ships. Ironware Most ironware was provided by contractors, but there were also Blacksmith smiths employed ... Robert Foley obtained a contract from the Navy Board to supply ironware to several dockyards ... more details
Pudo is a town in Upper West Region in northern Ghana near the border with Burkina Faso . Mining In historical times, the Pudo area has been a significant source of ironware. ref http books.google.com.au books?id DRc4AAAAIAAJ&pg PA91&lpg PA91&dq pudo ghana&source bl&ots 88fI9dEG7K&sig NDwsCAUAlA6COOSihLUuU4oZ8TE&hl en&ei T2DVSfjGNJiNkAXfo4HQBA&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 10 ref Pudo is near significant unexploited iron ore deposits. ref http www.reuters.com article reutersEdge idUSTRE49C1YB20081013 ref See also Iron ore in Africa References reflist coord 10 56 11 N 01 31 20 W display title Category Populated places in the Upper West Region Ghana geo stub ... more details
Robert Foley baptised 19 September 1624 buried 1 December 1676 of Stourbridge was a son of Richard Foley ironmaster Richard Foley , the most important ironmaster of his time in the west Midlands, by his second marriage to Alice Brindley . In contrast with other members of the family who became ironmasters, Robert Foley became an ironmonger , that is, a person who organises the manufacture of finished ironware and sells it. In doing so he may have been taking over that aspect of his father s business, just as his older brother Thomas Foley 1616 1677 Thomas Foley had taken over their father s ironworks. Shortly after the Restoration England English Restoration , Foley obtained a contract from the Navy Board to supply ironware to several dockyards. ref M. B. Rowlands, Masters and Men in the West Midlands metalware trades before the industrial revolution Manchester University Press, 1975 , 87 92. ref His house at Stourbridge and estate at Netherton, West Midlands Netherton in Dudley were given him by his father. He probably mined coal in his land at Yorks Park, near Netherton around 1660, but left others to extend mines into neighbouring land. I have a reference for this, but am waiting for an article on it to be published However he bought the manor of Kenswick, Worcestershire Kenswick in Knightwick himself in 1669. ref Parishes Knightwick , Victoria County History, Worcestershire volume 3 1913 , pp. 437 442. http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 43149&strquery Robert Foley . Date accessed 15 March 2008 . ref He was High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1671. He married Anne Blurton in 1645 and was succeeded by his son, another Robert Foley MP Robert Foley . ref Burkes Peerage . ref Foley died on a business trip. He traveled from his home in Stourbridge to Bristol and then to London , where he died at his inn. ref Rowlands ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Foley, Robert ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1 ... more details
infobox record label image founded distributor genre Rock music Rock , Metal music metal country Germany url http www.limb music.de Limb Music is an independent record label based in Hamburg , Germany . Artists Abraxas band Abraxas Adagio band Adagio Archetype band Archetype Black Majesty Burningblack Burning Point Casus Belli band Casus Belli Chinchilla band Chinchilla Code of Perfection Concerto Moon Cryonic Temple Domain band Domain Double Dealer Dungeon band Dungeon Dustsucker Eldritch band Eldritch Eternal Reign Exhibition band Exhibition Excalion Flashback of Anger Galloglass band Galloglass Ghost Machinery Godiva band Godiva Gothic Knights Gun Barrel Heavens Gate band Heavens Gate Human Fortress Icycore InnerWish Invictus band Invictus Ironware Ivory Tower band Ivory Tower Kenziner Khali band Khali Lana Lane Louder than the dragon Luca Turilli band Luca Turilli Magic Kingdom band Magic Kingdom Magnitude 9 Midnight Sun band Midnight Sun Mob Rules band Mob Rules Montany Olympos Mons Oratory band Oratory Pagan s Mind Patrick Rondat Poverty s No Crime Red Circuit Revoltons Rising Faith Metal for Muthas Roxxcalibur Shadowkeep Sharon band Sharon Skeletor band Skeletor Squad 21 Symphonity The Armada band The Armada The Reign of Terror band The Reign of Terror Tiles band Tiles Time Machine band Time Machine Total Eclipse US band Total Eclipse Tystnaden band Tystnaden Typhoon Motor Dudes Valley s Eve Vanden Plas band Vanden Plas Vanishing Point band Vanishing Point Winter s Verge Wizard German band Wizard Zandelle See also List of record labels External links Official website http www.limb music.de Category German record labels Category German independent record labels Category Rock record labels Category Heavy metal record labels Germany record label stub ru Limb Music ... more details
