Road Town
Road Town capital, main port, and largest town (2000 est. pop. 8,000) of the British Virgin Islands . It is situated on the S coast of Tortola Island on the deeply indented Road Bay. Tourism, boat chartering, and offshore banking are important contributors to its economy. Among its notable sites are the old prison and post office buildings, the botanic garden, and Forts Burt, George, and Charlotte.
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Councillors, 1901-2001.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society; 6/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...1923 Abbott, George Henry 1924-1929, 1932 Dunlop...1930-1940 Shaw, (Henry) Giles 1932-1932 Dennis...Thomas Davies 1943-1946 Rowland, Edward Carr 1943...1953 Williams, Walter Henry 1945-1949 Coombes...Swinbourne, Charles Augustus 1950-1953 Bax, Allan...
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RELEASE OF MORTGAGES
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 3/30/1988; 700+ words
; ...Bank of Okla City to Larry Augustus, L12 B14 Sec 2 Lewellen...Denver G Kirby et ux, L2 B4 Rowland Hills 2nd Addn. 31209...Bank of Midwest City to Henry Spores et ux, pt SE4 Sec...J Higgins, pt L5 & 6 B1 Rowland Hills 2nd Addn. 31492...
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RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS OF MEMBERS OF 100TH CONGRESS
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/10/1987; 700+ words
; ...Beilenson (J) 24. Henry A. Waxman (J) 25...C. Dixon (E) 29. Augustus F. Hawkins (M) 30...McKinney (E) 5. John G. Rowland (RC) 6. Nancy L...Darden (M) 8. J. Roy Rowland (M) 9. Ed Jenkins...Lipinski (RC) 6. Henry J. Hyde (RC) 7. Cardiss...
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Scales part of postal history
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 4/19/2008; 700+ words
; ...operation was then reorganised in 1660 by Henry Bishop, Postmaster General, who introduced...by 1974. It was an idea begun by Sir Rowland Hill, the inventor of the Penny Post...Together with a certificate, by the sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens working to the instructions...
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COMMITTEE SCHEDULE: THE WEEK OF JULY 21ST
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 7/21/1997; 406 words
; ...R. 548 Ted Weiss H.R. 595 William Augustus Bootle , H.R. 613 Sam Nunn , H.R...Howard T. Markey , H.R. 892 Aaron Henry , H.R. 962 W. Edwards Demming H...David W. Dyer , H.R. 1484 J. Roy Rowland , H.R. 1502 James L. Foreman , H...
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COMMITTEE APPROVES LEGISLATION ON WAR RISK, INSURANCE, AVIATION ACCIDENTS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 7/23/1997; 700+ words
; ...States Courthouse ; H.R. 595 William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and United States...National Courts Building ; H.R. 892 Aaron Henry United States Post Office ; H.R. 962...Federal Courthouse ; H.R. 1484 J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse . H.R. 1502 James...
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CORPORATION COMMISSION
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 6/26/1993; 700+ words
; ...Roberts; Johnnie Finley; Doris J. Rowland; Velma Lee Simpson; Jarod A. Rogers...Barbara Ann Horton; Betty Jo Jones; Henry L. McVea; Ernestine McVea; Vickie Baldwin...Edward B. Stamps; Essie B. Stamps; Augustus R. Walton, Jr.; M.J. Walton; Jake...
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SCHEDULE OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE COMING WEEK:JULY 21-25, 1997
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 7/21/1997; 700+ words
; ...New York City), H.R. 595 (William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...District of Columbia), H.R. 892 (Aaron Henry U.S. Post Office in Clarksdale, Mississippi...Miami, Florida), H.R. 1484 (J. Roy Rowland Federal Courthouse in Dublin, Georgia...
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COMMITTEE SCHEDULE: WEEK OF JULY 28TH
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 7/28/1997; 700+ words
; ...H.R. 595 (designating the William Augustus Bootle Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...892, as amended (designating the Aaron Henry Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse...H.R. 1484, as amended (J. Roy Rowland U.S. Courthouse in Dublin, Georgia...
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Henry Augustus Rowland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Henry Augustus Rowland The American physicist Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901) made fundamental...magnetism and to celestial physics. Henry Augustus Rowland was born on Nov. 27, 1848...
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Rowland, Henry Augustus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
ROWLAND, HENRY AUGUSTUS ( b . Honesdale, Pennsylvania...Maryland, 16 April 1901) physics . Rowland was the son of Harriette Heyer, the daughter of a New York merchant, and Henry Augustus Rowland, Sr., who, like his father and...
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Ångström, Anders Jonas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...xF6; m ’ s scale was replaced as the accepted standard by the more precise tables published by Henry Augustus Rowland between 1887 and 1893. In 1867 Ä ngstr ö m was the first to examine the spectrum of the aurora...
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