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Consol, originally the German wartime
Elektra Sonne, a
hyperbolic navigation aid, now obsolete, described technically as a collapsed hyperbolic system. With a range of 1,600 kilometres (1,000 mls.) it required no special equipment beyond a beacon-band radio receiver with a BFO (beat frequency oscillator) facility. Each Consol station transmitted a sequence of 60 dots and dashes which the
navigator would count. The moment the dots or dashes changed from one to the other was known as the equisignal and the number of either dots or dashes before the equisignal represented a
position line which would be either plotted on a Consol lattice
chart or taken from special tables. An observation from two stations would provide a
fix. The attraction of the system to many fishermen and yachtsmen on the Atlantic coasts of Europe in the 1950s was to some extent due to the fact that no special equipment was required. A similar system called Consolan, also defunct, was in operation in the USA.
Mike Richey
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CONSOL Energy Inc./.
PR Newswire; 9/7/2001; 700+ words
; ...news release, Harvey Tells Investors CONSOL Energy Represents New Energy Paradigm, issued yesterday, Sept. 6, by CONSOL Energy over PR Newswire, we are advised...paragraph, second sentence, should read "CONSOL Energy acquired 366 billion cubic feet...
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CONSOL Energy Shareholders Approve Proposals at Annual Meeting.
PR Newswire; 10/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...26 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareholders of CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) approved two...and appointing Ernst & Young as CONSOL Energy's auditors. (Photo: http...bin/prnh/20010115/PHM006LOGO-b ) CONSOL Energy is the largest U.S. producer...
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CONSOL Energy To Offer To Acquire Remaining Shares of CNX Gas.
PR Newswire; 1/29/2008; 700+ words
; ...Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. intends to offer to acquire...in a stock-for- stock transaction. CONSOL Energy currently owns approximately 81...of CNX Gas common stock outstanding. CONSOL Energy will offer CNX Gas stockholders...
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CONSOL Energy to Buy Coalbed Methane Gas Properties.
PR Newswire; 1/28/2000; 700+ words
; ...PITTSBURGH, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) has agreed...approximately $169 million in cash. The assets CONSOL Energy will purchase include Buchanan...is part of our strategy to strengthen CONSOL Energy's position as a low-cost provider...
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CONSOL ENERGY TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN AUSTRALIAN MINE.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 6/21/2001; 700+ words
; ...June 20 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) has reached...five states in the United States. Both CONSOL Energy and AMCI have extensive experience...s adjacent preparation plant. Both CONSOL Energy and AMCI currently serve customers...
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CONSOL Energy to Issue 11 Million Shares of New Common Stock in Private Sale; Majority Owner RWE to Sell 14.1 Million Shares of Its CNX Stock.
PR Newswire; 9/18/2003; 700+ words
; CONSOL Energy Inc. , a leading producer of high...primary shares, RWE of Essen, Germany, CONSOL Energy's largest shareholder, also has agreed to sell 14.1 million shares of its CONSOL Energy common stock in a private placement...
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CONSOL Energy Reports 2003 Gas Sales.
PR Newswire; 11/7/2002; 700+ words
; CONSOL Energy Inc. has sold 44.8 billion cubic...BTUs. This represents 83 to 86 percent of CONSOL Energy's expected 2003 production. The...to create a stable financial platform for CONSOL Energy," said J. Brett Harvey, president...
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CONSOL Energy's Largest Shareholder Sells Additional Shares.
PR Newswire; 10/3/2003; 700+ words
; CONSOL Energy Inc.'s largest shareholder, RWE...million shares of its 43.9 million shares of CONSOL Energy common stock in a private placement...RWE will hold 16.6 million shares of CONSOL Energy common stock, or 18.5% of the...
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CONSOL Energy Signs Replacement Supply Agreement.
PR Newswire; 12/24/1999; 700+ words
; ...PITTSBURGH, Dec. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) has reached...Pennsylvania. Under this replacement agreement, CONSOL Energy will provide 1.2 million tons...year to the plant from any of several CONSOL Energy Pittsburgh seam mines. Pricing...
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CONSOL Energy Inc. Purchases Common Stock in a Private Transaction.
PR Newswire; 11/30/1999; 700+ words
; ...PITTSBURGH, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX) announced...of which this purchase was a part, CONSOL Energy's understanding is that, as...shares that DuPont held at the time of CONSOL Energy's initial public offering of...
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CONSOL Energy Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
CONSOL Energy Inc. Consol Plaza 1800 Washington Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15241-1421...x2014; one of the three largest in the United States — CONSOL Energy Inc. now positions itself as a multi-energy producer of...
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consols
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
consols contraction of consol idated annuitie s, a bond issue designed...conditions justified such payments. Consols bore no maturity date and were redeemable...the late 19th and early 20th cent., consols constituted the major part of the national...
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Consol
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Consol, originally the German wartime Elektra...beat frequency oscillator) facility. Each Consol station transmitted a sequence of 60 dots...line which would be either plotted on a Consol lattice chart or taken from special tables...
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Consols
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Consols British government securities without redemption date and with fixed annual interest; the term dates from the late 18th century, and is a contraction of consolidated annuities .
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stocks
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...established in 1752 as ‘3 per cent consols’. While this investment was...nominal rate remained fixed, the fact that consols were actively traded amongst merchants...speculators caused the value to vary. Consols sold above par yielded a lower rate of...
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