This article was automatically created by User polbot from http bioguide.congress.gov scripts biodisplay.pl?index N000104. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. Frederick Gottlieb Niedringhaus October 21, 1837 November 25, 1922 was a United States House of Representatives U.S. Representative from Missouri , uncle of Henry Frederick Niedringhaus . Born in L bbecke , Westphalia , North Germany , Niedringhaus attended the common schools. A grammar fix may be needed here. Learned the glazing, painting, and tinning trades. A grammar fix may be needed here. Immigrated to the United States in November 1855 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. A grammar fix may be needed here. Began the stamping of tinware in 1862. A grammar fix may be needed here. Invented what is called granite ironware in 1874 and established an extensive business. He became interested in various other business enterprises in St. Louis. Niedringhaus was elected as a Republican Party United States Republican to the Fifty first Congress March 4, 1889 March 3, 1891 . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890. He resumed his former business pursuits. He died in St. Louis, Missouri, November 25, 1922. He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery . References CongBio N000104 External links Portal Biography Find a Grave 23135 s start s par us hs USRSB state Missouri district 8 before John Joseph O Neill US politician John Joseph O Neill after John Joseph O Neill US politician John Joseph O Neill years 1889 1891 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Niedringhaus, Frederick Gottlieb ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1837 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1922 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Niedringhaus, Frederick Gottlieb Category 1837 births Category 1922 deaths Category People from L bbecke Category American people of German descent Category Missouri Republicans Category Members ... more details
Seaton Iron Works was an iron works which operated between 1762 and 1857 in Seaton, Cumberland . As well as making iron it also manufactured iron goods, and before 1800 was a manufacturer of steam engine s. History The Seaton Iron Works were set up in 1862 by the firm of Hicks Spedding & Co., on land leased from James Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale Sir James Lowther for ninety nine years. The expansive premises were planned and built under the direction of Thomas Spedding, a noted local engineer and built in 1863. The works were known as the Beer pot Works , a corruption of the name of the ground where the establishment lay, Barepot . From a two blast furnace s, bar and wrought iron was produced, and in an adjoining foundry were manufactured ships cannon , steam engines and other ironware. The iron works was purchased in 1837 by Tulk Ley & Co., and the blast furnaces were consequently rebuilt. However, it was last operated in 1857 and the premises were eventually pulled down, leaving very little trace of a concern which had once employed hundreds of people. Remaining products Two Heslop engines built before 1800, copied James Watt s ideas on steam engines, are today in the collection of the Science Museum . Reference list cite book title Jollie s Cumberland Guide & Directory year 1811 publisher F. Jollie and Sons location Carlisle cite book title Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society volume V last Ferguson Ed. first Richard S. year 1881 publisher T. Wilson location Kendal Category Engineering companies of the United Kingdom Category History of Cumberland Category 1762 establishments in England Category 1857 disestablishments Category Companies established in 1762 ... more details
