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Sylvania (other)
Sylvania (Latin for "forest land" or "woods") may refer to: Companies trading as Sylvania * Sylvania Electric Products, a former major American diversified electrical and electronics manufacturer * Sylvania (brand), its Canadian lighting products division which continues to license to both Havells Sylvania and Osram Sylvania * Osram Sylvania, an American lighting manufacturer owned by Osram AG of Germany * Havells Sylvania, an international lighting manufacturer owned by Shanghai Feilo Acoustics Ltd Education * Sylvania City School District, in Northwest Ohio, United States * Sylvania High School, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Places United States * Sylvania, Alabama * Sylvania, Arkansas * Sylvania, Georgia * Sylvania, Indiana * Sylvania, Louisville, Kentucky * Sylvania, Missouri * Sylvania, Ohio * Sylvania, Pennsylvania * Sylvania, Wisconsin * Mount Sylvania, in Oregon * Sylvania Mountains, in California and Nevada * Sylvania Township (other) * Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvania Electric Products
Sylvania Electric Products Inc. was an American manufacturer of diverse electrical equipment, including at various times radio transceivers, vacuum tubes, semiconductors, and mainframe computers such as MOBIDIC. They were one of the companies involved in the development of the COBOL programming language. History The ''Hygrade Sylvania Corporation'' was formed when '' NILCO'', ''Sylvania'' and '' Hygrade Lamp Company'' merged into one company in 1931. In 1939, Hygrade Sylvania started preliminary research on fluorescent technology, and later that year, demonstrated the first linear, or tubular, fluorescent lamp. It was featured at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Sylvania was also a manufacturer of both vacuum tubes and transistors. In 1942, the company changed its name to Sylvania Electric Products Inc. During World War II, Sylvania was chosen from among several competing companies to manufacture the miniature vacuum tubes used in proximity fuze shells due to its quality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvania Township (other)
Sylvania Township may refer to the following places: * Sylvania Township, Scott County, Missouri * Sylvania Township, Lucas County, Ohio * Sylvania Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania Sylvania Township is a township in Potter County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 76 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 29.9 square miles (77.3 ... ;See also: * Sylvan Township (other) {{geodis Township name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvan (other)
Sylvan or Sylvans (from the Latin ''silva'': "forest, woods") may refer to: Places United States * Sylvan, Illinois, a former settlement * Sylvan, Wisconsin, a town ** Sylvan (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated area in the town * Sylvan Township (other) * Sylvan Lake (South Dakota) * Sylvan Pass (Wyoming), a mountain pass in Yellowstone National Park * Sylvan-Highlands, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon ** West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon, a neighboring unincorporated area * Sylvan Beach, New York * Penn's Sylvania ( Penn's Woods), the Province of Pennsylvania which was the kernel of the later state Canada * Sylvan Lake (Alberta) * Sylvan, a community in the municipality of North Middlesex, Ontario Arts and entertainment * Sylvan (band), a German progressive rock band * Sylvan Whittingham/Mason (songwriter) Singer, Songwriter, Photographer * Sylvan Esso, an American indie pop band * ''Sylvan'' (TV series), a Spanish animated series created b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sylvania
The Sylvania is a historic apartment building located at Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1906, and consists of two three-story, detached glazed brick and grey limestone buildings. It features Renaissance Revival style door and window surrounds and Classical Revival style design elements. ''Note:'' This includes , , , and Accompanying photographs It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... in 1983. References Apartment buildings in Indiana Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Renaissance Revival architecture in Indiana Neoclassical architecture in Indiana Residential buildings completed in 1906 Residential buildings in Indianapolis National Register of Histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvania Watkins
Sylvania "Sly" Watkins (born February 18, 1985) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Moncton Miracles of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He played college basketball at Okaloosa–Walton Community College and then Crichton College. Watkins also competed at the high school level with South Atlanta High School in his hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. As a professional, he has spent much of his years with the Miracles, seeing success primarily on the defensive end. High school career Watkins attended South Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Georgia and played varsity basketball for four years. In his junior year, he led his team to a 27–3 record and earned All-State honorable mention, first-team all-region, and first-team all-city honors. As a senior, Watkins averaged 12.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 4.5 blocks and earned the same honors as he did the previous year. South Atlanta ended the season with a 30–2 mark and a berth at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvania Airport
