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Robertson Baronets, Of Beaconsfield
Robertson may refer to: People * Robertson (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Robertson (given name) * Clan Robertson, a Scottish clan * Robertson, stage name of Belgian magician Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763–1837) Places Australia * Division of Robertson, electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales * Robertson, New South Wales * Robertson, Queensland * Robertson Barracks, an Australian Army base near Darwin, Northern Territory United States * Robertson Boulevard (Los Angeles), California * Robertson Gymnasium, University of California, Santa Barbara * Robertson Field (Connecticut), a public airport * Robertson County, Kentucky * Robertson Field (North Dakota), a public airport * Robertson Tunnel, Portland, Oregon, a light rail transit tunnel * Robertson County, Tennessee * Robertson County, Texas * Robertson Stadium, University of Houston, Houston, Texas * Robertson's Colony, Texas * Robertson, Wyoming Elsewhere * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson (surname)
Robertson is a patronymic surname, meaning "son of Robert". It originated in Scotland and northern England. Notable people with the surname include: A *Rev. A. E. Robertson (1870–1958), first person to "bag" Scotlands 283 peaks *Absalom Willis Robertson (1887–1971), U.S. Senator from Virginia, father of Pat Robertson *Adam Robertson, musician with the Australian rock band Magic Dirt *Adam Robertson (Canadian politician) (died 1882), foundry owner and politician in Ontario, Canada *Alan Robertson (footballer), Scottish footballer and coach *Alan Robertson (geneticist) (1920–1989), English population geneticist *Alan Robertson (swimmer), New Zealand swimmer *Alan S. Robertson (born 1941), former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *Alan W. Robertson (1906–1978), British philatelist *Albert Robertson (1864–1952), Canadian politician *Alec Robertson (bowls), lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand *Alec Robertson (music critic) (1892–1982), British writer, broadcaster and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson's Colony
Robertson's Colony was an empresario colonization effort during the Mexican Texas period. It is named after Sterling C. Robertson, but had previously been known by other names. It has also been referred to as the Nashville Colony, after the Tennessee city where the effort originated, the Texas Association, the Upper Colony, and Leftwich's Grant, named after early colonizer Robert Leftwich. The eventual contract spread over an area that includes all or part of thirty present-day counties in Texas. Counties within Robertson's Colony Thirty present-day counties were part of the colony. The original 1824 contract secured by Robert Leftwich included all or part of seventeen present-day Texas counties. The 1827 transfer of the contract from Leftwich to the Texas Association added territory that included all or part of an additional thirteen counties. * Bastrop *Bell *Bosque * Brazos *Brown * Burleson * Burnet *Callahan *Comanche * Coryell *Eastland * Erath * Falls *Hamilton *Hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Graph
In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Robertson graph or (4,5)-cage, is a 4- regular undirected graph with 19 vertices and 38 edges named after Neil Robertson. The Robertson graph is the unique (4,5)-cage graph and was discovered by Robertson in 1964. As a cage graph, it is the smallest 4-regular graph with girth 5. It has chromatic number 3, chromatic index 5, diameter 3, radius 3 and is both 4- vertex-connected and 4- edge-connected. It has book thickness 3 and queue number 2.Jessica Wolz, ''Engineering Linear Layouts with SAT''. Master Thesis, University of Tübingen, 2018 The Robertson graph is also a Hamiltonian graph which possesses distinct directed Hamiltonian cycles. The Robertson graph is one of the smallest graphs with cop number 4.Turcotte, J., & Yvon, S. (2021). 4-cop-win graphs have at least 19 vertices. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 301, 74-98. Algebraic properties The Robertson graph is not a vertex-transitive graph and its full automorphism group is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Scholars Program
The Robertson Scholars Leadership Program is a joint merit scholarship and leadership development program at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The scholarship offers participants a unique "dual citizenship" at both Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill. Approximately 25-30 students are selected from the pool of applicants to both universities. History and background The program was created in 2000 by benefactor Julian Robertson, a 1955 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill. Mr. Robertson sought to encourage collaboration between Duke and the University of North Carolina and to promote the development of young leaders. His initial $24 million gift as well as his subsequent gifts to the program and the universities are overseen by a Board of Directors including Duke University President Vincent E. Price, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, and Julian Robertson himself. The program covers four years of undergraduate tuition, mandatory fees, room and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Panel
The Robertson Panel was a scientific committee which met in January 1953 headed by Howard P. Robertson. The Panel arose from a recommendation to the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC) in December 1952 from a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) review of the U.S. Air Force investigation into unidentified flying objects, Project Blue Book.Minutes of the Intelligence Advisory Committee, 4th December 1952, IAC-M-90 The CIA review itself was in response to widespread reports of unidentified flying objects, especially in the Washington, D.C. area during the summer of 1952. The panel was briefed on U.S. military activities and intelligence; hence the report was originally Classified information in the United States#Secret, classified Secret. Later declassified, the Robertson Panel's report concluded that UFOs were not a direct threat to national security, but could pose an indirect threat by overwhelming standard military communications due to public interest in the subject. Most UFO rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Screwdriver