refimprove date June 2011 Kaman Kaleh y k is a multi period archaeological site in K r ehir , Turkey , around 100km south east of Ankara . It is a tell or mound site that was occupied during the Bronze Age , Iron Age and Ottoman Empire Ottoman periods. Since 1986 it has been investigated by archaeologists from the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan . In 2005, metallurgy metallurgical analysis by Hideo Akanuma of iron fragments found at Kaman Kaleh y k in 1994 and dating to c . 1800 BCE revealed that some of these fragments were in fact composed of carbon steel these currently form the world s earliest known evidence for steel manufacture. ref cite journal last Akanuma first H. title The significance of the composition of excavated iron fragments taken from Stratum III at the site of Kaman Kaleh y k, Turkey journal Anatolian Archaeological Studies volume 14 pages 147 158 year 2005 ref ref cite news title Ironware piece unearthed from Turkey found to be oldest steel url http www.hindu.com thehindu holnus 001200903261611.htm accessdate 2009 03 27 location Chennai, India work The Hindu date 2009 03 26 ref References references External links http www.jiaa kaman.org en index.html Japanese Institute of Anatolian Archaeology official website Former settlements in Turkey coord missing Turkey Category Archaeological sites in Turkey Category Former populated places in Turkey Category K r ehir Province Turkey archaeology stub Turkey geo stub fr Kaman Kaleh y k ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Louder Than the Dragon Artist Various Type Album Cover Released 2004 Recorded Genre Heavy metal music Metal of various sub genres Length 134 56 Label Limb Music Producer Last album This album Louder Than the Dragon 2004 Next album Louder Than the Dragon Part II 2005 Reviews Louder Than the Dragon is a compilation album released by European music label Limb Music Productions in 2004. Labeled as The Essential of Limb Music Products , LMP released it as a sort of Best Of album, showcasing the best artists and songs under the label. It contains 28 different artists with one song each, on two different discs, plus three MPEG video clips. Track listing Disc 1 Fall of the Reich by Black Majesty , from the album Sands of Time Black Majesty album Sands of Time 5 14 Into the Fire by Burning Point , from the album Feeding the Flames 3 09 Swords and Diamonds by Cryonic Temple , from the album Blood, Huts & Glory 4 24 Insanity s Fall by Dungeon band Dungeon , from the album A Rise to Power 4 54 The Sign of Tomorrow by Exhibition band Exhibition , from the album The Sign of Tomorrow 6 17 Ancient Times by Galloglass band Galloglass , from the album Legends From Now and Nevermore 4 45 One Shot by Godiva band Godiva , from the album Godiva 4 01 Up From the Ashes by Gothic Knights , from the album Up From the Ashes 5 11 Battle Tested by Gun Barrel , from the album Battle Tested 4 04 Lord of Earth and Heaven s Heir by Human Fortress , from the album Lord of Earth and Heavens Heir 6 03 Hold me Tight by Innerwish , from the album Silent Faces 4 46 Redemption by Invictus band Invictus , from the album Black Heart 4 50 Holy Man by Ironware , from the album Break Out Ironware album Break Out 5 22 The Beast Within You by Lana Lane , from the album Project Shangri La 5 57 Child of the Nile by Magic Kingdom band Magic Kingdom , from the album Metallic Tragedy 4 05 Steel to Steel by Midnight Sun band Midnight Sun , f ... more details
refimprove date July 2008 Lenka Reinerov IPA cs l ka rajn rova May 17, 1916 &ndash June 27, 2008 was an author from the Czech Republic who wrote exclusively in German language German . She was born in Prague . Life Reinerov grew up in a German speaking Jewish family, her mother a German Bohemian from Saaz atec and her father an ironware dealer from Prague. Prior to World War II , she worked as a translator, an interpreter and an editor for the Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung . She fled to Paris in 1938 and later travelled to Morocco . She was visiting Mexico with the journalist and writer Egon Erwin Kisch in March 1939 and was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust . She returned to what was then Czechoslovakia after 1948. In the 1950s, she was jailed by Czechoslovakia s Stalinist authorities and spent 15 months in prison she recorded this experience in one of her novels, Alle