Whetstone may refer to Whetstone, a sharpening stone used for knives and other cutting tools Whetstone benchmark , a benchmark for measuring computing power Operation Whetstone , a nuclear test program in the 1960s Places United Kingdom Whetstone, Leicestershire , a village and civil parish Whetstone, London Whetstones stone circle , an ancient pagan monument in Shropshire United States Whetstone, Arizona , a census designated place Whetstone, West Virginia , an unincorporated community The Whetstone River in South Dakota and Minnesota Whetstone High School Columbus, Ohio , a high school located in the Clintonville suburb of Columbus, Ohio Surname George Whetstone Peter Whetstone Rachel Whetstone W. E. Whetstone William Whetstone disambig geo surname de Whetstone Begriffskl rung nl Whetstone ja pl Whetstone ujednoznacznienie ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2009 Image Recorde The Whetstone of Witte equals.jpg thumb 400 px right The Whetstone of Witte is the shortened title of Robert Recorde s mathematics book published in 1557. The full title being, The Whetstone of Witte, whiche is the seconde parte of Arithmeteke containing the extraction of rootes the cossike practise, with the rule of equation and the workes of Surde Nombers , the book covers topics including whole numbers, the extraction of roots and irrational numbers. The work is notable for containing the first recorded use of the equals sign and also the first book in English to use the plus and minus signs . However, exponentiation was represented by a cumbersome form of mathematical notation in which Exponent indices and surds were represented by their prime factors see Prime factor exponent notation . See also Prime factor exponent notation External links http www.scribd.com doc 13687028 The Whetstone Of Witte The Whetstone of Witte at Scribd DEFAULTSORT Whetstone of Witte Category Mathematics books Category British non fiction literature Category 1557 books Mathpublication stub ... more details
infobox UK place country England static image name Whetstone near Leicester geograph.org.uk 164926.jpg static image caption Looking across the public garden in the village centre to High Street latitude longitude official name Whetstone population shire district Blaby district Blaby shire county Leicestershire region East Midlands constituency westminster Blaby UK Parliament constituency Blaby post town postcode district LE8 postcode area LE dial code 0116 os grid reference Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district Blaby district of Leicestershire , England . It has a population of 6,000 and largely acts as a commuter village for Leicester , five miles to the north. Its proximity to Leicester causes Whetstone to form part of the Leicester Urban Area . The village is bounded on the east by the A426 road A426 on the other side of which is Blaby village , to the north by the Birmingham to Peterborough Line railway line from Nuneaton to Leicester , and to the west by the M1 motorway M1 . Whetstone was the site of Frank Whittle s factory, where jet engines were developed. Babcock Services, ITP Engines Ltd and Converteam now occupy the site, with smaller companies renting ... service direct to Leicester . From 1899 to 1963 the village was served by Whetstone railway station . There are two schools in Whetstone Badgerbrook primary school and St Peters primary school. The site ... Cosby , Littlethorpe and Narborough, Leicestershire Narborough . Whetstone is particularly well served for Football being served by Blaby and Whetstone Boys club, Whetstone Juniors Football ... category Whetstone, Leicestershire http www.clubwebsite.co.uk wjfc Whetstone Juniors Football Club http www.wbconline.org.uk Whetstone Baptist Church http www.blaby.net whetstoneWhetstone Village Web Site http www.leicestershireparishcouncils.org whetstoneWhetstone Parish Council Leicestershire geo ... in Leicestershire Category Civil parishes in Leicestershire pl Whetstone Leicestershire ... more details
The Whetstone benchmark is a synthetic Benchmark computing benchmark for evaluating the performance of computer s. ref Curnow, H.J. and Wichman, B.A. http www.roylongbottom.org.uk whetstone.pdf A Synthetic Benchmark Computer Journal , Volume 19, Issue 1, February 1976., p. 43 49. ref It was first written in Algol 60 in 1972 at the National Physical Laboratory, UK National Physical Laboratory in the United Kingdom and derived from statistics on program behaviour gathered on the English Electric KDF9 KDF9 computer, using a modified version of its Whetstone Algol 60 compiler. The program s behavior replicated that of a typical KDF9 scientific program and was designed to defeat compiler optimizations that would have adversely affected the accuracy of this model. The Whetstone Compiler was built at the Atomic Power Division of the English Electric Company in Whetstone, Leicestershire , England, ref Randell, B. and Russell, L.J. http www.softwarepreservation.org projects ALGOL book Randell ALGOL ... 4. ref hence its name. The original Algol 60 program has recently been run under the Whetstone compiler ... the official design authority. The Whetstone benchmark originally measured computing power in units of kilo Whetstone Instructions Per Second kWIPS . This was later changed to Millions of Whetstone ... are available in http www.roylongbottom.org.uk whetstone.htm Whetstone Benchmark History ... programming languages. http www.roylongbottom.org.uk whetstone 20results.htm Detailed results ... bit Microsoft Windows Windows . The Whetstone benchmark primarily measures the floating point arithmetic ... http www.cse.clrc.ac.uk disco Benchmarks whetstone.shtml CCLRC The Whetstone Benchmark http www.netlib.org ... publications articles papers 427.pdf Whetstone Algol Revisited, or Confessions of a compiler writer PDF file Category Computer benchmarks Category 1972 introductions de Whetstone es Whetstone fr Whetstone ja Whetstone pl Whetstones ... more details
