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Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire (Proof)
No full textLithotint by William L Walton (1796-1872), depicting a mansion with two workers standing in the entrance, two men loading grass on a horse cart and two more are relaxing on the grass. Original drawing by James Duffield Harding (1797-1863). Published in London May 1, 1844 by Chapman & Hall. Artist Proof. Originally produced for "The Baronial Halls, and Picturesque Edifices of England", London 1848, author; Samuel Carter Hall.Mr JA van Tilburg bequeathed his "prentenkabinet" of over 10 000 graphic works to the University of PretoriaJacob van Tilburgab201
L. A. Hall Letter : May 5, 1865
No full textL. A. Hall writes to his brother and sister from Citty Point, detailing that his jaundice is nearly gone but his heart is a bit sore. Hall notes that he suspects they will leave for Washington D. C. tomorrow, but they may not as there is one man very sick with Typhoid and a number of wounded men as well. Hall writes of the violence at Dismounted Camp, detailing how the boys refused the Tennessee Officer in charge of the Regiment's orders to drill twice per day, resulting in the boys tearing down their tents and scattering the Officer's things everywhere, as well as shots being fired killing multiple people. Hall notes that he was on guard during these events. Hall concludes by asking his siblings to tell Jenny that he is much obliged for the picture, and hopes to see the baby's
L. A. Hall Letter : February 23, 1865
No full textL. A. Hall writes to his sister from Camp Russell in Washington D. C., noting that he is annoyed that she has not written more often, nor sent the papers she mentioned to him. Hall details that today they drew nearly 250 rounds of cartridge apiece, and that the Rebels will be lucky to escape General Grant. Hall continues by writing of a recent raid in which the men rode 120 miles in 40 hours and captured 25 rebels and horses. Hall notes that the raid was very cold and a number of people "froze," insinuating frostbite. He further details that the raid passed through the Cumberland Gap, Edinburgh, Strasburg, and Fisher's Hill, detailing that fortunately he has a very easy riding horse. Hall writes that overall it has been a very cold winter and that it is currently raining while he is on guard, he continues by noting that the previous Saturday and Sunday he was on Picket Duty for 12 hours at a time. Hall concludes by detailing that he believes the war is nearly over, even though he has only served half his time and seen little action, and that William Hasting will be home on furlough
L. A. Hall Letter : November 4, Unknown Year
No full textL. A. Hall writes to his niece Elva A. Woodward from Camp Stoneman, beginning with a printed version of the song "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Hall details his experience with the soldier lifestyle, noting that he has yet to see anything too bad, and that his regiment is ninety miles south but there are no horses or saddles for him to use to get there. Hall writes that Captain Jackson arrived Monday around noon. He continues by noting that he was on guard the following day, as well as served as Corporal of the Guard the day after. Hall concludes by detailing an event in which he was sleeping on a train when the guards hollered to wake up and jump, Hall woke up and jumped off the train, watching those who did not be killed as an engine struck the car they were in
John L. Hall
No full textJOHN L. HALL
Inducted: 2005
Citation:
For his distinguished work in in optical and laser physics, including advances in precision spectroscopy that were recognized by the award of the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics.
Tenure: 1961-2004
B: 1934, Denver, Colorado
Education:
Carnegie Institute of Technology, BS (Physics), 1956
Carnegie Institute of Technology, MS (Physics), 1958
Carnegie-Mellon University, PhD (Physics), 1961
Positions held:
Physicist, 1961-1978, Senior Scientist, 1979 - 2004
Senior NBS/NIST Fellow 1988 & Fellow of JILA, 1964-present
Honors:
More than 20 awards including
Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 (joint with T. Hänsch and R. Glauber)
U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medals (1969, 1974, 2001)
NBS Stratton Award (1971); NBS Condon Award (1979); NIST Astin Award (2000)
OSA Townes Award (1984) (joint with V. P. Chebotayev); OSA Ives Medal (1991); Born Award (2002)
APS Davisson-Germer Prize (1988); APS/DLS Schawlow Prize (1993)
Presidential Rank Award (1980, 2002); IEEE Rabi Award, IEEE (2004)
Republic of France Légion d'Honneur (2004)
Memberships:
American Physical Society (Fellow)
Fellow, Optical Society of America (Fellow)
Delegate, Consultative Committee for the Definition of the Meter (BIPM) Sèvres, France, 1970-2004
National Academy of Sciences, 1984-present
International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
Publications:
More than 235 publications and ten patents, including:
K. M. Evenson, J. S. Wells, F. R. Peterson, B. L. Danielson, G. W. Day, R. L. Barger, and J L. Hall, “Speed of light from direct frequency and wavelength measurements of the methane-stabilized laser,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 29, 1346-1349 (1972)
J. L. Hall, C. J. Bordé and K. Uehara, “Direct optical resolution of the recoil effect using saturated absorption spectroscopy,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 1339-1342 (1976)
J. L. Hall and D. Hils, “Improved Kennedy-Thorndike Experiment to Test Special Relativity,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 1697 (1990)
David J. Jones, Scott A. Diddams, Jinendra K. Ranka, Andrew Stentz, Robert S. Windeler, John L. Hall, Steven T. Cundiff, “Carrier-Envelope Phase Control of Femtosecond Mode-Locked Lasers and Direct Optical Frequency Synthesis,” Science, 288 635 (2000).
John L. Hall, Jun Ye, Scott A. Diddams, Long-Sheng Ma, Steven T. Cundiff, and David J. Jones, “The four Laser Ultras: a New Alliance for Physics and Metrology,” IEEE J. of Quantum Electron. 37, 1482-1492 (2001).
Mark Notcutt, Longsheng Ma, Jun Ye, and John L. Hall, “Simple and compact 1-Hz laser system via improved mounting configuration of a reference cavity,” Opt. Lett.30, 1815 (2005
George W. Hall letter
No full textThis collection contains a letter written at Van Buren, Ark., by George W. Hall, late of the 6th Infantry Regiment, to Secretary of War William L. Marcy
Stanford L. Hall, 92
No full textStanford Leighton Hall, a resident of Los Altos and Cupertino who worked in the aerospace industry, has died. He was 92. Hall worked in Palo Alto for Ford Aerospace, which become Loral, for the greater part of his career
Caverswall Castle, Staffordshire (Proof)
No full textLithotint by William L Walton (1796-1872) of a castle with moat and bridge. Original sketch by Henry Lark (I) Pratt (1805-1873). Published in London July 1 1845 by Chapman & Hall. Artist Proof. Originally produced for "The Baronial Halls, and Picturesque Edifices of England", London 1848. author: Sameul Carter Hall.Mr JA van Tilburg bequeathed his "prentenkabinet" of over 10 000 graphic works to the University of PretoriaJacob van Tilburgab201
Holland House, Middlesex (Proof)
No full textLithotint by William L Walton (1796-1872) of a large mansion with tower entrance depicting three people leaving the door with a dog in tow. Original drawing by Charles James Richardson FSA (1806-1871). Published in London May 1, 1846 by Chapman & Hall. Artist proof. Originally produced for "The Baronial Halls, and Picturesque Edifices of England", London 1848, author; Samuel Carter HallMr JA van Tilburg bequeathed his "prentenkabinet" of over 10 000 graphic works to the University of PretoriaJacob van Tilburgab201
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
No full text'HARDWICK HALL, DERBYSHIRE. In Lithotint by W. L. Walton. From a Drawing by Lake Price. Published by Chapman & Hall London, Novr,, 1st,, 1845.
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