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Encyclopedia > Divis
Divis
Elevation: 478 m
Location: Antrim Mountains, Northern Ireland
Prominence: 380 m
Topo map: OSNI Discovery 15
OSI/OSNI grid reference: J280754
Listing: Marilyn

Divis is a sprawling moorland to the north of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It extends north to the Antrim plateau and shares its geology of a basaltic cover underlain by limestone and lias clay. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685... In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop or prime factor (in Europe), is a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains. ... Example of a topographic map with contour lines Topographic maps, also called contour maps, topo maps or topo quads (for quadrangles), are maps that show topography, or land contours, by means of contour lines. ... Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland is the mapping agency in Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. ... The Irish national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Ireland. ... Peak bagging (also hill bagging, mountain bagging, or among enthusiasts, just bagging) is a popular activity for hillwalkers and mountaineers in which they attempt to reach the summit of each peak in a region above some height, or having a particular feature. ... A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height or other merit. ... Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685... Antrim in Northern Ireland may refer to Antrim town. ... Basalt Basalt is a common gray to black volcanic rock. ... Limey shale overlaid by limestone. ... Lias may refer to: Lias, the lower Jurassic period which saw much deposition of clay followed by limestone. ...


By way of its extensive transmitter bases, Divis contributes significantly to the Telecommunications network for much of Northern Ireland. Telecommunication is the extension of communication over a distance. ... Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685...


Analogue Television services broadcast on the following channel numbers:

All except TG4 broadcast at a power of 500 kW. As well as providing direct reception for most of Northern Ireland TV viewers, all the other analogue transmitters in the province source their output, either directly or indirectly, from Divis. TG4 is broadcast at a very low power. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... UTV Ident. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... TG4 is an Irish television channel aimed at Irish language speakers and established as a wholly owned subsidiary by Radio Telefís Éireann in 31 October 1996; it was known as Teilifís na Gaeilge or TnaG before a rebranding campaign in 1999. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ...


Digital Television services broadcast on the following channel numbers and with the following powers:

FM radio service broadcast on the following frequencies and with the following powers: Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Freeview logo Freeview is a British free-to-air digital television service broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... Current ITV logo. ... Channel 4 is a public service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Wikinews has news related to this article: Category:Sudan Look up Sudan on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Government Sudan Government official site Majlis Watani official Parliament site News AllAfrica. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Freeview logo Freeview is a British free-to-air digital television service broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... Crown Castle International Corp. ... Freeview logo Freeview is a British free-to-air digital television service broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... Crown Castle International Corp. ... Freeview logo Freeview is a British free-to-air digital television service broadcast from terrestrial transmitters using the DVB-T standard. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length...

The Divis site is the oldest television transmission site in the whole of Ireland, having come on stream since July 1955. Much of the Republic of Ireland can pick up fringe reception of the UK TV channels from Divis. Classic FM is the United Kingdoms first national commercial radio station, broadcasting classical music in a popular and accessible style. ...


Divis, in common with the adjacent elevations of Mount Gilbert and Black Mountain, is managed by the National Trust. The area is served by a network of paths and provides magnificent views over the Lagan basin. The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


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Denis d'or (491 words)
Basically, it was a chordophone not unlike a clavichord, that is the strings were struck, not plucked; but the suspension and the tautening of the numerous metal strings (it is said there were 790 ones!) were much more elaborate.
The ingenious mechanism, which had been worked out by Divis with painstaking mathematical accuracy, was such that the Denis d'or could imitate the sounds of a whole variety of other instruments, including chordophones such as harpsichords, harps, lutes and even wind instruments.
Divis was the first person to foster the idea of an aesthetic connection between music and electricity.
Divis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (468 words)
Divis (from the Irish, Dubh Ais, meaning fl back) is an area of sprawling moorland to the north-west of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Only recently have the Divis area and its surrounding mountains been handed over to the National Trust; from 1953 to 2005, it was under the control of the Ministry of Defence.
Divis, in common with the adjacent elevations of Mount Gilbert and Black Mountain, is managed by the National Trust.
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