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Graham, George |
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Graham, George, 1674?–1751, English instrument maker. A clockmaker by trade, Graham designed clocks and watches that earned him membership in the Royal Society and were still manufactured into the present century. In 1725 he built a very accurate 8-ft (2.4-m) quadrant for the royal astronomer, Edmund Halley, at Greenwich; it was widely copied. His most important invention remains the micrometer screw, which enabled him to build zenith sections and calipers of unprecedented precision. Graham is buried in Westminster Abbey. |
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Martha Graham, George Balanchine, Doris Humphrey, Jose Limon, Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham, Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, Paul Taylor, and other dancemakers are acknowledged to be great American heroes. Aka: Kato Austin, Jubba Pattis, Gary Graham, George Graham, George Grant Among the biographees whose final profiles are included in Who Was Who in America 2000-2002 are Steve Allen, Milton Berle, Perry Como, Dale Earnhardt, Katharine Graham, George Harrison, John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor, Isaac Stern and the Queen Mother of England. |
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