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The fluorescence of certain rocks and other substances had been observed for hundreds of years before its nature was understood. One of the first to explain it was Irish scientist Sir George Stokes from the University of Cambridge in 1852, who named the phenomenon "fluorescence" after fluorite, a mineral many of whose samples glow strongly because of impurities.
Narciso Co Yu Ekey, better known as Ongpin, was born on April 18, 1958, in modern-day Cotabato City.Yu Ekey attended the Cotabato Chinese School for his elementary education before going to the United States to study at the Central Bucks East High School East in Pennsylvania.
Raffy Mosuela: Opposite Hitter: 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 5: Jeffrey Malabanan : Opposite Hitter: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 6: Niño Jeruz: Middle Blocker: 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 7: Rodolfo Labrador Jr. Middle Blocker: 9: Reuben Inaudito: Outside Hitter: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 11: Alnakhran Abdilla: Outside Hitter: 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 12: Howard Mojica: Outside Hitter
Narciso Clavería y de Palacios, 3rd Count of Manila (1869–1935) was a Spanish architect, notable as an exponent of the Moorish revival style known as Neo-Mudéjar. He was the grandson of Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa , a nineteenth-century Governor General of the Philippines from whom he inherited the title of Count of Manila .
Narciso Martínez (October 29, 1911 – June 5, 1992), [1] [2] was a Mexican folk musician. His nickname was El Huracan del Valle ("The Hurricane of the Valley"). [ 3 ] He began recording in 1935 (or 1936) and is the father of conjunto music.
Narciso Rueca Ramos (Tagalog: [naɾˈsiso ˈɾamos]; November 11, 1900 – February 3, 1986) was a Filipino journalist, lawyer, assemblyman and ambassador. He was the father of former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos and Philippine Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahani .
The Ictíneo II was originally intended as an improved version of the handpowered Ictíneo I.The Spanish Navy pledged support to Monturiol but did not actually supply it, so he had to raise funds himself, writing a letter to the nation to encourage a popular subscription which raised 300,000 pesetas from the people of Spain and Cuba and was used to form the company La Navegación Submarina to ...
Narcís Duran (in Catalan), commonly known as Narciso Durán, OFM (December 16, 1776 in Empúries, Catalonia, Spain – June 4, 1846 in Santa Barbara, Alta California, Mexico) was a Franciscan friar and missionary. He arrived in California in 1806 after studying briefly at the missionary College of San Fernando de Mexico.