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Appleton

noun

English physicist remembered for his studies of the ionosphere (1892-1966). Synonyms: Edward Appleton, Sir Edward Victor Appleton.

A town in eastern Wisconsin.

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... of minerals—The position of the United States among the nations: D. Appleton and Co., New ...

— The Economic Aspect of Geology • C. K. Leith

... In Appleton's "Annual Cyclopaedia" for 1883, Mr. Arnold B. Johnson, Chief Clerk of the Lighthouse Board, contributes a mass of very interesting information, under the above title. His descriptions of the most ...

— Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885 • Various

... to receive $5,000 for the astronomical observatory connected with that institution, from the estate of the late Thomas G. Appleton. ...

— The American Missionary -- Volume 38, No. 06, June, 1884 • Various

... moral improvement, working out his progress onward, he would not shrink from such a scrutiny. This talk was introduced by his mentioning the "Minister's Black Veil," which he said he had seen translated into French, as an exercise, by a Miss Appleton ...

— Passages From The American Notebooks, Volume 1 • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... Science: A Series of Sunday Lectures on the Relation of Natural and Revealed Religion, or the Truths Revealed in Nature and Scripture. By Joseph Le Conte, Professor of Geology and Natural History in the University of California." New York: D. Appleton & Co. ...

— Darwiniana - Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism • Asa Gray

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