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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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mis-1 OE.
mis- (ME.
mis(se)-,
mes-), = OS.
mis-, OHG.
missi- (Du.
mis-, G.
miss-), ON.
mis-, Goth.
missa- :- Gmc. *
missa- (whence *
missjan MISS1 vb.), meaning predominantly ‘amiss’, ‘wrong(ly)’, ‘improper(ly)’, which is the only sense recognized in new formations, but in OE. there are also exx. of a negative and of a pejorative intensive use. Cf. next.
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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City's Nobel Prize winner gets blue plaque honour; A Nobel Prize winner and one of the first scientists to recognise the might of nuclear power, Francis Aston was honoured in his home city of Birmingham yesterday.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 9/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...at the birthplace of Francis William Aston, there was one slight...built by their father William Aston, on the opposite side...said: "The house Francis Aston actually lived...plaque dedicated to Francis William Aston (below) JP030907Aston...
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 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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Memorial to city scientist; PLAQUE: Nobel Prize winner's childhood in Brum.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 9/4/2007; 597 words
; ...where he grew up in Birmingham. Francis William Aston won the science world's most...keen sportsman and musician, Francis grew up in Tennal House, in...with the plaque dedicated to Francis William Aston (below). Picture: Jeremy...
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Memorial to city scientist PLAQUE: Nobel Prize winner's childhood in Brum
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail; 9/4/2007; ; 512 words
; ...where he grew up in Birmingham. Francis William Aston won the science world's most...keen sportsman and musician, Francis grew up in Tennal House, in Tennal...admitted she had not heard of Francis Aston until the Civic Society contacted...
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The beginnings of British collecting. (The History of Mineral Collecting: 1530-1799)
Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record; 11/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...unknown. The physician William Harvey (1578-1657...young friend of his, Francis Aston, would be making a tour...Europe. Newton wrote to Aston requesting that he bring...with John Woodward and William Borlase. And, although...
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Deaths from Earlier in the Week
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 3/9/2008; 700+ words
; ...news archives. ADAMS, William H., 78, Christiana...Lancaster, March 3. HAUN, William D.m 84, Lancaster...Ephrata, March 1. OLLER, William Maxwell, 83, Sterling...Lily), Sister of St. Francis, Aston, Feb. 29. PFEIFFER...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Fantasy football: Strike it rich by picking the on-form players you reckon can be a big hit.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 9/3/2004; 700+ words
; ...223 William John Ferris, Belfast 3 Sarah...JAY-JAY OKOCHA (Bolton) Aston Villa v Newcastle NOLBERTO SOLANO...HENRY (Arsenal) Charlton v Aston Villa FRANCIS JEFFERS (Aston Villa) Fulham v Middlesbro...
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Cricket man's fond farewell; MEMORIAL: Charity match response comforts family of chicken pox victim, 23.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 9/12/2006; 506 words
; ...in honour of James Francis at Aston Manor Cricket Club...and a new job at William Hill, in Great Barr...CAPTION(S): JAMES FRANCIS' GOOD TURN-OUT...all-rounder, at Aston Manor Cricket Club...of the late James Francis. Picture: Iain...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1997; 662 words
; ...creator of "Tarzan", 1875; Francis William Aston, physicist, 1877; Rex Ellingwood...essayist and playwright, 1729; William Clark, explorer of the North...Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell, zoologist, 1856; Samuel...
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Gazette: Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/1999; 670 words
; ...creator of "Tarzan", 1875; Francis William Aston, physicist, 1877; Rex Ellingwood...essayist and playwright, 1729; William Clark, explorer, 1838; Sir Richard Westmacott, sculptor, 1856; William Yarrell, zoologist, 1856; Samuel...
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LOM1, what was that crunching? Lord Mayor's Diary.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 9/7/2007; 551 words
; ...for the unveiling of a Birmingham Civic Society blue plaque in honour of the 130th anniversary of Sir Francis William Aston's birth. Sir Francis, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, originally lived in Tennal Road, Harborne, and we were...
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Francis William Aston
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Francis William Aston The British chemist and physicist Francis William Aston (1877-1945) invented the mass spectrograph and discovered the...
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Aston, Francis William
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Aston, Francis William ( b . Harbonne, Birmingham, England, 1 September 1877...20 November 1945) experimental chemistry, physics. Aston was the second son of William Aston, a metal merchant and farmer, and Fanny Charlotte Hollis...
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Harkins, William Draper
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
Harkins, William Draper ( b. Titusville, Pennsylvania...developing science (Ernest Rutherford, Francis William Aston, Frederick Soddy, Patrick Maynard...processed. In February 1920 at Cambridge, Aston announced evidence from mass spectroscopy...
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Stas, Jean Servais
Book article from: World of Forensic Science
...12. In 1920, the English chemist Francis Aston (1877–1945) discovered...the mass of carbon-12, for which Aston received in 1922 the Nobel Prize...the hypothesis of English physicist William Prout (1785–1850...
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Mass Spectrometry
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...spectrometer is usually given to British chemist Francis William Aston (1877 – 1945). Aston made a rather remarkable discovery during...contained atoms of two different masses. Aston interpreted this discovery to mean that two...
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