At a minimum, a screw drive is a set of shaped cavities and protrusions on the screw head that allows torque to be applied to it. Usually, it also involves a mating tool, such as a screwdriver, that is used to turn it. The following heads are categorized based on frequency, with some of the less-common drives being classified as "tamper-resistant." Most heads come in a range of sizes, typically distinguished by a number, such as "Phillips #00". These sizes do not necessarily describe a particular dimension of the drive shape, but rather are arbitrary designations. Slotted drives Slot Slot screw drives have a single horizontal indentation (the ''slot'') in the fastener head and is driven by a "common blade" or flat-bladed screwdriver. This form was the first type of screw drive to be developed, and for centuries, it was the simplest and cheapest to make. Additionally, it is unique compared to other common drives, due to it being straightforward to manufacture the slot h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson's
Robertson's is a British brand of marmalades and fruit preserves that was founded by James Robertson in 1864. The firm was run as a partnership until 1903, when it was incorporated as a limited company - James Robertson & Sons, Preserve Manufacturers, Limited. It produces the "Golden Shred" marmalade, a recipe created in 1874 and registered as a trademark in 1886, among other products. Robertson's received their first Royal Warrant from King George V in 1933. History James Robertson of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland was born on 16 January 1832 in Niddry Street, Paisley. He started life working in the local thread mills at the age of eight. During a long down turn in the silk trade, in 1847 Robertson's parents decided to apprentice him to a local grocer, Gibson & Craig, wine spirit and tea merchants at 107 High Street in Paisley. This redefined James' future. Only at this late stage did he learn to read and write: attending night classes at Seedhill School.Made in Scotland, Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Fjord
Siorapaluup Kangerlua, also known as Robertson Fjord and Robertson Bay, is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the southwest, the fjord opens into the Murchison Sound of the Baffin Bay.GoogleEarth Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. The settlement of Siorapaluk is located in the northern shore of the fjord. History In 1920 a spot in the shore of the fjord was chosen by Lauge Koch as a base during his expedition to Peary Land further north.Spencer Apollonio, ''Lands That Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland'', 2008 p. 141 Geography Siorapaluup Kangerlua, together with MacCormick Fjord close to the east, is one of the two main indentations of the northern side of the Murchison Sound. It runs in a roughly NE/SW direction with its mouth southeast of Cape Robertson, beyond the western end of the Inglefield Gulf and south of the unnamed fjord where the Morris Jesup Glacier has its terminus. The waters of the fjord are very deep. There are impressive clif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Islands
The Robertson Islands or Robertsons Islands are a group of islands extending 6 km southward of the south-eastern extremity of Coronation Island in the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica. They were discovered and roughly charted by Captains George Powell and Nathaniel Palmer in December 1821 and named by James Weddell in 1823. Important Bird Area The northern islands of the group (those north of Atriceps Island), including Matthews, Coffer, Steepholm and Skilling Islands with their associated islets and skerries, have been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support substantial breeding colonies, totalling about 35,000 pairs, of chinstrap penguins. Snow petrel The snow petrel (''Pagodroma nivea'') is the only member of the genus ''Pagodroma.'' It is one of only three birds that has been seen at the Geographic South Pole, along with the Antarctic petrel and the south polar skua, which have the most so ...s also breed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Island
Robertson Island is an ice-covered island, long in a northwest-southeast direction and wide, lying at the east end of the Seal Nunataks off the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Captain Carl Anton Larsen discovered Robertson Island from the ''Jason'' on 9 December 1893. Curious to find out if the volcano was active he skied to the top from the north side of the island, later naming it Mt. Christensen after his longtime partner and majority owner of the ''Jason'', Christen Christensen. Larsen named Robertson Island for William Robertson, co-owner of the Hamburg-based company Woltereck and Robertson. San Roque Refuge San Roque Refuge () was an Argentine Antarctic refuge located on Robertson Island at the east end of the Foca nunataks off the Nordenskjöld coast east of the Antarctic Peninsula. The shelter was opened on 1 October 1956, and was administered by the Argentine Army. The refuge had been occupied and used in various operations and currently is inactive. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson, Western Cape
Robertson is a town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa founded on the theft of KHOIKHOI First nation land and cattle, known as the valley of wine and roses, at the heart of the wine route - Route 62 (South Africa), Route 62. Khoikhoi First nation land was stolen in 1853 and named after Dr , a Scotland, Scottish Dutch Reformed Church minister. Situated in the fertile Robertson Valley, farming and wagon building were the town's original industries. However, after the Second Second Boer War, Anglo-Boer War of 1899, the wagon building industry collapsed when the railways took over the transport of all goods. Robertson subsequently became famous for its ostrich farming, but this industry collapsed as well shortly after World War I, and the farmers of the area turned to wine and fruit farming. Later, several successful racehorse stud farms were founded. Agriculture remains the mainstay of the town's economy. Tourism Tourism has grown in recent years and the town has several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson (crater)
Robertson is an important lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the western limb. It lies just to the south of Berkner, a formation with a comparable size but more eroded features. Just to the east is Helberg, and to the southwest is Alter. The inner wall of the crater rim has a wide, complex formation of multiple terraces. The rim is approximately circular, but with an irregular outline where various terraces have slumped away. The interior has a central peak at the midpoint, and this is joined to a rugged stretch of ground that connects with the northeastern rim. A band of light-hued ray material from Ohm Ohm (symbol Ω) is a unit of electrical resistance named after Georg Ohm. Ohm or OHM may also refer to: People * Georg Ohm (1789–1854), German physicist and namesake of the term ''ohm'' * Germán Ohm (born 1936), Mexican boxer * Jörg Ohm (b ... covers the southern half of the crater floor and rim. References * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
