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Robin stars in British victory

... pupil of RBAI — was shooting for his side at Ottawa where they defeated Canadian Cadet Force by 1,118 to 1,111 to win the Michael Faraday Trophy. Top scorers were: 1 Robin Guthrie, 146; 2 Simon Belither (Uppingham School) 143; 3 Stephen Wilson (Oakham School) ...

Published: Thursday 19 August 1976
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 80 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

Faraday

... engineering, and it unravels the technical mysteries of television. The lecture was instituted in 1924 to commemorate Michael Faraday, the British physicist who, in 1831, discovered electro-magnetic induction. Tickets for the lecture are free and are available ...

Published: Tuesday 04 May 1976
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 95 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

similar work In bßritain. nt realiced how nset

... directed beam of light could be and, in London, he attende« lectures given he Royal or W. T, Institution by Pro Brand and Michael Faraday, one of whom mentioned the brilliant luminosity of lime when incandescent. Lieutenant Drummond decided to use ‘lime-light” ...

Published: Thursday 19 August 1965
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 103 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Special day

... William IV was crowned; the British Association for the Advancement of Science was founded; the first dynamo was made by Michael Faraday, and the “new” London Bridge was opened. On February 8 of that year, at a meeting in London, a “Society for the due Observance ...

Published: Thursday 29 January 1981
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Dickens of a note

... instead of the Duke of Wellington. A year later it was the £2o’s turn with William Shakespeare giving way to inventor Michael Faraday. A redesigned £5O will be issued at the end of 1993 with architect Sir Christopher Wren being replaced by Sir John Houblon ...

Published: Friday 31 January 1992
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 152 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

History traced

... development of the automatic exchange, and the use of cables to replace overhead wires. A tribute was made to the work of Michael Faraday. The lecture ended with a documentary film which traced a telephone call from Birmingham to New York, giving a detailed ...

Published: Wednesday 06 April 1955
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 178 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

IMPROVEMENT

... M‘Cracken, chairman of the Centre, who presided, said the idea of the Faraday lecture was to commemorate the memory of Michael Faraday, who in his lifetime was responsible for many of the amazing discoveries and inventions which played so prominent a part ...

Published: Friday 21 March 1952
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 207 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Dr. J. S. Forrest

... power stations. A model of the original Faraday disc, the forerunner of the modern generator, will be shown. In 1831, Michael Faraday created a wave of electricity. The Faraday Lecture is intended to spotlight aspects of modern electrical engineering ...

Published: Thursday 02 April 1964
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

ITTITHS TO THE I.IIITIM

... MONAGHAN Ulster Relay Television Co., la North Queen Street, Belfast, 15. FARADAY BIOGRAPHY AM preparing a biograptry of Michael Faraday (1791-1867) to be published by Messrs. Chapman & Hall. I write to inquire if any of your readers could assist me in my ...

Published: Saturday 26 March 1960
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 203 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

‘Gammexane* ' Gammexan* * is proprietary name jlven to a range of remarkable new Insecticides developed as a ..

... wartime discoveries by 1.C.1. research chemists. They are based on benacne hcxachlorlde (BHC), compound first prepared by Michael Faraday as far back as II2S, which can exist In four forms known as the alpha, beta, gamma and delta Isomers «“•> hdlrlng the ...

Published: Monday 16 January 1950
Newspaper: Northern Whig
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 203 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FIRM CLAIMING MY INVENTION -BELFAST MAN

... It's years ahead of it's time. Until now electric motors and dynamos have been made in two pieces. 'ln the 19th century Michael Faraday demonstrated a one-piece dynamo but the idea was never developed and it remained a scientific curiosity. I worked along ...

Published: Tuesday 09 April 1968
Newspaper: Belfast Telegraph
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 206 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

IER’S POETRY

... once more “Involved In Jiumanlty.” J. C. 18 RECEIVED *• Science Fiction Storlei.** edited by Edmund Crispin. 16s net. *' Michael Faraday.’* by James Kendall. D.Sc., LL.D.. F.R.S. 12s 8d net. •' Death and the Night Watches,” by Vicars Ball. 10s 6d net. The ...

Published: Saturday 05 February 1955
Newspaper: Belfast News-Letter
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 2 | Tags: none