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Urania (other)
Urania is a muse in Greek mythology. Urania or Ourania may also refer to: Mythology *Aphrodite Urania, a title for the Greek goddess Aphrodite, as opposed to Aphrodite Pandemos *Urania, an Oceanid People *Julia Urania, wife of Roman client King Ptolemy of Mauretania *Urania Papatheu (born 1965), Italian politician Places * Urânia, a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil * Urania, Louisiana, a town in the United States * Urania, Michigan, a former community * Urania, South Australia, a locality in the Yorke Peninsula Council Publications Magazines and journals *''Urania'', a German science magazine published by Gesellschaft zur Verbreitung wissenschaftlicher Kenntnisse * ''Urania'' (journal), a genderqueer feminist journal circulated between 1916 and 1940 * ''Urania'' (magazine), a number of science fiction magazines *'' Urania - Postępy Astronomii'', a Polish popular science magazine Literature *''The Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania'', a work by Lady Mary Wroth *''Urani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urania
Urania ( ; grc, , Ouranía; modern Greek shortened name ''Ránia''; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy, and in later times, of Christian poetry. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass. The muse ''Urania'' is sometimes confounded with ''Aphrodite Urania'' ("heavenly Aphrodite") because of their similar name. Family Urania was the daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne and also a great granddaughter of Uranus. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus by Apollo or Hermes or Amphimarus, son of Poseidon. Hymenaeus is also said to have been a son of Urania. Function and representation Urania is often associated with Universal Love. Sometimes identified as the eldest of the divine sisters, Urania inherited Zeus' majesty and power and the beauty and grace of her mother Mnemosyne. Urania dresses in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Flammarion
Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (; 26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and works on psychical research and related topics. He also published the magazine '' L'Astronomie'', starting in 1882. He maintained a private observatory at Juvisy-sur-Orge, France. Biography Camille Flammarion was born in Montigny-le-Roi, Haute-Marne, France. He was the brother of Ernest Flammarion (1846–1936), the founder of the Groupe Flammarion publishing house. In 1858 he became a computer at the Paris Observatory. He was a founder and the first president of the '' Société astronomique de France'', which originally had its own independent journal, ''BSAF'' (''Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France''), which was first published in 1887. In January 1895, after 13 volumes of '' L'Astronomie'' and 8 of ''BSAF'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urania Records
Urania Records, Inc. was an American record label founded April 15, 1951, by Czech-born New York industrialist Rudolf Koppl (1895–1956), who served as its founding president. History Urania Records initially released opera recordings from East Germany. The label was later run by Rudolph's son, Werner J. Koppl (1923–1996), also Czech-born, who, on March 23, 1956, sold Urania to American Sound Corporation – Daken Karl Broadhead (1905–1999), chairman; and Siegfried Bart ''(né'' Siegfried Gerold Bart; 1913–1997), president. American Sound was a joint venture of Allied Record Manufacturing Company (founded 1933) of Hollywood and Bart Manufacturing Company of Belleville, New Jersey. American Sound took over actual operations of Urania April 16, 1956. In 1958, American Sound Corporation sold Urania Records to Bart Manufacturing Corporation, which henceforth ran Urania as its subsidiary based in Belleville, New Jersey. Simultaneously in 1958, American Sound, itself, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urania Genève Sport
Urania Genève Sport is a Swiss omnisport club based in Geneva. Its football section was founded in 1896. The current club was born in 1922 through a merger between FC Urania and FC Genève. Its main title is the Swiss cup, won in 1929 against Young Boys. This same year, the club is champion of the French part of Switzerland (Champion romand). In 1931, UGS finishes at the second place of the Swiss championship, behind Grasshopper Club Zürich. Presently UGS plays in the fifth Swiss division, a non professional league. Players Managers * Waldvogel ''(1928–29)'' * Conrad Ross ''(1932)'' * Albert Châtelain ''(1940–49)'' * Ludwick Dupal ''(1949–50)'' * Georges Aeby ''(1950–53)'' * Genia Walachek ''(1953–60)'' * Albert Châtelain ''(1961–71)'' * Roland Guillod ''(1971–72)'' * René Schneider ''(1972–73)'' * Albert Châtelain ''(1973–74)'' * Francis Anker ''(1974–76)'' * Gaston Sar ''(1976–77)'' * Jean Coutaz * Rody Tschan ''(1981–84)'' * Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episkyros
''Episkyros'', or ''Episcyrus'', (, ; also , , literally 'upon the public') was an Ancient Greek ball game. The game was typically played between two teams of 12 to 14 players each, being highly teamwork-oriented. The game allowed full contact and usage of the hands. While it was typically men who played, women also occasionally participated. Although it was a ball game, it was quite violent (at least in Sparta). The game is comparable to Rugby, American Football, or ''Calcio Fiorentino'', at least in concept. The two teams would attempt to throw the ball over the heads of the other team. There was a white line called the () between the teams, and another white line behind each team. The teams would change possession of the ball often, until one of the team was forced behind their line. In Sparta, a form of ''Episkyros'' was played during an annual city festival that included five teams of 14 players. The Greek game of ''Episkyros'', or a similar game called () was later ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellowcake
Yellowcake (also called urania) is a type of uranium concentrate powder obtained from leach solutions, in an intermediate step in the processing of uranium ores. It is a step in the processing of uranium after it has been mined but before fuel fabrication or uranium enrichment. Yellowcake concentrates are prepared by various extraction and refining methods, depending on the types of ores. Typically, yellowcakes are obtained through the milling and chemical processing of uranium ore, forming a coarse powder that has a pungent odor, is insoluble in water, and contains about 80% uranium oxide, which melts at approximately 2880 °C. Overview Originally raw uranium ore was extracted by traditional mining and this is still the case in many mines. It is first crushed to a fine powder by passing it through crushers and grinders to produce "pulped" ore. This is further processed with concentrated acid, alkaline, or peroxide solutions to leach out the uranium. However, nearly ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uranium Dioxide
