Charles Marie de La Condamine
Charles Marie de La Condamine , 1701-74, French traveler and mathematical geographer. He was one of a group sent to Peru in 1735 to measure the length of an arc of one degree of the meridian at the equator. While in South America he made the first scientific exploration of the Amazon region. His journal was published in 1751.
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Yeoman tapped to lead schools.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Lowell, MA); 2/8/2007; 700+ words
; ...to watch superintendent hopeful Donald Yeoman in action. But the work day was anything...left several classrooms without heat. Yeoman didn't break a sweat, and he certainly...that convinced school officials to name Yeoman, 58, Chelmsford's new superintendent...
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Enlisting the aid of Yeomenettes.(yeomen services)
Magazine article from: Cobblestone; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...messengers and couriers. Some yeomen (F) even drove trucks to deliver...women knew how to drive. Many yeomen (F) handled critical or secret...had happened. Lillian Budd a yeoman (F) first class, was told...done what you have done." Yeomen (F) often were commended for...
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Yeoman's beef encounter.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 8/2/2004; 700+ words
; ...QUESTION Of the Beefeaters in the Tower of London, are any vegetarian? OF THE 35 Yeoman Warders (Beefeaters), including the Yeoman Gaoler and Chief Yeoman Warder, at the Tower of London we're not aware that any is a vegetarian - though...
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Ordnance Survey and Yeoman Navigation Systems sign key content agreement.
M2 Presswire; 9/16/2003; 700+ words
; ...ORDNANCE SURVEY: Ordnance Survey and Yeoman Navigation Systems sign key content...between the mobile navigation company Yeoman Navigation Systems and Ordnance Survey. The agreement, which follows Yeoman's recent deal with Vodafone for the...
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Queen Elizabeth honors Yeomen of the Guard
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/28/2009; 583 words
; ...lots of jokes about the Yeomen's tights, Yeoman Charles Enderby told...t repeat them. The Yeomen of the Guard are a familiar...royal funerals. The Yeomen took part in the queen...Abbey in 1953. It was a Yeoman who tackled a streaker...
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YEOMAN showcases first commercial application of OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Network Layer data; Yeoman's TRAVELM8 to use unrivalled Ordnance Survey precision mapping data.
M2 Presswire; 4/3/2003; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-3 April 2003-YEOMAN: YEOMAN showcases first commercial application of OS MasterMap Integrated Transport Network Layer data; Yeoman's TRAVELM8 to use unrivalled Ordnance Survey precision mapping...
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Yeoman chart plotter. (electronic navigation system)
Magazine article from: Yachting; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...full-size, fully detailed chart. The Yeoman, a mouse-equipped electronic chart...surface. The first step in using the Yeoman is chart initialization. Use of any of...BBA charts is simple. Each carries a Yeoman index number and three Yeoman initialization...
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 "Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)")
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Demobbed from Royal bodyguard; A Northumberland man has kept alive one of the country's grandest traditions by serving as a Yeomen of the Guard - the Queen's ceremonial bodyguard. He tells Graeme Whitfield about his duties.
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 6/20/2009; 700+ words
; ...22 years as an officer in the Yeomen of the Guard, a body created...Tudor-style uniforms, the Yeomen these days leave the practical...Mr Enderby will retire as a Yeoman later this year on his 70th...privileged to have 22 years in the Yeomen of the Guard and the time has...
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YEOMAN to raise GBP10 million for commercial rollout of mobile navigation services.
M2 Presswire; 4/5/2001; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-5 April 2001-YEOMAN: YEOMAN to raise GBP10 million for commercial rollout of mobile navigation...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05042001 Mobile navigation specialist YEOMAN Group plc, today announced plans to raise GBP10 million in...
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Masters of Small Worlds: Yeoman Households, Gender Relations, and the Political Culture of the Antebellum South Carolina Low Country.
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 6/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Stephanie McCurry argues that yeoman farmers found common cause with...Protestantism unified the planter and yeoman classes in defense of a social...and letters from lowcountry yeoman women, McCurry would have used...a variety of foodstuffs from yeomen. (p. 107, n.22) The illusion...
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Yeoman, Robert D.
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
Yeoman, Robert D. (Bob Yeoman, Robert Yeoman) PERSONAL Addresses: Agent —The Mirsish Agency, 1801 Century Park East, Suite 1801, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Career: Cinematographer and camera operator. Awards, Honors: Independent...
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yeomen
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
yeomen. Legally a yeoman was a freeholder...encompassed by the term yeoman, while in other...Englishmen as gentlemen, yeomen, and rascals, and...acres; and lesser yeomen with between 100...imprecision of the term yeoman has raised acute...
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yeoman
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...high rank in noble households were also called yeomen, and thus the name was given to specific branches of the royal household, e.g., Yeomen of the Horse or Yeomen of the Guard . The yeoman foot soldiers of the Hundred Years War were...
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Yeomen of the Guard
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Yeomen of the Guard are a royal bodyguard founded in 1485 for the coronation of Henry...duties include searching the cellars of Parliament before a state opening. The Yeomen Warders of the Tower, or Beefeaters, established in Edward VI's reign...
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Yeomen of the Guard, The
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Yeomen of the Guard, The, or The Merryman and his Maid . Operetta by Sullivan to lib. by Gilbert. Comp. 1888. Prod. London and NY 1888.
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