Whetstone Chocolates in St. Augustine, Florida was founded in 1967 by Henry Whetstone and Esther Whetstone . The chocolate manufacturer merged with Oakleaf Confections of Toronto , Canada and Niagara Chocolates of Buffalo, New York to form SweetWorks in 2002 before selling all of its stock holdings in the umbrella company in 2004. ref name core Peter Guinta http staugustine.com stories 091504 new 2577756.shtml Whetstone sells national line, keeps core business September 15, 2004 St. Augustine.com ref At the same time it initiated a plan to close its national product line and lay off an estimated 41 employees, while continuing as a manufacturer and retailer in St. Augustine. ref name core It started out as a family operation out of a home kitchen and a small ice cream store on St. George Street that remains in the historic business district of St. Augustine as Tedi s Olde Tyme Ice Cream. The business grew into a factory operation until 2004. According to Whetstone s website it has now transitioned from making mass produced chocolates to making artisan chocolates . ref http www.whetstonechocolates.com about.html Whetstone Chocolates history Whetstone Chocolates website ref History Virginia Whetstone, daughter of the founders, said her father invented many of the production machines used to manufacture candy at the factory off State Road 312 , such as the machine which mixed chocolate and nuts into their nut cluster product . ref name core She said her father later sold the patent and said her brother also developed machines used on the production line and holds U.S. and foreign patents for designs involving chocolate and toy combinations. ref name core According to Hank Whetstone, The chocolate and toy combination products represent an enormous opportunity and we intend to develop this area with partners in the industry. ref name core References Reflist External links http www.whetstonechocolates.com Whetstone website Category 1967 establishments Category Chocolate industry ... more details
Refimprove date March 2008 Peter Whetstone c. late 18th century&mdash 1843 was an early settler pioneer leader in the Republic of Texas most remembered for founding the city of Marshall, Texas with Isaac Van Zandt . Whetstone married Dicey, or Dicy, Webster in 1816 in Arkansas . He may have left Arkansas for Texas in 1829, when he transferred land to a Charlton Thompson in Lovely County, Arkansas , in what is now Oklahoma . When he settled in Harrison County, Texas in 1838 he received first class certificate grant, which were only issued to married men who were in Texas when the Texas Declaration of Independence was ratified, indicating he was in Texas before March 2, 1836. In 1841 a new County seat seat was sought for Harrison County, and Whetstone offered some of his land in central Harrison County to build a church and a school on and subsequently divide the remainder into 190 lots. Commissioners were initially concerned that the water in the area would not be good, the reason from moving ... Pulaski was that they had poor water and were prone to disease and flooding. Whetstone is supposed ... attributed with founding Marshall, Whetstone s friend Isaac Van Zandt, laid out the city and named it in honor of John Marshall . Whetstone soon became entangled in the Regulator Moderator War as a Moderator ... of Texas . In November 1843, Whetstone was shot and killed by a Regulator, Col. William T. Boulware, ref name BoulwareRootsWeb cite web url http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com truesoutherns Whetstone index.html title The Whetstone Family author Donna Clemmons Allen work RootsWeb.com, The Generations Network ref on Marshall s city square, later named Whetstone Square. His estate remained unsettled by his executor, his widow Dicey, for some years after his death. Whetstone s grave is unmarked .... Boulevard. Ironically, Whetstone who was Illiteracy illiterate , is often attributed with establishing ... Reflist Category People from Marshall, Texas Whetstone, Peter Category City founders Whetestone, Peter ... more details