Farben der Sonne und der Nacht . After her release she published sporadically. Beginning in 1968, she was not allowed to publish at all until the fall of communism . Her works are mostly published at Aufbau Verlagsgruppe, Berlin . On January 25, 2008, a speech Reinerov wrote but could not longer deliver personally due to ill health was read in German Bundestag parliament in the course of an hour of remembrance for the victims of the Nazi Germany Nazi regime . In 1999, she was awarded the Schiller Prize . In 2003, she won the prestigious Goethe Medal . Reinerova had been largely a recluse ever since a spell in hospital in 2007, with the cause of her death not immediately known. Lucie Cernhousova, head of Literaturhaus, the Prague publisher of German language writers, disclosed her death. Reinerova, the oldest living German language writer in Prague, died June 27, 2008, in Prague, in her apartment, at 92. ref cite news url http www.lidovky.cz zemrela spisovatelka lenka reinerova d8l ln kultura.asp?c A080627 183041 ln kultura mel newspaper Lidove Noviny ref References reflis ... more details
other Unsan disambiguation Infobox Korean settlement context north hangul hanja linktext rr Unsan gun mr Unsan kun divs 1 p , 1 workers district, 27 ri area km2 865.5 Unsan is a Administrative divisions of North Korea kun , or county, in eastern North Pyongan province, North Korea . Within the province, it borders Hyangsan in the east, Kujang and Nyongbyon in the south, and Tongchang and Taechon in the west. In addition, it is bordered by Chagang province to the east Huichon and north Songwon . The Kuryong River has formed a steep valley and basin in the center of the county, into which various tributaries flow including the Uhyon River , Choyang River , Yonghung River , and Pungsanchon . The year round average temperature is 8.2 C, with a January average of 10.2 C and an August average of 23.8 C. The climate is fairly wet, with an average annual rainfall of 1400 mm. 73 of the county s area is forested, while only 15.5 is cultivated. Of Unsan s cultivated land, most 70 is dry field, with numerous cattle farms local crops include maize, soybeans, sweet potatoes, and vegetables as well as rice. Unsan leads the province in the production of sweet potatoes. Fruit is also raised. Gold and silver are mined, and factories produce textiles and ironware. In Yongho ri on the slopes of Kubongsan , there are tombs from the Goguryeo Kogury period. A tomb traditionally held to be that of the Gojoseon Kojos n ruler Wiman of Gojoseon Wiman is also located there. Unsan is served by the Unsan Line railroad, and is also connected to neighboring districts by road. References cite book author International Information Research Institute publisher Author location Seoul title 2000 Bukhan jeongbo chong ram 2000 year 1999 chapter page 835 See also Geography of North Korea Administrative divisions of North Korea North Pyongan External links baekgwa empas b 175682 empas k 290722 encyber 119644 nate 16651500 North Pyongan coord missing North Korea Category Co ... more details
Robert Foley c.1651 1702 of Stourbridge was the son of Robert Foley ironmonger Robert Foley d. 1676 . Biography He succeeded to his father s business as an ironmonger and Royal Navy naval contractor for ironware. His contract with the Navy Board has been printed, and lists 30 different kinds of nail fastener nails and nearly 60 other species of iron goods. ref M. B. Rowlands, Masters and Men in the West Midlands metalware trades before the industrial revolution Manchester University Press, 1975 , 90 2 172 6. ref However, he lost his contract to the rising Ambrose Crowley . He also inherited from his father a fine house in Stourbridge High Street next door to the Talbot Inn, but now incorporated into the Talbot Hotel an estate at Netherton, West Midlands Netherton in Dudley and the manor of Kenswick, Worcestershire Kenswick in Knightwick . He settled the latter at least on his marriage to Anne daughter of Dudley North, 4th Baron North Dudley Lord North . ref Parishes Knightwick , Victoria County History, Worcestershire volume 3 1913 , pp. 437 442. http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 43149&strquery Robert Foley . Date accessed 15 March 2008. ref There were several children including Dudley