society. He is particularly...
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  • Skin is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Joy Crookes, released through Insanity Records on 15 October 2021. The album has spawned four...
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    The crook and flail (heka and nekhakha) were symbols used in ancient Egyptian society. They were originally the attributes of the deity Osiris that became...
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  • Marguerite Winifred Crookes" (PDF). New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter. 58: 18–20. Dingley, J. M. (1991). "Marguerite Crookes 1895–1991" (PDF). Auckland...
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    / 53.388; -1.505 Crookes & Crosspool ward—which includes the districts of Crookes, Steelbank, Crosspool, and Sandygate —is one of the 28 electoral wards...
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  • Crookes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Derek Crookes (born 1969), South African cricketer Jason Crookes (born 1990), English rugby...
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    Crookes Cemetery is a cemetery between Crosspool and Crookes in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Its main entrance is on Headland Road...
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  • City in June 2022. Born in Lincoln, Crookes attended Priory City of Lincoln Academy. His agent is Phil Sproson. Crookes began his career with St. Helen's...
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    Crookes is a lunar impact crater that lies on the Moon's far side as seen from the Earth. It lies just to the southwest of the giant crater Korolev. To...
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  • over-the-counter drugs sold by British pharmacies. The name comes from Sir William Crookes, a chemist. Crookes Collosols, started by Henry Crookes, the son...
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    space" or "Crookes dark space". Crookes found that as he pumped more air out of the tubes, the Faraday dark space spread down the tube from the cathode toward...
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  • John Edward Crookes (7 March 1890 – 8 September 1948) was an English first-class cricketer. Crookes was born in March 1890 at Horncastle, Lincolnshire...
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  • Matthew Crooks (September 20, 2003 – July 13, 2024) was an American man who attempted to assassinate former U.S. president Donald Trump, who at the time...
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    The Crookes (Persian title: Najoorha- Persian: ناجورها) is a 1974 Iranian Persian-genre crime film directed by Saied Motallebi and starring Mohammad Ali...
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  • Armagh Jack Crooks (John Charles Crooks, 1865–1918), American baseball player John Crook (disambiguation) John Crookes (1890–1948), English cricketer This...
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    Championship. Crookes was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Crookes played junior rugby for Newsome in Huddersfield before signing for the Bradford...
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  • Crook County may refer to: Crook County, Oregon, United States Crook County, Wyoming, United States USS Crook County (LST-611), a United States Navy tank...
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  • Matt Crooks (Matt Davidson Rider Crooks, born 1994), British footballer Crooks (surname) This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same...
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