Image Whetstonemnrivermap.png thumb 250px Map of the Minnesota River watershed with the Whetstone River highlighted including the North and South forks Image Whetstone River.jpg thumb 250px The Whetstone River near Big Stone City, South Dakota Big Stone City in Grant County, South Dakota The Whetstone River is a tributary of the Minnesota River , about 35 mi 55 km long, in northeastern South Dakota and a very small portion of western Minnesota in the United States . Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the drainage basin watershed of the Mississippi River . Course The Whetstone rises as an intermittent stream from the Coteau des Prairies near the town of Marvin, South Dakota , and flows generally eastward across northern Grant County, South Dakota Grant County , past Big Stone City, South Dakota Big Stone City . It enters the Minnesota River at Ortonville, Minnesota , about 0.25 mi 0.4 km after crossing the state line and just downstream of the Minnesota s emergence from Big Stone Lake . Upstream of Big Stone City, the river collects two tributaries, the North Fork Whetstone River and the South Fork Whetstone River , each of which rises on the Coteau. The North Fork flows southeastward from Roberts County, South Dakota Roberts County and passes near the town of Wilmot, South Dakota Wilmot . The South Fork flows westward in Grant County and passes the town of Milbank, South Dakota Milbank . See also List of Minnesota rivers List of South Dakota rivers Sources http reference.allrefer.com gazetteer W W02772 whetstone river.html Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry DeLorme 1994 . Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer . Yarmouth, Maine DeLorme. ISBN 0 89933 222 6. DeLorme 2001 . South ... System entries for Gnis 1258942 Whetstone River , Gnis 1256753 North Fork Whetstone River , Gnis 1258194 South Fork Whetstone River , retrieved 6 February 2006 coord missing Minnesota Category Rivers ... Category Tributaries of the Minnesota River de Whetstone River no Whetstone River ... more details
Infobox MLA name Tim Whetstone nationality Australian order term start 20 March 2010 term end deputy predecessor Karlene Maywald successor birth date birth place constituency MP Electoral district of Chaffey Chaffey parliament South Australian party Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party spouse profession Irrigator religion signature footnotes Timothy John Tim Whetstone is an Australia n politician representing the seat of Electoral district of Chaffey Chaffey in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party since the South Australian state election, 2010 2010 election . Whetstone started work as a fitter and turner at Holden s after school and worked his way up to be a Project Manager in the Moomba, South Australia Moomba gas fields while developing his own business building and restoring muscle cars and boats. He moved to the Riverland in 1989 where he started his citrus and wine grape business. Whetstone was elected to the board of the Renmark Irrigation Trust in 1998. Whetstone contested the seat of Chaffey at the state election for the Liberal Party, receiving a 20 percent two candidate swing from incumbent Nationals SA Nationals MP Karlene Maywald , to finish with 53.8 percent of the vote. ref http www.ecsa.sa.gov.au Electoral Commission of South Australia 2010 election ref References reflist External links http www2.parliament.sa.gov.au Internet DesktopModules memberdrill.aspx?pid 4339 Parliamentary profile SACurrentMHAs Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Whetstone, Tim ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian politician DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Whetstone, Tim Category Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Category Living people Category South Australian Liberal politicians Australia Liberal politician stub ... more details
one source date February 2012 no footnotes date February 2012 George Whetstone 1544? 1587? was an England English dramatist and author . He was the third son of Robert Whetstone d. 1557 , a member of a wealthy family that owned the manor of Walcot at Barnack , near Stamford, England Stamford , Lincolnshire . George appears to have had a small inheritance which he soon spent, and he complains bitterly of the failure of a lawsuit to recover a further inheritance of which he had been unjustly deprived. In 1572 he joined an English regiment on active service in the Low Countries , where he met George Gascoigne and Thomas Churchyard . Gascoigne was his guest at Walcot when he died in 1577, and Whetstone commemorated his friend in a long elegy . His first published work, the Rocke of Regards 1576 , consisted of tales in prose and verse adapted from the Italian language Italian , and in 1578 he published The right, excellent and famous Historye of Promos and Cassandra , a play in two parts, drawn from the eighty fifth novel of Giovanni Battista Giraldi Giraldi Cinthio s Hecatomithi . To this he wrote an interesting preface addressed to William Fleetwood , recorder of London , to whom he claimed to be related, in which he criticizes contemporary drama. 1. In 1582 he published his Heptameron of Civil Discourses , a collection of tales which includes The Rare Historie of Promos and Cassandra ... another Whetstone book for his Much Ado About Nothing . Whetstone accompanied Sir Humphrey Gilbert ... widespread in England, and Whetstone followed its dictates in his prose tract A Mirour for Magestrates ... of a Loyall Subject 1587 . No information about Whetstone is available after the publication of this last ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Whetstone, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English dramatist DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Whetstone, George Category ... George Whetstone ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Whetstone Butte elevation 3150 feet 955 m is a mountain in the