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Townes   /taʊnz/   Listen
Townes

noun
1.
United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-).  Synonyms: Charles Hard Townes, Charles Townes.



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Leslie Townes Hope


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"Townes" Quotes from Famous Books



... a river swift, whose fomy billowes Did wash the ground-work of an old great wall; I saw it cover'd all with griesly shadowes, That with black horror did the ayre appall: Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, That townes and castles under her brest did coure*, And seem'd both milder beasts and fiercer foes Alike with equall ravine to devoure. Much was I mazde to see this monsters kinde In hundred formes to change his fearefull hew; When as at length I saw the wrathfull winde, Which blows cold storms, ...
— The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 • Edmund Spenser
... was born near Austin, Texas. Dick Townes owned Jack and his parents. After they were freed, the family stayed on the plantation, but Jack went to San Angelo, because "times was ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Texas Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration


Words linked to "Townes" :   Charles Townes, physicist, Charles Hard Townes, Leslie Townes Hope


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