Sylvania Airport is a privately owned public use airport located 3 miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Sturtevant, Wisconsin, a community in Racine County, Wisconsin, United States. Although most airports in the United States use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and International Air Transport Association (IATA), this airport is assigned C89 by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. Skydive Midwest is based at the airport. Facilities and aircraft Sylvania Airport covers an area of 34 acres (13 ha) at an elevation of 788 feet (240 m) above mean sea level. It has two runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concrete ...s: 8R/26L is 2,272 by 38 feet (693 x 12 m) with an asphalt surface and 8L/26R is 2,343 by 120 feet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvania (McCormick County, South Carolina)
Sylvania in McCormick County, South Carolina, near Bradley, South Carolina, was built in 1825. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The house is thought to have been built in 1825 by John Hearst, the great uncle of William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboya .... John Hearst died in 1847, and James H. Wideman acquired the property. Frank Wideman, Sr., owner of the property during the 20th Century, was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant U.S. Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department Tax Division. Frank Wideman Jr., worked to restore the house between 1969 and 1971. It is a one-and-one-half story white clapboard building in the Federal style set on a low brick foundation and has fine Regency details in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
519 Sylvania
Sylvania (minor planet designation: 519 Sylvania) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi .... References External links * * Background asteroids Sylvania Sylvania S-type asteroids (Tholen) S-type asteroids (SMASS) 19031020 {{Beltasteroid-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvanian Families
is a line of collectible anthropomorphic animal figurines made of flocked plastic. They were created by the Japanese gaming company Epoch in 1985 and distributed worldwide by a number of companies. History Beginning and growth At the beginning of production, on March 20, 1985, Sylvanian Families were created and released in Japan by Epoch, which uses the concept of dollhouses and anthropomorphic animal figures. The first releases of the dollhouses and other playsets were made of porcelain and the furniture was made of wood. However, later releases replaced the materials with plastic and metal in the production. The toys were later released in North America the same year, but with different packaging and minor differences to the characters themselves. The toyline was originally titled , but was changed to its current name. "Sylvanian" means "of the forest", from the Roman god Silvanus. In October 1987, the series spawned an animated series produced by DIC Animation City and TMS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Parade
''The Love Parade'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film, directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, involving the marital difficulties of Queen Louise of Sylvania (MacDonald) and her consort, Count Alfred Renard (Chevalier). Despite his love for Louise and his promise to be an obedient husband, Count Alfred finds his role as a figurehead unbearable. The supporting cast features Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth and Eugene Pallette. The film was directed by Lubitsch from a screenplay by Guy Bolton and Ernest Vajda adapted from the French play ''Le Prince Consort'', written by Jules Chancel and Leon Xanrof. The play had previously been adapted for Broadway in 1905 by William Boosey and Cosmo Gordon Lennox. ''The Love Parade'' is notable for being both the film debut of Jeanette MacDonald and the first "talkie" film made by Ernst Lubitsch. The picture was also released in a French-language version called ''Parade d'amour''. Chevalier ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duck Soup (1933 Film)
''Duck Soup'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin, directed by Leo McCarey. Released theatrically by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it starred the Marx Brothers ( Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo in his final Marx Brothers’ movie) and also featured Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy. It was the last of five Marx Brothers movies released by Paramount Pictures. Groucho plays the newly installed president of the mythical country of Freedonia. Zeppo is his secretary, while Harpo and Chico are Sylvanian spies. Relations between Groucho and the Sylvanian ambassador deteriorate during the film, and they go to war at the conclusion. Compared to the Marx Brothers' previous films, ''Duck Soup'' was a box office disappointment, though not entirely a "flop" as is sometimes reported. The film opened to mixed reviews, although this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvania (Warhammer)
''Warhammer Fantasy'' is a fictional fantasy universe created by Games Workshop and used in many of its games, including the table top wargame '' Warhammer Fantasy Battle'', the ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (WFRP) pen-and-paper role-playing game, and a number of video games: the MMORPG '' Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'', the strategy games '' Total War: Warhammer'', '' Total War: Warhammer II'' and '' Total War: Warhammer III'' and the two first-person shooter games in the Warhammer Vermintide series, '' Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide'' and '' Warhammer: Vermintide 2''. Warhammer is notable for its "dark and gritty" background world, which reference a range of historical cultures, along with other fantasy settings, in particular Tolkien's Middle-earth. From Michael Moorcock, its creators took the theme of "Chaos" as a force unceasingly attempting to tear the mortal world asunder. The world itself was populated with a variety of races such as humans, high elves, dark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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