Badlands in Adams County, North Dakota Adams County in southwestern North Dakota in the United States . Coord missing North Dakota Category Geography of Adams County, North Dakota Category Mountains of North Dakota NorthDakota geo stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Infobox military person name William Whetstone birth date death date 1711 image Image William Whetstone.jpg 300px caption Sir William Whetstone by Michael Dahl birth place ... Montagu unit battles relations Sir William Whetstone died 1711 was an officer of the Royal Navy in the later ... spent his career serving with several distinguished figures. Family and early life Whetstone appears to have been born into a naval family, his father John Whetstone had probably been a naval officer ... of Orford Edward Russell , who described him as a good man . He did not however exert himself on Whetstone ... HMS Norfolk which was then being built at Southampton . She was launched on 27 March 1693, and Whetstone ... and Caribbean Whetstone s next command was to HMS Dreadnought 1691 HMS Dreadnought on 6 July ... followed, lasting from 19 May 1700 to 4 June 1701, when Whetstone was promoted to commodore rank commodore ... Indies . Whetstone instead took command of HMS Canterbury 1693 HMS Canterbury on 4 February ... reached Benbow on 7 July. He detached Whetstone and six ships to search off Port St Louis in Hispaniola ... on his voyage to Cartagena, from where he might raid English and Dutch shipping. After Whetstone had left, Benbow took his squadron and sailed for Cartagena, anticipating that either he or Whetstone would find Du Casse and bring him to battle. By the time Whetstone had reached Hispaniola, Du Casse ... with Whetstone who had returned from cruising off Hispaniola. Benbow then ordered the trial by court .... Whetstone was president of the courts martial, Benbow being too ill to take the role himself. Benbow died on 4 November 1702, and Whetstone took over the command. He held it until June 1703, when he was superseded by Vice Admiral John Graydon . Whetstone went on to engage and destroy a number of privateers .... Whetstone and Graydon then departed Jamaica, with Whetstone returning to England in October 1703. Promotion George II of Great Britain Prince George promoted Whetstone to rear admiral of the blue ... more details
Infobox UK place country England map type Greater London region London population official name Whetstone latitude 51.6260 longitude 0.1715 constituency westminster Chipping Barnet UK Parliament constituency Chipping Barnet post town LONDON postcode area N postcode district N20 london borough Barnet dial code 020 os grid reference TQ265935 Refimprove date October 2008 Whetstone is a place in the London Borough of Barnet , bearing the postcode London N20 N20 . It is to the east of Totteridge , and these areas are often lumped together as Totteridge & Whetstone. This combined area is the 63rd richest area in the UK Citation needed date October 2009 an acclamation which can be credited to Totteridge Lane, a long road home to many multi millionaires. The High Road, the main road in the area, is the A1000 road A1000 and part of the traditional Great North Road United Kingdom Great North Road from London to Edinburgh . History Image Whetstone.JPG thumb px150 left The whetstoneWhetstone originated in medieval times. It was an important staging post for stagecoaches going north from London. There has ... in 2001 and replaced by a new Boots the Chemist . It is thought that Whetstone was named after the whetstone tool whetstone used to sharpen knives and other tools, a chunk of which is located on the High ... by soldiers about to fight in the Battle of Barnet . Churchill and Hess Whetstone may have been the venue ... meeting, Whetstone may have also been the location of a Soviet spy base just a few doors down. Telegraph ... monitoring operation. Geography Image Whetstone, London map 1.png thumb Map of Whetstone Geographic ... Park West Totteridge Centre Whetstone East Brunswick Park Southwest Mill Hill South Woodside Park ... Oakleigh Park First Capital Connect Tube station Totteridge and Whetstone tube station Totteridge and Whetstone Northern Line References references LB Barnet Category Districts of London Category Districts of Barnet hi , nl Whetstone Londen ja ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Whetstone, Arizona settlement type Census designated place CDP image skyline imagesize image caption image map Cochise County Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Whetstone highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location in Cochise County, Arizona Cochise County and the state of Arizona image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 subdivision type Country subdivision type1 US state State subdivision type2 List of counties in Arizona County subdivision name United States subdivision name1 Arizona subdivision name2 Cochise County, Arizona Cochise established title established date government type leader title leader name area magnitude area total km2 30.6 area total sq mi 11.8 area land km2 30.6 area land sq mi 11.8 area water km2 0.0 area water sq mi 0.0 elevation ft 4072 elevation m 1241 population as of 2000 population footnotes population total 2354 population metro population density km2 76.9 population density sq mi 