Foley and his heir North Foley. The second Robert represented the rotten borough of Grampound UK Parliament constituency Grampound from 1685 to 1689, a period when his ironmaster relatives such as Paul Foley ironmaster Paul Foley were out of Parliament. References Rayment Reflist start box s par en succession box title Member of Parliament for Grampound UK Parliament constituency Grampound br small with Joseph Tredenham Sir Joseph Tredenham small before John Tanner 1628 1684 John Tanner br Nicholas Herle after Edward Herle br John Tanner d. 1699 John Tanner years 1685 1689 end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Foley, Robert 1651 1676 ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1651 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1702 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT ... more details
Nofootnotes article date January 2008 Lawrence Samuel Durrell 23 September 1884 16 April 1928 was a British India n subject and engineer, and is best remembered as the father of novelist Lawrence Durrell and naturalist Gerald Durrell . He was an Anglo Indian in the sense that he was an Englishman born and brought up in India . Born in Dum Dum present day Kolkata on 23 September 1884, he was by profession an engineer . He studied in the prestigious Thomason College of Civil Engineering now the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee . It was in Roorkee that he met Louisa Dixie Durrell Louisa Florence Dixie and married her in 1910. They had three sons and a daughter Lawrence Durrell Lawrence , Leslie Durrell Leslie , Margaret Durrell Margaret , and Gerald Durrell Gerald . He worked for the North West Railway and it was in Jalandhar that Lawrence Durrell was born in 1912. He also went on to work for the Mymensingh Bhairab Bazar Railway Company in Bengal. In 1918, he became the Chief Engineer of the famous Darjeeling Himalayan Railway , and in 1920 left the company to found his own company Durrell & Co., Engineers and Contractors at Sakci, which became the industrial boomtown of Jamshedpur . Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur in 1925. Many of the important industrial constructions in Jamshedpur were undertaken by his company, including the Tinplate Company of India , the Indian Cable Company , and the Enamelled Ironware Company , and contractual work for the TISCO Tata Iron and Steel Works . He purchased a house in Dulwich and was planning on moving back to England but had to move to Lahore with his family for supervising contract work. He fell ill there in 1928 due to causes which were medically undiagnosed and attributed to overwork. The family moved to Dalhousie, India Dalhousie for the climate in 1928, but Lawrence Samuel Durrell died on 16 April 1928 of suspected cerebral haemorrhage . He is buried in the English cemetery at Dalhousie. Like many Englishmen whose ... more details
Image Eikerkart omriss2.JPG thumb Map of Skotselv and the surrounding area Image Skotselv jernverk.jpg thumb Hassel jernverk br Thomas Fearnley 1854 Skotselv is a village in the municipality of vre Eiker , Norway . Its population 2005 is 684, of which 8 people live within the border of the neighbouring municipality of Modum . It has a railway station on the Randsfjord Line . ref http www.ssb.no beftett tab 2009 06 16 01.html Statistics Norway. Villages. Population and area, by municipality. 1. January 2009 ref History Skotselv as a small village has existed since the time of the Vikings Norsemen Vikings . By that time the main river, ow called Drammenselva , rose 4 5 meters higher than today s level making transport and trade by ship highly accessible. The village first started to grow significantly during the first half of the 16th century when the powerful Ulleland family established several sawmill s along the river, using the river as a mean of transporting the goods to the region s capital, Drammen . ref http www.skotselv.info Multi 20Site 20Solution Websites skotselvgrendeutvalg Home Venstremeny Om 20Skotselv.aspx Om Skotselv Skotselv Grendeutvalg ref Iron Mill period In 1649, Hassel Ironworks Hassel jernverk started operation as the area s first iron mill, which was run by the Hassel family . They mainly produced ovens, but expanded into general ironware factory later on. It continued to be the biggest influence on the community until it was finally closed down in 1888. ref http www.snl.no Hassel jernverk Hassel jernverk Store norske leksikon ref Cellulose Mill period Established the same year as the iron mill shut down, the Skotselv Cellulose Mill Skotselv Cellullosefabrikk remained Skotselv s most important workplace. Several modernizations were made during the first part of the 20th century and the company was sold to Labor Union in 1913. The new ownership managed to turn the tide and the growth lasted all the time to 1978 when it was closed for good. ref ... more details
Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix name Francis James Roscoe honorific suffix image Francis James Roscoe.jpg imagesize constituency MP Victoria electoral district Victoria parliament Canadian alongside Amor De Cosmos predecessor Henry Nathan, Jr. br Amor De Cosmos successor John A. Macdonald br Amor De Cosmos term start 1874 term end 1878 birth date 1831 birth place Liverpool , England death date December 20, 1878 aged 46 47 death place Victoria, British Columbia nationality spouse Anna Letitia Le Breton party Independent Liberal relations children residence alma mater occupation profession religion Francis James Roscoe 1831 &ndash December 20, 1878 was a Canada Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament . ref name parl CanParlbio ID d22f29fe 7d03 4438 923a 4d19fca68c53 ref Francis Roscoe was born in Liverpool, UK Liverpool, England , ref name parl the son of W.S. Roscoe, was educated at University College London University College and the University of London and came to British Columbia in 1862, ref name johnson cite book title The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867 1967 last Johnson first J.K. year 1968 publisher Public Archives of Canada ref settling in the Ross Bay area of Victoria, British Columbia . He was the younger brother of poet William Caldwell Roscoe and the grandson of English historian and writer William Roscoe . ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id KikAAAAAQAAJ&pg PA598 title A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland ... year 1838 page 598 volume vol. 4 accessdate 2009 09 21 ref In 1864, he married Anna Letitia Le Breton. Roscoe was a partner in several hardware and ironware ventures. In 1870, he became the Commissioner of Savings Banks for the British Columbia colony. ref name johnson Roscoe stood for election as an Independent Liberal candidate in the Canadian federal election, 1874 Canadian federal election in 1874 in the two member Victoria electoral district Victoria riding . He plac ... more details
File Meibutsu Kamado.jpg thumb Meibutsu Kamado, a kind of wagashi made in Kagawa prefecture . Meibutsu is a Japanese term for famous products associated with particular regions. Meibutsu are usually items of Japanese regional cuisine , although the category includes local handicrafts . Meibutsu typically have a traditional character, although contemporary products may qualify as meibutsu if they are distinctive and popular. They are often purchased as omiyage souvenir s to be given as gifts. Sweets intended as omiyage are referred to as miyagegashi . Meibutsu listed by region Incomplete date February 2009 Aichi Prefecture Nagoya Kishimen , Tebasaki , Miso foods Aomori Prefecture Apples Chiba Prefecture Peanuts Ehime Prefecture Mikan , Iyokan , jakoten Matsuyama, Ehime Matsuyama Tart , Botchan dango , Dogo Beer , Iyo kasuri Uwajima Jakoten Fukui Prefecture Crab Fukuoka Prefecture Hakata ku, Fukuoka Hakata Motsunabe , Mentaiko Gifu Prefecture Cormorant Fishing Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima Okonomiyaki Hokkaid Crab , Ikura Roe , Sea urchin Hy go Prefecture Kobe Kobe Fugetsudo Gaufre Ishikawa Prefecture Lacquerware , pottery Iwate Prefecture Nanbu Tekki Nanbu Ironware , Japanese regional cuisine Tohoku region Wanko soba , Reimen Morioka Reimen Kagawa Prefecture Kagawa Sanuki udon Kochi Prefecture Kochi katsuo tataki Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Yatsuhashi , Kiyomizuyaki ceramics. Nishijin textiles Uji Green tea Ky sh Arita, Saga Arita , Imari pottery , Ceramic art ceramics Nagano Prefecture Shinshu Soba Nagasaki Prefecture Champon , Kakuni Niigata Prefecture Niigata Rice, sake Okayama Prefecture Okayama Kibi dango , muscat grape , white peach Okinawa Awamori , Chanpur Osaka Takoyaki , Okonomiyaki Saga Prefecture Arita, Saga Arita Arita porcelain Shiga Prefecture Shigaraki, Shiga Shigaraki Shigaraki ware Shizuoka Prefecture Shizuoka Green tea Tokushima Prefecture Tokushima sudachi Tottori Prefecture Tottori Pears, Crab Yamagata Prefecture Yamagata Cherries Yamaguchi Pre ... more details
