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William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS (/ ˈ r æ ŋ k ɪ n /; 5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), to the science of thermodynamics , particularly focusing on its First Law.
Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin (October 16, 1920 – July 6, 2009) was the first person to survive a fall from the top of a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud. [1] He was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a World War II and Korean War veteran.
Newton for Beginners, republished as Introducing Newton, is a 1993 graphic study guide to the Isaac Newton and classical physics written and illustrated by William Rankin. The volume, according to the publisher's website, "explains the extraordinary ideas of a man who [...] single-handedly made enormous advances in mathematics, mechanics and optics," and, "was also a secret heretic, a mystic ...
Also involved editorially were William John Macquorn Rankine, Francis Bowen, John Eadie, and John Pringle Nichol. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] A list of contributors appeared in the first volume, [ 9 ] and a further list in volume II.
William B. Rankine Generating Station Bridge is a five span stone arch bridge that cross the water inlet to the power station north of Fraser Hill. The main bridge carries traffic on Niagara Parkway and smaller pedestrian bridge is located at the mouth of the outlet on the shores of the Niagara River.
Original – William Rankine, engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics. Reason After seeing how good of quality Annan's picture of Livingstone was, I looked to see what else he had. Rather a lot, actually, a lot of it connected with Edinburgh and Glasgow. So, William Rankine. He developed the Rankine temperature scale ...
Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States.
Rankin is the co-founder of a theatre company, Painted Horse UK. He re-appeared in the final two films of the Harry Potter film franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2 , after his character's absence from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , and only a brief non-speaking ...