199.5 timezone Mountain Standard Time Zone MST no Daylight savings time DST utc offset 7 coordinates display inline,title coordinates type region US type city latd 31 latm 42 lats 14 latNS N longd 110 longm 20 longs 53 longEW W website timezone DST utc offset DST postal code type ZIP code postal code 85616 area code Area code 520 520 area code type North American Numbering Plan Area code blank name Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS code blank info 04 82155 blank1 name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0024685 footnotes Whetstone is a census designated place CDP in Cochise County, Arizona , United ... States Census 2000 census . History Whetstone was once named Sulger City, after a rich landowner who lived in the area. Paul Sulger. Geography Whetstone is located at coord 31 42 14 N 110 20 53 W type ... Category Census designated places in Cochise County, Arizona ca Whetstone Arizona de Whetstone Arizona es Whetstone Arizona nl Whetstone Arizona pt Whetstone, Arizona vo Whetstone ... more details
Rachel Marjorie Joan Whetstone is a public relations executive, currently global head of communications and public policy for search engine company Google . Her maternal grandfather was Antony Fisher , founder of many libertarian think tanks, including the Institute of Economic Affairs , the Atlas Economic Research Foundation and the Adam Smith Institute . Her mother is Linda Whetstone who has been involved with several of Fisher s think tanks. Raised in East Sussex , Rachel attended Benenden School and then read politics at Bristol University . ref name STimes On graduation she joined Conservative Central Office , advising then Home Secretary Michael Howard . ref name STimes She then moved into the private sector, with One2One and Portland PR, before returning to Westminster in 2003 as Political Secretary to then Conservative Party UK Conservative Party leader Michael Howard. After Howard lost the United Kingdom general election, 2005 , she returned to the private sector by joining Google in California later that year. ref name STimes cite news author Giles Hattersley title Power couple behind the new Tory throne publisher The Sunday Times date 26 March 2006 ref After an affair with William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor in the lead up to the 2005 election, ref name STimes Whetstone met fellow Conservative strategist Steve Hilton . ref name STimes The pair married post election, and were godparents to Ivan Cameron, the late eldest child of David Cameron , the current Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party. References reflist External links http www.timesonline.co.uk article 0,,2092 2103339,00.html Power couple behind the new Tory throne from the The Sunday Times UK ... Curtis about think tanks, featuring Rachel Whetstone from the BBC Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Whetstone, Rachel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British politician DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Whetstone, Rachel Category Year of birth ... more details
Geobox Mountain Range name Whetstone Mountains image Whetstone Mountains, AZ.jpg image size image caption country United States state Arizona region northeastern Sonoran Desert municipality Benson, Arizona Benson, AZ NE br Sierra Vista, Arizona Sierra Vista, AZ SE part city landmark river lat d long d topo topo map topo maker geology border San Pedro River Arizona San Pedro River & San Pedro Valley Arizona Valley E br Interstate 10 in Arizona I 10 N br Mule Mountains small range SW br Huachuca Mountains S orogeny length imperial 14 length orientation N S width imperial 9 width orientation E W highest Apache Peak highest elevation imperial 7711 map map caption The Whetstone Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern Arizona . ref Bulletin United States Geological Survey By Geological Survey U.S. Published by The Survey., 1909 Item notes no. 380 Original from Harvard University ref Major ranges in the region are part of sky island ranges called the Madrean Sky Islands . Part of the Coronado National Forest , the range is one of the least accessible areas. At Iron Springs Cochise County, Arizona Iron Springs , within the Whetstones is where Wyatt Earp fought in a gunfight during the Earp Vendetta Ride , 1882. ref Cite book last Maxa first Christine coauthors title Hiking Arizona America s Best Day Hiking Series, 8000 date publisher Human Kinetics Publishers location isbn 9780736041577 url http books.google.co.uk books?id a17co9BeGo0C&pg PA157&dq 22whetstone mountains 22 ref Five peaks dot the range, Apache Peak, 7711ft French Peak, 7675ft Granite Peak in the south, 7420ft in the northeast, Cottonwood Peak, 7100ft, and East Peak, at 6681ft. Kartchner Caverns State Park is in the central east of the range. References reflist Coord 31.8114757 110.4186871 display title Geobox Mountain Range name Whetstone Mountains image Yuma arizona map.jpg image size 290px image caption ... Landforms of Cochise County, Arizona Category Mountain ranges of Arizona it Whetstone Mountains ... more details