Tor S rnes born 11 November 1925 is a Norwegian author , politician , engineer and the designer and inventor of the VingCard, the first recodable keycard lock and the magnetic stripe keycard lock . ref http www.snl.no Tor S C3 B8rnes Tor S rnes Olav Skjeggedal. Store norske leksikon ref Biography Tor S rnes was born in Sola in Rogaland county, Norway as a son of inventor, radio technician and clock maker Rasmus S rnes . Being the son of an inventor, Tor S rnes occupied himself with technical matters already as a child. In 1950 he was employed a production planner at steel and ironware factory Christiania Staal & Jernvarefabrikk in Moss, Norway . The factory made Lock device locks and ice skate s under the brand Ving. In 1955 he became the factory s machine constructor and when the factory in 1960&mdash as one of the first in the country&mdash established a department of research and development, he was its director. ref http www.snl.no .nbl biografi Rasmus S C3 B8rnes utdypning Rasmus S rnes Store norske leksikon ref In 1975 he launched the holecard based recodeable keycard lock , where each new hotel guest could have his her own unique key formed by a pattern of 32 holes in a plastic card. The invention is still in worldwide hotel security use under the brand VingCard. The 32 holes in the key gave 4.2 billion combinations, the precise same number as the population of the planet earth at the time. This lock system was patented in 29 countries. In 1975 Tor S rnes launched the first recodeable cardkey lock, the VingCard, which used a holecard plastic key. He then led the development of and patented the electronic keycard lock , based on the magnetic stripe key. ref http www.snl.no .nbl biografi Tor S C3 B8rnes utdypning Tor S rnes Fredrik Th. Bolin . Store norske leksikon ref Export of the system was initialized in 1978 when it was installed Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta , Georgia U.S. state Georgia , at the time the world s tallest hotel. The hotel had been troubl ... more details
Infobox Korean settlement context north hangul hanja linktext rr Seoncheon gun mr S nch n kun divs 1 p , 24 ri area km2 724 Sonchon is a Administrative divisions of North Korea kun , or county, on the coast of the Yellow Sea in west central North Pyongan province, North Korea . To the north it borders Chonma , to the east Kusong and Kwaksan , and to the west Tongrim to the south, it borders nothing but the sea. Sonchon was reorganized in 1952, with two my n , or townships, being split off to form the new county of Tongrim. Physical features The terrain varies between hills and plains numerous islands are also found along the indented coastline. The highest point is Kainbong , 535 m , which is the source of the Tongrae River . The year round average temperature is 8.5 C, with a January average of 9.2 C and an August average of 23.6 C. The average annual rainfall is 1192 mm. The island of Sinmido hosts a peak of 532 m, Unjongsan , and is also home to a variety of plants normally found only in warm areas. Some 45 of the county s area is forestland. Economy The local economy relies on agriculture, including livestock raising and sericulture, as well as fishing and manufacturing. Local crops include rice, maize, tobacco and soybeans. Factories in Sonchon manufacture ironware, ceramics, and tobacco products. Transport Sonchon is served by Sonchon Station on the Pyongui Line railroad, which runs between Pyongyang and Sinuiju . In addition, a passenger ferry operates between Sinmido and the mainland. Religion In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the area was a hotbed of Protestantism Protestant Christian religious activity, with more than 50 churches. There were also 13 Buddhist temples. These were all converted or destroyed following the establishment of the DPRK . Protests In February 2011, the area and other cities in North Pyongan had rare protests, of a few score of people, calling for adequate provision of rice and power. At the time, news of the ... more details
