Cagliari
Cagliari , city (1991 pop. 204,237), capital of Sardinia and of Cagliari prov., S Sardinia, Italy, on the Gulf of Cagliari (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea) and at the mouth of the Mannu River. It is the largest city in Sardinia and is a modern port and an industrial center. A flourishing Carthaginian city, it was taken by Rome in 238 BC Cagliari endured Arab invasions in the 8th and 9th cent. AD The city was a Pisan stronghold during the wars with Genoa (11th-14th cent.); its subsequent history is largely that of Sardinia . Cagliari was the site of a submarine base in World War II and was heavily bombed by the Allies. Noteworthy structures include the Romanesque-Gothic cathedral (13th cent.), the Basilica of San Saturnino (5th cent.), a large Roman amphitheater, and the massive tower of St. Pancras (built by Pisans in 1304).
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VOLUNTEER NOW: Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena
Newspaper article from: Whittier Daily News; 3/7/2009; ; 626 words
; ...know more as you look around the sky? The Mount Wilson Observatory is in our own back yard: a driver takes...Proceed 14 miles to the Red Box, turn on Mount Wilson Road, and go five more miles. Mount Wilson was named after Benjamin Wilson...
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Mount Wilson Observatory gets help from Mars
Newspaper article from: Pasadena Star-News; 9/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...crews took aggressive action Tuesday to protect Mount Wilson Observatory, fortifying fire breaks, lighting backfires near...materials in dozens of structures atop 5,715-foot Mount Wilson, including corrugated steel-skinned domes and...
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Fires inch toward Mount Wilson observatory.
News Wire article from: UPI Energy Resources; 8/31/2009; 566 words
; ...Acton, Calif., threatening the Mount Wilson observatory, officials said. The so-called...off the side of a road in the Mount Gleason area south of Acton...five fire engines would be at Mount Wilson, defending the antennas...
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NASA Telescopes in Education Program Offers Teachers, Students Access to Mount Wilson Observatory Equipment.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 8/17/2001; 639 words
; ...and charge-coupled device cameras created at JPL and located at the Mount Wilson Observatory. "We realize many people live in remote areas and that visits to observatories by schools are sometimes not feasible," said Gilbert Clark, program...
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Mt. Wilson Observatory raising money for facelift
Newspaper article from: Whittier Daily News; 11/23/2008; 700+ words
; PASADENA - As Mount Wilson Observatory celebrates a century of...million, the Friends of Mount Wilson Observatory started sign-ups last...Sam Hale, grandson of Mount Wilson Observatory's visionary founder George...
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WILSON LOOKING FOR VISITORS OFFICIALS AT MOUNTAINTOP OBSERVATORY FRET OVER DROP IN TOURISM.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 7/14/2002; 700+ words
; ...ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST - The Mount Wilson Observatory has stood sentinel over Southern...revolutionize astronomy, the Mount Wilson Observatory has played an important scientific...and instruments now dots the Mount Wilson plateau. Here's a...
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Larry Wilson: A heavenly night at the observatory
Newspaper article from: Pasadena Star-News; 11/13/2008; 676 words
; ...WEDNESDAY night high atop Mount Wilson - dry and cool among...sometimes see the white observatory domes from the freeways...Friends of Mount Wilson Observatory are launching plans...of the Hale Solar Observatory - to design a visitors...tell the story of the ...
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Mount Wilson celebrates telescope's 100th year
Newspaper article from: The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.; 11/16/2008; ; 638 words
; ...last week with celebrations at Mount Wilson Observatory. When it was built in 1908...Simmons, vice president of the Mount Wilson Observatory Association...century-old telescope is retired, Mount Wilson Observatory is still a...
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Mount Wilson weather observer to retire
Newspaper article from: Whittier Daily News; 7/17/2004; ; 700+ words
; MOUNT WILSON -- For more than 17 years atop Mount Wilson, Lu Rarogiewicz kept an...National Weather Service observer, observatory volunteer and astronomy lecturer...eagle's-nest apartment atop Mount Wilson on Weathervane Drive in...
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Weather watcher leaving Mount Wilson
Newspaper article from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; 7/18/2004; ; 700+ words
; MOUNT WILSON - For more than 17 years atop Mount Wilson, Lu Rarogiewicz kept an...National Weather Service observer, observatory volunteer and astronomy lecturer...eagle's-nest apartment atop Mount Wilson on Weathervane Drive in...
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Mount Wilson Observatory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mount Wilson Observatory astronomical...conducted at the observatory include studies...around stars. The observatory, along with the Palomar Observatory (see under Palomar...part of the Hale Observatories, which were jointly...
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Observatories
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington...rapid expansion of observatories. By 1904, when...established the Mount Wilson Observatory near Pasadena...greatest number of observatories, and the largest...
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Hale Observatories
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hale Observatories see Mount Wilson Observatory ; Palomar Mountain .
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Palomar, Mount
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Palomar, Mount Peak in s California, USA...is the site of the Palomar Observatory , which houses the 122-cm...is administered jointly with Mount Wilson Observatory as the Hale Observatories. http://www.astro...
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Mount Wilson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mount Wilson peak, 5,710 ft (1,740 m) high, S Calif...Gabriel Mts., NE of Pasadena. It is the site of Mt. Wilson Observatory (est. 1904), one of the Hale Observatories. A 100-in. (254-cm) reflecting telescope there...
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