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... The then president of the Society, Mr. Robert Burke, appointed a committee of eight or ten members, most of whom had made smaller mirrors, as an instrument committee, with Mr. Thorpe as chairman. ... Seriously, the best practicable solution seemed to be to build a machine to do the grinding and polishing. ... It was decided to grind the edges of the mirror to make it truly circular, as the rough cast glass was some 3/8 inch longer on one diameter than on the other. ...

The latest version of this FAQ is always available from the main Apache web site, at < http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html >. ... The errorlog says Apache dumped core, but where's the dump file? ... Why does Apache ask for my password twice before serving a file? ... The best you can do as a server administrator is to accurately configure the mime type of your documents by editing the mime.types file or using an AddType directive in the Apache configuration files. ... No user file? . ...

... EXPERIENCE: €а 1987-2001 were spent at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California. 1987-1991 €а Electronics Engineer, Material Analysis Group.€а Refined signal and image processing ... Science Group.€а Developed quantitative x-ray film imaging analysis techniques that allowed the characterization of low-density materials for use in the development of an X-Ray laser as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative Program.€а Developed material x-ray transport ... JANUARY 2011 ...

... Asteroid Day is thus intended to raise awareness over the threat from Earth-crossing asteroids. ... Asteroid Day . ... He is the primary creator of the orbital calculation and impact probability software used by NASA, and specifically the near-Earth object office at JPL. ... The first stage in assessing the threat of asteroids to Earth is to create a full inventory of near-Earth objects so that astronomers know whatт??s out there and can understand their orbits as carefully as possible. ...

Projectile Motion: In Aristotle's view, objects moved parallel to the Earth's surface until it was time (i.e. it was their destiny) to fall back to the earth . Aristotle believed that the "natural" state of massive objects was to seek the center of the Earth. When a stone is launched, an impetus is given to it to disturb it from its natural condition. ... Archimedes' catapults lobbed quarter-ton stones at the attacking Roman ships, quickly destroying the clumsy Roman siege engine. ...

Our Irish Ancestors Paul Francis, 2010 Page 1 Our link to Ireland comes through the Knox Family. ... Back at this time, Ireland was largely controlled by wealthy Protestant landowners, the descendants of the English and Scottish "Planters" who had invaded Ireland in the 1600s, displaced the natives and appropriated their lands, becoming fabulously wealthy in the process. ... They decided to try their luck across the Irish Sea, and in a year of terror sacked coastal monasteries all around Ireland. ...

... Up: Observatory Planning and Scheduling . ... Technological advances such as widespread use of the Internet, multi-platform visual development tools such as Java and CORBA, and overall increases in the power of desktop hardware are allowing for significant improvements in user support tools. ... In such an environment, for any type of observing to maximize scientific returns, information has to be passed back and forth between instrument developer, observatory staff and the user community. ...