William Parsons, 3rd Earlof Rosse KP FRS (17 June 1800 – 31 October 1867), was an English engineer and astronomer. He built several giant telescopes. [1 ] [2 ] His 72-inch telescope, built in 1845 and colloquially known as the "Leviathan of…
Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish [1 ] mechanical engineer and inventor who designed the modern steam turbine in 1884. [2 ] His invention revolutionised marine propulsion, and he was also the…
William Sterling Parsons (26. listopadu 1901 Chicago, Illinois, USA – 5. prosince 1953 Bethesda, Maryland, USA), známý pod přezdívkou Deak Parsons, byl americký námořní důstojník, kapitán námořnictva (později kontradmirál), který za druhé…
Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, 7thEarl Howe (born 29 January 1951), is a British peer who has been the Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords since 2024. [1 ] A member of the Conservative Party, he served previously as the Deputy…
McLean Stevenson (14. listopadu 1927, Normal, Illinois, USA – 15. února 1996, Los Angeles, Kalifornie, USA) byl americký herec, komik a scenárista, jehož nejznámější rolí byl velící důstojník a šéfchirurg mobilní armádní chirurgické…