Matilda
Matilda ♀ Latinized form of a Germanic personal name derived from
maht,
meht ‘might’ +
hild ‘battle’. This was the name of an early German queen (895–968), wife of Henry the Fowler, who was noted for her piety and generosity. It was also the name of the wife of William the Conqueror and of the daughter of Henry I of England (see
Maud). The name was introduced into England by the Normans, and this Latinized form is the one that normally occurs in medieval records, while the vernacular form
Maud was the one in everyday use.
Matilda was revived in England as a learned form in the 18th century.
Variant:
Mathilda.
Short form:
Tilda.
Pet forms:
Mattie,
Matty;
Tilly,
Tillie.
Cognates: German:
Mecht(h)ilde. Dutch:
Machteld. Danish, Norwegian:
Mat(h)ilde. Swedish:
Mat(h)ilda. French:
Mathilde. Spanish, Portuguese, Italian:
Matilde. Polish, Czech:
Matylda. Finnish:
Martta. Hungarian:
Matild.
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Dewar flasks.(improved by Nalge Nunc International)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry; 1/22/2001; 549 words
; Nalge Nunc International has improved its Nalgene Dewar flasks, which withstand temperatures between -196[degrees]C and +100[degrees]C, by providing a finger grip on the bottom...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Celebs make vacuum flasks hip.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/30/2006; 448 words
; ...spotters and anglers but vacuum flasks have now become the hottest...seen pictured with a vacuum flask, which we've heard she uses...been staggering and vacuum flasks have become one of the top...shop department.' The vacuum flask was devised in 1892 by Sir James Dewar, a Scot at Oxford ...
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Flask search will nip this trade in the bud
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 1/12/1999; ; 390 words
; ...Office Ministers Henry McLeish and Donald Dewar are in no danger of winning is the Negotiator...newest public institution - involving hip flasks, wee nips, filthy lucre and drouthy...their heart and hope to die that their flasks contain nothing of an alcoholic nature...
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 "Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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DEWAR'S LOST TREASURE: From his trademark s spectacles to his red rosette, Donald's cherished keepsakes.(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 4/25/2004; 700+ words
; ...First Minister of Scotland. Dewar was a famous hoarder and never...And a red rosette, which Dewar wore to fight several elections...because that was the year Donald Dewar delivered Scotland's first...Sheena McDonald lThree glass flasks in a tartan carry case were...
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Superconductors, Part II.
Magazine article from: Poptronics; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...of liquid nitrogen are stored in Dewar flasks with loose-fitting lids...containers for liquid nitrogen. Dewar flasks have good insulation and can store...pour some liquid nitrogen into a Dewar flask at room temperature, it will boil...
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TIMESPAST
Newspaper article from: Evening Times; 6/13/2001; ; 421 words
; James Dewar THE Thermos flask, one of the most revolutionary simple designs that has aided modern living, was invented by the Scots scientist James Dewar. Dewar was born in Kincardine, Fife, in 1842. He studied chemistry at...
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Serendipity After the cold rush
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/5/1999; ; 644 words
; ...that Dewar was blinkered to the flask's commercial potential. He never considered using the so- called dewar flask to keep hot liquids hot. Instead...who was manufacturing vacuum flasks for Dewar, to turn a piece of experimental...
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RIGHT CHEMISTRY IN COOL APPROACH
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 10/26/1999; 400 words
; SIR JAMES DEWAR 1842-1923 THE vacuum flask is one of those modern day objects...granted. Edinburgh-educated Sir James Dewar, who died in 1923, was the expert...the youngest son of a wine dealer. Dewar's inventive, yet practical, mind...
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Selling energy efficiency
Newspaper article from: The Journal Record; 11/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...aged product based upon the principle of the Dewar Vessel, often referred to as the Dewar Flask. It was invented around the turn of the 20th century by Scottish chemist and physicist James Dewar to contain heat generated in chemical laboratory...
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Composting experiments with cranberry leaves
Magazine article from: BioCycle; 10/1/1999; ; 486 words
; ...140F in order to achieve pathogen and weed seed mortalities." A series of laboratory trials using chicken manure in Dewar flasks only resulted in temperatures of 117F. The researchers next mixed three gallons of fish oil from a New Bedford fish...
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Dewar flask
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Dewar flask [for Sir James Dewar ], container after which...patterned. It consists of two flasks, one placed inside the other...conduction of heat from one flask to the other. For greater efficiency the flasks are silvered to reflect heat...
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vacuum flask
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
vacuum flask Container for keeping things (usually liquids) hot or cold. A vacuum flask consists of double, silvered glass walls...minimizes heat transfer by radiation. James Dewar invented the vacuum flask in 1892.
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Dewar, James
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
...Kamerlingh Onnes. Although Dewar was nominated several times...One of the consequences of Dewar's work was his invention of the vacuum flask to minimize heat loss. It...to liquefy gases; hence, Dewar designed a container where...
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Sir James Dewar
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir James Dewar , 1842-1923, British chemist and physicist, b. Scotland. He was...and the liquefaction of gases, in the course of which he invented the Dewar flask and liquefied (1898) and solidified (1899) hydrogen. With Sir Frederick...
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Dewar, Sir James
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Dewar, Sir James (1842–1923) Scottish chemist and physicist who researched materials at extremely low temperatures. In 1872, he invented the Thermos flask. He also built a device that could produce liquid oxygen.
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