Council of State
A Dictionary of British History
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Council of State, 1649–60. After the execution of Charles I and the abolition of the monarchy, the
Rump Parliament in February 1649 gave executive power to a Council of State of 41 members. It contained three peers, a number of lawyers including
Bradshaw, and senior army officers such as
Cromwell,
Fairfax, and Philip Skippon. When Cromwell became lord protector in December 1653 he was given a council of 21 under the
Instrument of Government. Though it had less power than its predecessor, Cromwell complained that he was in toils.
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Walk of the week: Conic Hill, Balmaha
Newspaper article from: Scotland on Sunday; 10/15/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...some are content to try various sections. The route up Conic Hill, which is set above Balmaha...turn left to make for the top of Conic Hill, which presents such magnificent...look right for a view of the Conic Hill ridge, which drops to Loch...
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RAPID PROTOTYPED TEACHING MODELS FOR VOLUMES OF REVOLUTION AND VOLUMES BY CROSS-SECTION IN COLLEGE CALCULUS
Magazine article from: Mathematics and Computer Education; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...using revolution (disks, washers, and shells) and cross-section (Figure 1). Some have employed traditional lecture and...information. Other examples of math models that were built include conic sections (Figures 5 and 6) We were able to create models for teaching...
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British Inventor Develops Integer Solutions Finding System
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/27/2008; 510 words
; ...formulation of integer solutions of conic sections. The system includes a first source...plane of the lattice to provide a conic section. The detector finds points of intersection of the lattice and the conic section to determine integer solutions...
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PROBLEMS.(mathematical problems)
Magazine article from: School Science and Mathematics; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Euclidean plane. Show that these points lie on a conic section and classify the conic section. Solution by Daniel Hermann & Adnan...Angelo, TX (edited). The six points lie on a conic section if and only if they are solutions of an...
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Descartes' and Hessian Foliums.(geometric exercises)
Magazine article from: The Texas Journal of Science; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...partial]z = 0 (14) is defined to be the conic polar of A with respect to f(x,y) = 0...17) Note that (17) is the equation of a conic section. 4. TYPES OF CONIC SECTIONS Consider the second degree equation [ax.sup...
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Puzzle
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 6/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...familiar phrases are those? SHORTZ: They are comic section, and conic section. And a conic section is the curved line formed by cutting a...the political hyperbole, do we then turn to the conic section for hyperbola? SHORTZ: Ooh, nice. HANSEN...
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Research conducted at L. Xu and co-authors has provided new information about computer graphics.
Newspaper article from: Computer Weekly News; 2/19/2009; 587 words
; ...cubic rational curve reproduces a conic section exactly if the given data points are taken from the conic section, wrote L. Xu and colleagues...interpolation by combination of two conic sections. Computers & Graphics...
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What's a projection?
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...projections are cylindrical, conic, and planar. Each touches...different ways. Cylindrical and conic projections intersect the globe...makes contact. As the mapped section grows larger. the surrounding...the map will be cylindrical, conic, or planar. The answer governs...
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Way out West; Townie LYN JOHNSTONE gets footsore during the gruelling 95 miles that is Scotland's West Highland Way.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 5/29/1999; 700+ words
; ...views of the Arrochar Alps and Conic Hill as the morning mist had...the other hand, if I had seen Conic Hill (which we were due to...on a clear day, the climb up Conic Hill would be worthwhile for...main points of interest on this section is Rob Roy's cave. We tried...
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Refining volume estimates of down woody debris.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Forest Research; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...a new formula, namely the conic-paraboloid , which was included...diameter measurements, the conic-paraboloid had the lowest...into two, three, and four sections for additional measurement...progressively more elliptical in cross section. Using the cross-sectional...en deux, trois ou quatre ...
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Conic Sections
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Conic Sections Resources A conic section is the plane curve formed by the...called the eccentricity of the conic section. Because the ratio PF/PD is...used to measure PF and PD, all conic sections having the same eccentricity are...
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conic section
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
conic section or conic , curve formed by the intersection of a plane and a right circular cone (conical surface). The ordinary conic sections are the circle , the ellipse , the parabola , and the hyperbola...
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conic
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
conic (conic section) Curve found by the intersection of a plane with a cone. Circles, ellipses, parabolas or hyperbolas are conic sections. Alternatively a conic is the locus of a point that moves so that...
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Aristaeus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...standing in relation to conic sections, ”...Books of the Elements of Conic Sections , some have concluded...the terms “ section of the acute-angled...directrix property of conic sections; Pappus establishes...the development of the conic section ...
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Mydorge, Claude
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...his study of conic sections Mydorge continued the...point in the plane of a conic section radii to the points...cone place a given conic section ” —...x2019; s works on conic sections contain hundreds of...
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