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Definition: James Clark Ross |
James Clark RossNoun1. British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: James Clark RossSynonyms: Ross (n), Sir James Clark Ross (n). (additional references) |
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 | Boats from HMS EREBUS and HMS TERROR - Captain James Clark Ross Sounded in open ocean at 27.43 S and 17.48 W Recorded depth of approximately 2200 fathoms First modern successful sounding in deep ocean. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Sounding technique used by Sir James Clark Ross in obtaining first modern deep sea sounding on January 3, 1840 at Latitude 27 26 S and Longitude 17 29 W. The observed depth was 2,425 fathoms. On January 22, 1968, the ESSA Ship DISCOVERER sounded at the same location with a modern echo-sounder and measured 2312 fathoms, less than a 5 per cent error for Ross's observation. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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Expression using "James Clark Ross": Sir James Clark Ross. Additional references. | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-j-k-l-m-o-r-r-s-s-s" | |
-4 letters: massacrers. | |
-5 letters: armorless, carmakers, clamorers, crossarms, jackasses, lacrosses, massacrer, massacres, scleromas. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 6D 65 73 43 6C 61 72 6B 52 6F 73 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01101101 01100101 01110011 00100000 01000011 01101100 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01010010 01101111 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a m e s   C l a r k   R o s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 006D 0065 0073 0043 006C 0061 0072 006B 0052 006F 0073 0073 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)446779718523778678477252818585 |
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