Infobox Nuclear weapons test name Operation Whetstone picture Whetstone Sulky 001.jpg picture description Rubble mound formed by the Sulky shot. country USA test site Nevada Test Site period 1964 1965 number of tests 48 test type Underground max yield 38 200 kt previous test Operation Niblick next test Operation Flintlock Nuclear test Operation Flintlock Operation Whetstone ref http www.nv.doe.gov library publications historical DOENV 209 REV15.pdf ref was a series of 48 American nuclear tests conducted in 1964 and 1965. These followed the Operation Niblick Niblick series and were in turn followed by Operation Flintlock Nuclear test Flintlock . All but one of these blasts were conducted beneath the Nevada Test Site . The individual blasts were table border 1 cellspacing 0 cellpadding 4 tr th Name th Date th Size tr td BYE td July 16 td 20 to 200 kilotons tr td CORMORANT td July 17 td < 20 kilotons tr td LINKS td July 23 td < 20 kilotons tr td TROGON td July 24 td < 20 kilotons tr td ALVA td August 19 td 4.4 kilotons tr td CANVASBACK td August 22 td < 20 kilotons tr td PLAYER td August 27 td < 20 kilotons tr td HADDOCK td August 28 td < 20 kilotons tr td GUANAY td September 4 td < 20 kilotons tr td SPOON td September 11 td < 20 kilotons tr td COURSER td September 25 td 0 tr td AUK td October 2 td < 20 kilotons tr td PAR td October 9 td 38 kilotons tr td BARBEL, TURNSTONE td October 16 td < 20 kilotons tr td Salmon Site SALMON Hattiesburg , Mississippi td October 22 td 5.3 kilotons tr td GARDEN td October 23 td < 20 kilotons tr td FOREST td October 31 td < 20 kilotons tr td HANDCAR td November 5 td 12 kilotons tr td CREPE td December 5 td 20 to 200 kilotons tr td DRILL SOURCE LOWER, TARGET UPPER td December 5 td < 20 kilotons tr td PARROT td December 16 td 1.3 kilotons tr td MUDPACK td December 16 td 2.7 kilotons tr td CASSOWARY, HOOPOE td December ... Category American nuclear explosive tests Whetstone de Operation Whetstone no Operation Whetstone ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox football club clubname Blaby & Whetstone Athletic image fullname Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Football Club nickname founded ground Warwick Road, Whetstone capacity chairman manager league East Midlands Counties Football League East Midlands Counties League season 2011 12 in English football 2011 12 position East Midlands Counties Football League East Midlands Counties League , 12th pattern la1 pattern b1 pattern ra1 leftarm1 0000FF body1 0000FF rightarm1 0000FF shorts1 FFFFFF socks1 0000FF Blaby & Whetstone Athletic F.C. is a football club based in Whetstone, Leicestershire Whetstone , near Leicester , Leicestershire , England . In 1993, they changed their name from Whetstone Athletic F.C. to their present name. In the 2003 04 season, they reached the 3rd round of the FA Vase . They are currently members of the East Midlands Counties Football League East Midlands Counties League . East Midlands Counties Football League Coord 52 34 06.22 N 1 10 51.82 W region GB type landmark display title Category Football clubs in England Category Leicestershire Senior League Category Sport in Leicestershire Category East Midlands Counties Football League England footyclub stub ... more details
Infobox Officeholder name W.E. Whetstone William Edwin Ed Whetstone image image size 200px caption font size 2 Louisiana Board of Education member W.E. Whetstone of Monroe font size 2 office Member, Louisiana ... Elizabeth Hudson Whetstone 1911 1984, married 1931 her death children Eddie Craig Whetstone born 1932 William Edwin Ed Whetstone August 29, 1908 February 28, 1987 was a businessman and civic leader from ... of Education during the 1960s and 1970s. Whetstone was born in the village of Oak Ridge, Louisiana Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish to Will Whetstone, a farmer, and the former Luta Craig 1883 1967 . His ... was self educated thereafter. On October 3, 1931, Whetstone married the former Josephine Elizabeth ... Commission from 1975 1978. Whetstone, a Democratic Party United States Democrat , was chosen by his ... Lafayette . During part of Whetstone s tenure on the board, William J. Bill Dodd , a former lieutenant ... Democratic primary. Other board of education members who served during Whetstone s tenure ... New Orleans , and Fred L. Tannehill of Pineville, Louisiana Pineville . Whetstone was elected ... Republican George Snellings, of Monroe, 17,988 55.6 percent to 14,352 44.4 percent . Whetstone lost ... Landrieu . In 1970, Whetstone was reelected to his third term on the state board over the Republican Neil R. McDonald. Whetstone polled 26,463 votes 72 percent to McDonald s 10,307 28 percent . McDonald .... In most of the precincts in northeast Louisiana, the Whetstone McDonald race was the only contest on the ballot in the general election that year. Whetstone held other positions impacting education ... by the Louisiana Municipal Review . In 1986, Northeast Louisiana University granted Whetstone an honorary LL.D. Whetstone was Methodist and active in the Northeast University John Wesley Wesley Foundation ... in the Louisiana State Legislature Louisiana State Senate . Whetstone died in Monroe and is interred beside his wife at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Oak Ridge. References William Edwin Whetstone , A Dictionary ... more details
