Difference between revisions of "Hrosspower"
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* '''horsepower:''' the standard unit in which the power of motorcar engines is measured | * '''horsepower:''' the standard unit in which the power of motorcar engines is measured | ||
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''hross:''' (''Old Icelandic'') horse → horses were used at the Battle of Waterloo |
| − | * '''Rosse:''' William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse; an Irish amateur astronomer and the builder of the Parsonstown Leviathan, the world’s largest telescope → Rosse was a ''star''gazer → [[Jonathan_Swift|Jonathan Swift's]] Stella (the Latin word for ''star'') is identified with [[Issy]] in FW | + | * '''Rosse:''' William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse; an Irish amateur astronomer and the builder of the Parsonstown Leviathan, the world’s largest telescope ([[tallowscoop]]) → Rosse was a ''star''gazer → [[Jonathan_Swift|Jonathan Swift's]] Stella (the Latin word for ''star'') is identified with [[Issy]] in FW |
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160338&q1=Rosse Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160338&q1=Rosse Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
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| + | * '''cross power''' → the Catholic Church | ||
Latest revision as of 04:37, 19 December 2006
- horsepower: the standard unit in which the power of motorcar engines is measured
- hross: (Old Icelandic) horse → horses were used at the Battle of Waterloo
- Rosse: William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse; an Irish amateur astronomer and the builder of the Parsonstown Leviathan, the world’s largest telescope (tallowscoop) → Rosse was a stargazer → Jonathan Swift's Stella (the Latin word for star) is identified with Issy in FW
- cross power → the Catholic Church
