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Encyclopedia > Thomson (disambiguation)
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This article concerns the media and entertainment company. ... Thomson-CSF was a major electronics and defense contractor. ... The Thales Group is a global electronics company serving aerospace, defence, and information technology markets worldwide. ... The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC) (TSX: TOC) is a publishing company founded by Roy Herbert Thomson. ... Thomson is an relatively narrow area stretching from Novena in the Central Region of Singapore up north till Sembawang. ... Jump to: navigation, search Thomsonfly Boeing 757-200 Thomsonfly is the charter and scheduled airline of Thomson Holidays with bases across the United Kingdom. ... The TUI logo TUI AG (Touristik Union International) is a German based company. ... Thomson is a city located in McDuffie County, Georgia. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Peach State / Empire State of the South Other U.S. States Capital Atlanta Largest city Atlanta Governor Sonny Perdue (R) Senators Saxby Chambliss (R) Johnny Isakson (R) Official languages English Area 154,077 km² (24th)  - Land 150,132 km²  - Water 3,945 km² (2. ...

People named Thomson

Several notable people have borne the name Thomson, including:

Jump to: navigation, search Country music, also called country and western music or country-western, is an amalgam of popular musical forms developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... David Thomson is a noted film critic, and author of the lauded New Biographical Dictionary of Film. ... Earl John Thomson (February 15, 1895 - April 19, 1971) was Canadian athlete, a specialist in the high hurdles. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. ... Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 - March 13, 1937) was an engineer who was instrumental in the founding of major electrical companies in the United States, Britain and France. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... This article concerns the media and entertainment company. ... George Paget Thomson (May 3, 1892 – September 10, 1975), British physicist and son of Nobel Prize winning physicist J. J. Thomson. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... A physicist is a scientist trained in physics. ... Jump to: navigation, search Properties The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle which carries a negative electric charge. ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Joseph John Thomson, OM , FRS (December 18, 1856 – August 30, 1940) often known as J. J. Thomson, was an English physicist, the discoverer of the electron. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... A physicist is a scientist trained in physics. ... Jump to: navigation, search Properties The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle which carries a negative electric charge. ... The Right Honourable Kenneth Roy Thomson, born September 1, 1923 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet and a businessman and art collector. ... Robert William Thomson is also an Australian journalist. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Robert James Thomson is an Australian journalist and editor of The Times newspaper. ... Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet (June 5, 1894 – August 4, 1976) was a newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur. ... The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC) (TSX: TOC) is a publishing company founded by Roy Herbert Thomson. ... For the American politician, see Tommy Thompson. ... Virgil Thomson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a sense of place in his compositions. ... William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin has the same name as this man. ... The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Right Honourable William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, GCVO, OM, PC, PRS (26 June 1824–17 December 1907) was a Scottish-Irish mathematical physicist and engineer, an outstanding leader in the physical sciences of the 19th century. ... William Thomson, Archbishop of York, has the same name as this man. ...

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Thomson Scientific announces development of full suite of authorship tools - Thomson Scientific (651 words)
Thomson Scientific has worked carefully to craft an effective, large-scale solution to the complex issue of author identification in the world's largest multidisciplinary citation resource, the Web of Science®, and will be rolling out this initiative beginning July through the end of 2006.
The Thomson Corporation (www.thomson.com), with 2005 revenues of approximately $8.5 billion, is a global leader in providing integrated information solutions to business and professional customers.
Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to more than 20 million users in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, higher education, reference information, corporate e-learning and assessment, scientific research and healthcare.
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Thomson contended that the speed of a signal through a given core was inversely proportional to the square of the length of the core.
Thomson took part in the laying of the French Atlantic submarine communications cable of 1869, and with Jenkin was engineer of the Western and Brazilian and Platino-Brazilian cables, assisted by vacation student James Alfred Ewing.
Thomson's design was a great improvement on the older instruments, being steadier and less hampered by friction, the deviation due to the ship's own magnetism being corrected by movable masses of iron at the binnacle.
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