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Infobox Politician name Hiram Capron office Reeve Canada Reeve of Paris, Ontario Paris term start 1850 term end 1851 ref Reville 408 ref term start2 1854 term end2 1855 ref Reville 408 ref birth date February 12, 1796 birth place Leicester, Vermont death date September 10, 1872 death place Paris, Ontario spouse Mary De Long Capron File Hiram Capron.jpg thumb Portrait of Hiram Capron by Robert Whale, c. 1852 Hiram Capron February 12, 1796 ref Smith 25 ref September 10, 1872 ref Smith 36 ref was the founder of the town of Paris, Ontario Paris in Ontario , Canada , which was incorporated in 1849. ref Smith 55 ref An immigrant from the United States, he purchased large plots of land by the Grand River Ontario Grand River and Nith River which he settled and developed. Early life Capron was born and raised in the town of Leicester, Vermont in 1796 to a family of farmers. ref Warner 466 ref Upon reaching adulthood, he briefly worked at an instructor at a ladies academy ref Warner 437 ref before moving to New York to work for an iron founder named Theophilus Short. ref Smith 27 ref Short owned a number of iron blast furnace blast furnaces in the area of Shortsville , and he employed Capron as a bookkeeper. Some time later, about 1821, Capron began investigating establishing his own blast furnace and, with a few business associates, he purchased a plot of land in Norfolk County by Lake Erie and erected a new blast furnace in 1822. By 1823 the furnace was operational and Capron was traveling the province selling ironware. At this time he revoked his American citizenship in order to swear an oath to the crown of England. ref Smith 32 ref In 1823, Capron passed through the area then known as The Forks of the Grand River where he met a man named William Holme. ref Johnston 34 ref At this time, most of the land which now makes up Paris belonged to Holme the region was mostly undeveloped, but included a small plaster mill which likely indicated to Capron the area s economic value. ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Nothnagle, C. A., Log House nrhp type image Nothnagle Log House.JPG caption location Swedesboro Paulsboro Road, Gibbstown, New Jersey lat degrees 39 lat minutes 49 lat seconds 5 lat direction N long degrees 75 long minutes 15 long seconds 59 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin New Jersey built 1685 architecture added April 23, 1976 area convert 1.5 acre governing body Private refnum 76001153 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref designated other1 name New Jersey Register of Historic Places designated other1 abbr NJRHP designated other1 link New Jersey Register of Historic Places designated other1 date January 14, 1972 designated other1 number 1385 ref name NJRHP cite web title New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places Gloucester County url http www.state.nj.us dep hpo 1identify lists gloucester.pdf publisher NJ DEP Historic Preservation Office page 2 date April 1, 2010 accessdate July 6, 2010 ref designated other1 num position bottom designated other1 color ffc94b C. A. Nothnagle Log House also known as Braman Nothnagle Log House is a historic house on Swedesboro Paulsboro Road in Gibbstown, New Jersey , near Swedesboro, New Jersey Swedesboro , that is one of the oldest surviving log house s in the United States. ref Cite web last first authorlink coauthors title Nothnagle Log Cabin, Gibbstown work Art and Archtitecture of New Jersey publisher Richard Stokton College of New Jersey date url http www.ettc.net njarts details.cfm?ID 752 format doi accessdate 2011 05 24 quote ref ref http www.waymarking.com waymarks WM4CDW OLDEST Log House in North America ref The oldest part of the house was built around sometime between 1638 and 1643 by Finnish people Finnish or Swedish people Swedish settlers in the New Sweden colony, and Scandinavia n ironware from the 1590s is still extant around the fireplace. The fireplace, probably built of bricks brought over to North America as ship s Sailing ballast ballast , is asymmetric and placed in ... more details
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