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Weems was born in Tennessee, the son of Joseph Burch and May Elizabeth Rye Weems. [2] When he was a child, he and his six brothers and one sister were orphaned. [3] He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1908. At the Academy, he excelled at various sports, and was an All-American center on the Navy ...
h., h hour: hora: qhs, h.s., hs at bedtime or half strength quaque hora somni ii two tablets duos doses iii three tablets trēs doses n.p.o., npo, NPO nothing by mouth / not by oral administration: nil per os o.d., od, OD right eye. once a day (United Kingdom) oculus dexter omne in die o.s., os, OS left eye: oculus sinister o.u., ou, OU both eyes
P. V. H. Weems (1889-1979), inventor of air navigation and related instruments Priscilla Weems (born 1972), American actress Sonny Weems (born 1986), American National Basketball Association player; now player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League and the Euroleague
PH Pinhole see Pinhole occluder and Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: PHNI Pinhole No Improvement see Pinhole occluder and Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: PHVA Pinhole Visual Acuity: PL Perception of light POH / PrOH Previous ocular history PPA Peri-papillary atrophy Pt Patient RAPD Relative afferent pupillary defect OD Right eye (oculus dexter ...
In 1927, P.V.H. Weems collaborated with Longines to produce the first wrist watch, the Weems Avigation watch. The watch was 48 mm in diameter. [11] In 1931, Longines collaborated with Charles Lindbergh to introduce the Hour Angle aviation watch. [11] Longines Weems ref 3931 c.1937 US Naval Academy Annapolis Dial
Weems v. United States, 217 U.S. 349 (1910), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court. It is primarily notable as it pertains to the prohibition of cruel ...
The pH scale is by far the most commonly used acidity function, and is ideal for dilute aqueous solutions. Other acidity functions have been proposed for different environments, most notably the Hammett acidity function, H 0, [3] for superacid media and its modified version H − for superbasic media.
Medieval manuscripts abound in abbreviations, owing in part to the abandonment of the uncial, or quasi-uncial, and the almost universal use of the cursive, hand.The medieval writer inherited a few from Christian antiquity; others he invented or adapted, in order to save time and parchment.