Harold Whetstone Johnston 1859 1912 was a classical historian and Professor of Latin at Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University who is most famous for writing The Private Life of the Romans . Work 1897 A collection of examples illustrating the metrical licenses of vergil 1903 The Private Life of the Romans , Publisher Beaufort Books 1972 reissue ISBN 0 8369 9915 0 http www.forumromanum.org life johnston.html 1910 Selected Orations and Letters of Cicero Scott, Foresman and Co. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Johnston, Harold Whetstone ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1859 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1912 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Johnston, Harold Whetstone Category 1859 births Category 1912 deaths historian stub ... more details
Infobox UK disused station name Whetstone gridref SP55589767 image caption manager Great Central Railway owner London and North Eastern Railway br London Midland Region of British Railways locale Whetstone, Leicestershire Whetstone borough Blaby district Blaby platforms 2 years 15 March 1899 events Opened years1 4 March 1963 events1 Closed Whetstone was a station on the Great Central Main Line Great Central Railway GCR , the last main line to be constructed from the Northern England north of England to London , which opened in 1899 to serve the Leicestershire village of Whetstone, Leicestershire Whetstone . Whetstone station was built by the Great Central as part of its Great Central Railway The London Extension London Extension , and opened to passengers on March 15, 1899. It was a conventional London extension station, common in towns on villages on the GCR, and was equipped with a single island platform . Access was had from beneath the railway bridge, which once spanned Station Street near the centre of the village. The platform was on the south side of the bridge on an embankment that was particularly wide to accommodate the goods yard. All the station s buildings were situated on the single platform and comprised a porter s room, a booking office, general and ladies waiting rooms, plus a gentlemen s toilet block. ref name Whetstone http www.greatcentraltoday.com whetstoneashbyframe.htm Whetstone Station ref The station was one of the earlier closures on the line closing to passengers in 1963 it, like nearby stnlnk Ashby Magna , served a relatively sparsely populated area and had always struggled to attract sufficient revenue. ref Cite book author Healy, J.M.C. title Great Central Memories year 1987 publisher Baton Transport location London isbn 0 85936 193 4 pages 92 ref Since closure, the railway embankment has been removed, along with all station buildings and platforms ... on the old trackbed formation. ref name Whetstone . Disused Rail Start rail line previous stnlnk ... more details
Whetstone Gulf State Park is a state park located in Lewis County, New York Lewis County , New York in the United States USA . The park is on the border of the towns of Turin town , New York Turin and Martinsburg, New York Martinsburg . The park is on the edge of the Tug Hill Plateau , south of Lowville village , New York Lowville . The park is built in and around a three mile long canyon cut into the eastern edge of the Tug Hill Plateau. The site is probably one of the most spectacular scenic vistas east of the Rocky Mountains. The park has 56 wooded campsites, a scenic picnic area along Whetstone Creek, a man made swimming area and trails for hiking and cross country skiing, one of which circles the gorge. Above the gorge is Whetstone Reservoir, stocked with tiger muskie and large mouth bass for fishermen. The east end of the park is located by New York State Route 26 . The park offers a beach, a playground, picnic tables and pavilions, hiking, fishing, a campground with tent and trailer sites, cross country skiing and snowmobiling. See also List of New York state parks External links http nysparks.state.ny.us parks 92 details.aspx New York State Parks Whetstone Gulf State Park coord 43.702 75.474 type city region US format dms display title Protected Areas of New York LewisCountyNY geo stub Category New York state parks Category Parks in Lewis County, New York ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Image USS Whetstone LSD 27 .jpg 300px AlternateTextHere ... portable deck Ship notes USS Whetstone LSD 27 was a Casa Grande class dock landing ship Casa Grande class dock landing ship of the United States Navy . She was the named in honor of Whetstone ... Spangled Banner . Whetstone was laid down on 7 April 1945 at the Boston Navy Yard ship naming and launching ... Following the ship s shakedown testing shakedown , Whetstone underwent post shakedown availability ... few months, Whetstone attached to Transport Division 11, Transport Squadron 1 ... to Hong Kong . Whetstone supported the American occupation and assistance efforts in not only .... Whetstone returned to the waters off the Asian mainland, however, via Peleliu and Manus Island ... . After taking aboard a pair of seaplane wrecking derricks, YSD 40 and YSD 62 , at Kwajalein , Whetstone headed for Hawaii . Reaching Pearl Harbor on 12 September, Whetstone remained there only ... she was underway again her destination San Diego. After delivering her charge, Whetstone operated ... of the post World War II reduction of military strength. On 20 October 1948, Whetstone ..., Whetstone was recommissioned on 2 December 1950. During the Korean War , Whetstone proved her worth ... what made them tick. Whetstone loaded a special crane equipped utility craft Landing Craft Utility .... Whetstone s sister ship USS Epping Forest LSD 4 6 took the LCU and its precious cargo aboard and sailed for Inchon. Whetstone remained in Korean waters, operating out of Sasebo, into September and returned ... , from 14 July to 7 October, Whetstone departed that port on the latter day, bound for San Diego ... briefly at Pearl Harbor en route, Whetstone reached Yokosuka, Japan, on 22 December and spent Christmas ... of the year 1952. Whetstone subsequently returned to Inchon two days into the new year, 1953, and remained ... that ended hostilities. 1953 1965 Whetstone operated in the Far East into late September 1953 ... more details
