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See also:TALBOT, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:FOX (1800–1877) , See also:English discoverer in See also:photography, was the only See also:child of William See also:Davenport Talbot, of Lacock See also:Abbey, Wilts, and of See also:Lady See also:Elizabeth Fox Strangways, daughter of the 2nd See also:earl of See also:Ilchester. He was See also:born on the 11th of See also:February 1800, and was educated at See also:Harrow and at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, where he gained the See also:Porson See also:prize in 182o, and graduated as twelfth wrangler in 1821. From 1822 to 1872 he frequently communicated papers to the Royal Society, many of them on mathematical subjects. At an See also:early See also:period he had begun his See also:optical researches, which were to have such important results in connexion with photography. To the See also:Edinburgh See also:Journal of See also:Science in 1826 he contributed a See also:paper on " Some Experiments on Coloured See also:Flame "; to the Quarterly Journal of Science in 1827 a paper on " Mono-See also:chromatic See also:Light "; and to the Philosophical See also:Magazine a number of papers on chemical subjects, including one on " Chemical Changes of See also:Colour." Before L. J. M. See also:Daguerre exhibited in 1839 pictures taken by the See also:sun, Talbot had obtained similar success, and as soon as Daguerre's discoveries became known communicated the results of his experiments to the Royal Society. In 1841 he made known his See also:discovery of the calotype or talbotype See also:process, and after the discovery of the See also:collodion process by See also:Frederick See also:Scott See also:Archer in 1851 he devised a method of instantaneous photography. For his discoveries, which are detailed in his See also:Pencil of Nature (1844), he received in 1842 the See also:Rumford See also:medal of the Royal Society. While engaged in his scientific researches he devoted much See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time to See also:archaeology. He published See also:Hermes, or Classical and Antiquarian Researches (1838–39), and Illustrations of the Antiquity of the See also:Book of See also:Genesis (1839). With See also:Sir Henry See also:Rawlinson and Dr See also:Edward See also:Hincks he shares the See also:honour of having been one of the first decipherers of the See also:cuneiform See also:inscriptions of See also:Nineveh. He was also the author of English Etymologies (1846). He died at Lacock Abbey on the 17th of See also:September 1877.
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