Wheatstone may refer to:
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Cape Wheatstone Cape Wheatstone () is a bold rock cape that forms the south end of Hallett Peninsula and marks the north entrance to Tucker Inlet, Victoria Land. Discovered in January 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross who named it for Sir Charles Wheatstone
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, in Antarctica
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Charles Wheatstone
Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS FRSE DCL LLD (6 February 1802 – 19 October 1875), was an English scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope (a device for di ...
(1802–1875), a British scientist and inventor, eponymous for Wheatstone bridge
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Cooke and Wheatstone Telegraph
The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was an early electrical telegraph system dating from the 1830s invented by English inventor William Fothergill Cooke and English scientist Charles Wheatstone. It was a form of needle telegraph, and the first te ...
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Wheatstone, New Zealand
Wheatstone is a locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on the Canterbury Plains south of Ashburton, on the banks of the Ashburton River / Hakatere. Other nearby settlements include Huntingdon to the no ...
, a locality in the Canterbury region
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Wheatstone Glacier
Wheatstone Glacier () is a glacier on the west coast of Graham Land. It enters Errera Channel east of Danco Island. Charted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Gerlache, 1897–99. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committe ...
, in Antarctica
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Wheatstone LNG
Wheatstone LNG is a liquefied natural gas plant operating in the Ashburton North Strategic Industrial Area, which is located west of Onslow, Western Australia. The project is operated by Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd.
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The Wheatstone gas f ...
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Wheatstone bridge
A Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit used to measure an unknown electrical resistance by balancing two legs of a bridge circuit, one leg of which includes the unknown component. The primary benefit of the circuit is its ability to provid ...
, a measuring instrument in electricity
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Wheatstone Corporation
Wheatstone Corporation is an American company that produces digital and analog professional audio equipment for broadcast radio, television, and new media. Products include audio consoles, Audio over IP (AoIP) audio networking, audio processing, ...
, an American manufacturing company
See also
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Whetstone (disambiguation)
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