Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna , Swed. Tavastehus, city (1998 pop. 45,555), capital of Southern Finland prov., S Finland. It is a lake port and a manufacturing town with plywood mills, tanneries, spool mills, and rubber works. Built around a 13th-century castle on Lake Vanajavesi, the city was chartered in 1638. The beautiful Aulanko-Karlberg natural park nearby is a tourist center. The composer Jean Sibelius was born in Hämeenlinna.
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U.S. Naval Observatory Welcomes Public, Fosters Excitement.
M2 Presswire; 4/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...NAVY: U.S. Naval Observatory Welcomes Public...NNS) -- U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO...Washington, along with Naval Support Activity...Astronomical Union and United Nations Educational...are thrilled the Naval Support Activity...observatory in the United ...
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Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory, 1830-2000. Cambridge...Steven Dick of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington...U.S. Navy and the United States. Dick, who has a degree...are general readers, naval historians, or historians...
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U.S. NAVAL OBSERVATORY TO ADD LEAP SECOND TO CLOCKS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/11/2008; 658 words
; ...Chester, U.S. Naval Observatory Public Affairs The U.S. Naval Observatory's Master...2005. The U.S. Naval Observatory is charged...clock. The U.S. Naval Observatory, together...determines time for the United States. Modern electronic...
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Naval Observatory Erects Time Ball
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/20/1999; ; 476 words
; ...20-1999 Naval Observatory Erects Time Ball...over the U.S. Naval Observatory...2001,'' the Naval Observatory announced...was begun by the Naval Observatory in...South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Calculating...
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U.S. Naval Observatory and AT&T's DIAL-IT 900 Service offer Halley's Comet updates March 6 through April 15.
PR Newswire; 3/4/1986; 700+ words
; ...thanks to the U.S. Naval Observatory and AT&T's...at noon Thursday, the Naval Observatory will begin...interest. Callers in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico...S. Cleere of U.S. Naval Observatory, 202-653...
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Astronomer Kaj Strand; Naval Observatory Official
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/2/2000; 550 words
; ...director of the U.S. Naval Observatory from 1963 to 1977, died...1938, he came to the United States and took a position as...astrophysics division at the Naval Observatory. He retired...Foundation, Office of Naval Research, National Bureau...
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Year 2000 sunrise showdown in Maine Naval Observatory settles dispute of where one can see first light of day in U.S.
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/5/1999; ; 653 words
; ...Published in the United States." So when the U.S. Naval Observatory declared that...of Quoddy Head State Park in Lubec...asked the U.S. Naval Observatory to redo its calculations...a city in the United States." No one has...
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Book excerpt: Sky and Ocean Joined: The U.S. Naval Observatory 1830-200
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; 5/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Sky and Ocean Joined: The US Naval Observatory 1830-2000, pages 95-96...dimension to the new [U.S. Naval Observatory]. As we have seen, Maury...of this information." The United States, Maury emphasized, was indebted...
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Hot Web Site.(US Naval Observatory provides information about time)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Motorboating; 9/1/2000; ; 460 words
; The United States Naval Observatory operates a most interesting and timely Web site. Through it, you can get as much information about the exact time as you have...
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Dropping the Ball at the Observatory
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/5/2000; ; 657 words
; ...century. The U.S. Naval Observatory will officially ring...main entrance to the Naval Observatory is still...he says. The U.S. Naval Observatory, which maintains...the Master Clock of the United States, is also reactivating...
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United States Naval Observatory
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
United States Naval Observatory a federal astronomical observatory...under the jurisdiction of the chief of naval operations. The principal instrument...instrument. The main programs of the Naval Observatory involve continual observations...
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Naval Observatory
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Naval Observatory USNO one of the oldest scientific agencies in the United States, established in 1830 as the U.S...residence of the Vice President of the United States is located on the Observatory grounds...
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Observatories
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Observatories. Observatories are astronomical...In the United States, the 1830s...landmark for observatory development...the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington...expansion of observatories. By 1904...telescope, the United States had...
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Morgan, Herbert Rollo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Leander McCormick Observatory. Stone took an interest...calculator at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington...returned to the U.S. Naval Observatory, where...voluntarily at the U.S. Naval Observatory on his...Publications of the United States Nacal ...
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Asaph Hall
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...position at the Harvard Observatory. This gave him the...as an aide in the Naval Observatory and the...made chief of the Naval Observatory. Five...scientific awards in the United States and abroad. His...retirement from the Naval Observatory in 1891...
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