Uranium dioxide or uranium(IV) oxide (), also known as urania or uranous oxide, is an oxide of uranium, and is a black, radioactive, crystalline powder that naturally occurs in the mineral uraninite. It is used in nuclear fuel rods in nuclear reactors. A mixture of uranium and plutonium dioxides is used as MOX fuel. Prior to 1960, it was used as yellow and black color in ceramic glazes and glass. Production Uranium dioxide is produced by reducing uranium trioxide with hydrogen. :UO3 + H2 → UO2 + H2O at 700 °C (973 K) This reaction plays an important part in the creation of nuclear fuel through nuclear reprocessing and uranium enrichment. Chemistry Structure The solid is isostructural with (has the same structure as) fluorite (calcium fluoride), where each U is surrounded by eight O nearest neighbors in a cubic arrangement. In addition, the dioxides of cerium, thorium, and the transuranic elements from neptunium through californium have the same structures. No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urania (moth)
''Urania'' is a genus of moths in the family Uraniidae. The genus name ''Urania'' is New Latin from Latin '' Urania'' from Ancient Greek Ουρανία, one of the Muses, literally 'The Heavenly One'.Lees, David and Neal Smith (1991Foodplants of the Uraniinae (Uraniinae) and their Systematic, Evolutionary and Ecological Significance o. In ''Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society'', vol. 45. Retrieved October 29, 2006.The Century Dictionary by The Century CompanAvailable online Distribution The genus includes relatively large day-flying moths that are found in the Central American and South American regions. Species :* '' Urania boisduvalii'' Guérin-Meneville, 1829 – ( Cuba) :* ''Urania brasiliensis'' Swainson, 1833 – ( Brazil) :* '' Urania leilus'' Linnaeus, 1758 – green-banded urania (tropical South America east of the Andes) :* ''Urania fulgens'' Walker, 1854 – urania swallowtail moth ( Mexico, through Central America to northwestern South America) :* '' Urani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegasus Toroidal Experiment
The Pegasus Toroidal Experiment is a plasma confinement experiment relevant to fusion power production, run by the Department of Engineering Physics of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It is a spherical tokamak, a very low-aspect-ratio version of the tokamak A tokamak (; russian: токамáк; otk, 𐱃𐰸𐰢𐰴, Toḳamaḳ) is a device which uses a powerful magnetic field to confine plasma in the shape of a torus. The tokamak is one of several types of magnetic confinement devices being ... configuration, i.e. the minor radius of the torus is comparable to the major radius. Local Helicity Injection Pegasus is used to study start up of spherical tokamaks using local helicity injection. URANIA Pegasus is being upgraded in 2019 (eg. by removal of the central solenoid) to build the Unified Reduced Non-Inductive Assessment (URANIA) experiment. This will study plasma startup using transient coaxial helicity injection (CHI). The max toroidal field is being in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Urania
Urania (minor planet designation: 30 Urania) is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by English astronomer John Russell Hind on July 22, 1854. It was his last asteroid discovery. This object is named after Urania, the Greek Muse of astronomy. Initial orbital elements for 30 Urania were published by Wilhelm Günther, an assistant at Breslau Observatory. It is orbiting the Sun with a period of and is spinning on its axis once every 13.7 hours. Based upon its spectrum, this is classified as a stony S-type asteroid. During 2000, speckle interferometry measurements from the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo in the Canary Islands were used to measure the apparent size and shape of 30 Urania. This gave cross-sectional dimensions equivalent to an ellipse with a length of 111 km and a width of 89 km, for a ratio of 0.80. References External links Keck image of Urania( Marchis 2011 November 11) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:000030 Background asteroids Urania Urania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urania Sternwarte
Urania Sternwarte is a public observatory in the Lindenhof quarter of Zürich, Switzerland. Its name ''Urania'' refers to the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology. History Its origins base on a first observatory on the roof of the Zunfthaus zur Meisen. In 1759, so called «Astronomische Kommission» succeeded from this location for the first time, to define '' Culminatio solis'' and thus calculated the exact global location of the city of Zurich. In later years, astronomical observations were done from the Grossmünster's southern "Karl's tower", followed by scientific observations (not for public use by interested enthusiasts) from the Federal observatory, built 1861/64 for ETH Zürich by Gottfried Semper. In 1899, the Zürich merchant Abraham Weill Einstein initiated the oldest observatory in Switzerland, situated near ''Werdmühleplatz'' (''Uraniastrasse''). On June 15, 1907, the observatory was given to operational use. Its tower dominates the western end of Zurich's hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urania (Vienna)
Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in Vienna, Austria. Urania Observatory (German: Urania Sternwarte) was built in 1909 according to the plans of Art Nouveau style architect Max Fabiani (a student of Otto Wagner) at the outlet of the Wien River and was opened in 1910 by Franz Joseph I of Austria as an educational facility with a public observatory. It was named after the Muse ''Urania'' who represents Astronomy. During World War II, the Urania was severely damaged and the dome with the observatory was destroyed. After its reconstruction, it was reopened in 1957. The observatory itself has been continually improved technically over the years. Though it now serves different functions, the Urania continues to be a public observatory. Presently the Urania also has seminar rooms in which wide-ranging classes and lectures are given, a movie theater that screens at the annual Viennale movie festival and a puppet theater created originally by actor Hans Kraus. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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