Infobox London station symbol underground name Totteridge and Whetstone image name Totteridge & Whetstone stn building.JPG manager London Underground fare zone 4 locale Whetstone, London Whetstone borough London Borough of Barnet years1 1872 years2 1940 years3 1941 events1 Opened GNR events2 Started Northern line events3 Ended LNER years4 1 October 1962 events4 Goods yard closed ref name UN591 cite journal title How it used to be freight on The Underground 50 years ago journal Underground News year 2011 month March issue 591 pages 175 183 editor1 first Brian editor1 last Hardy publisher London Underground Railway Society issn 0306 8617 ref platforms 2 tubeexits06 1.429 tubeexits07 increase 1.650 tubeexits08 increase 1.810 tubeexits09 decrease 1.777 latitude decdeg 51 37 50 N 4 longitude decdeg 0 10 45 W 4 Totteridge and Whetstone tube station is a London Underground station in north London ... road A5109 , somewhat to the east of the Dollis Brook the traditional boundary between Totteridge and Whetstone, London Whetstone hence is in Whetstone. History Totteridge and Whetstone station was planned by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway EH&LR and was originally opened as Whetstone and Totteridge ... Lane near the station entrance. Several other routes serve Whetstone High Road, a short distance ... Commons category Totteridge & Whetstone tube station gallery Image Totteridge & Whetstone stn northbound.JPG Looking north Image Totteridge & Whetstone stn southbound.JPG Looking south Image Totteridge platforms.jpg The platforms, viewed from the entrance hall Image Totteridge & Whetstone stn roundel.JPG ... More footnotes date December 2009 Reflist External links Spoken Wikipedia EN Totteridge and Whetstone ... navbox DEFAULTSORT Totteridge And Whetstone Tube Station Category Northern Line stations Category ... de Totteridge & Whetstone London Underground fr Totteridge and Whetstone m tro de Londres gan nl Totteridge and Whetstone no Totteridge & Whetstone undergrunnsstasjon pl Totteridge and Whetstone ... more details
Whetstone is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia Clay County , West Virginia , United States . It lies at an elevation of 741 feet 226 m . References gnis 1549001 Clay County, West Virginia ClayWV geo stub coord 38 30 06 N 81 03 20 W type city region US WV source GNIS enwiki display title Category Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Category Populated places in Clay County, West Virginia Category Charleston, West Virginia metropolitan area ... more details
Orphan date January 2011 COI date January 2011 Diane McKinney Whetstone born August 14, 1953 is an African American author and is a member of the University of Pennsylvania Creative Writing program faculty. ref University of Pennsylvania http writing.upenn.edu cw faculty.php , accessed January 31, 2011. ref Her works of fiction have won numerous awards, including the BCALA Literary Award for Fiction from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, Inc. in 2005 ref American Library Association http www.ala.org ala newspresscenter news pressreleases2005 january2005 2005bcalaaward.cfm , accessed January 31, 2011 ref and 2009 ref American Library Association http www.ala.org ala newspresscenter news pressreleases2009 february2009 bcalaawards.cfm , accessed January 31, 2011. ref Family Life The second of five daughters born to Pennsylvania State Senator Paul McKinney Pennsylvania politician Paul McKinney and his wife Bessie, with an older brother and sister from her mother s first marriage. Diane received a Bachelor of Arts BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. She is married to Greg Whetstone and they have twins, Taiwo, a daughter and Kehinde, a son. Writing Fiction McKinney Whetstone began writing when she was 39, joining the http rittenhousewritersgroup.com Rittenhouse Writer s Group , founded by University of Pennsylvania instructor James Rahn. She won a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant for a 500 page first draft. Her first novel, Tumbling, was published in 1996 by William Morrow and Company . Bibliography Tumbling, 1996 Tempest Rising, 1998 Blues Dancing, 1999 Leaving Cecil Street, 2004 Trading Dreams at Midnight, 2008 Awards and Recognition Athenaeum Literary Award , Athenaeum of Philadelphia ref Anthenaeum of Philadelphia http philaathenaeum.org ... with Diane McKinney Whetstone on the Charlie Rose show. http www.njn.net television njnseries anotherview bookshelf dianemckinney whetstone.html Diane McKinney Whetstone on NJN Public Television ... more details
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