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The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest in the world. Gilbert originated the Erector Set , which is a construction toy similar to Meccano in the rest of the world, and made chemistry sets, microscope kits, and a line of inexpensive reflector telescopes.
Gilbert Motier Woodward (December 25, 1835 – March 13, 1914) was an American lawyer and politician. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. He was also the 16th mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and the Democratic nominee for Governor of Wisconsin in 1886.
La Crosse (/ l ə ˈ k r ɒ s / ⓘ lə-KROSS) [6] is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. [7] La Crosse's population was 52,680 as of the 2020 census. [2]
The old Yerkes 24 inch (2 foot telescope) reflecting telescope, now in a museum Diagram of the Bruce astrograph A 12-inch refractor was moved to Yerkes from Kenwood Observatory in the 1890s. [ 13 ] Two other telescopes planned for the observatory in the 1890s were a 12-inch aperture refractor and a 24-inch reflecting telescope. [ 13 ]
James Gilbert Baker (November 11, 1914 – June 29, 2005) was an American astronomer and designer of optics systems. ... "Planetary Telescopes", Applied Optics 2.2, 1963.
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Matharu is free on a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday in U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles, prosecutors said. If convicted as charged, he could face a minimum ...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said U.S.-owned border wall materials, which were available for sale, were pulled from an Arizona auction at the government's request. The Lonestar State had shown ...