Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Clarence N. Hickman

Index Clarence N. Hickman

Clarence Nichols Hickman (August 16, 1889 – May 7, 1981) was a physicist who worked on rockets with Robert Goddard. [1]

38 relations: Aberdeen Proving Ground, American Piano Company, Anti-tank warfare, Automatic Musical Instruments Collector's Association, Bachelor of Arts, Bazooka, Bell Telephone Company, Bowfishing, Bracket, Clark University, Compact Cassette, Find a Grave, Franklin Institute, Great Depression, Jackson Heights, Queens, Jamestown, Indiana, John Price Wetherill Medal, Lizton, Indiana, Magic (illusion), Martinsville, Indiana, Medal for Merit, Mount Wilson Observatory, National Defense Research Committee, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Naval mine, New Albany, Indiana, Player piano, Robert H. Goddard, Rocket launcher, Sandia National Laboratories, Standard Oil, Telephone exchange, Washington Navy Yard, Winona College, Winona Lake, Indiana, Worcester, Massachusetts, World War I, World War II.

Aberdeen Proving Ground

Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) (sometimes erroneously called Aberdeen Proving Grounds) is a United States Army facility located adjacent to Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County).

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Aberdeen Proving Ground · See more »

American Piano Company

American Piano Company (abbr. Ampico) was an American piano manufacturer located in East Rochester, New York, which was known from the beginning for the production of high quality player pianos.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and American Piano Company · See more »

Anti-tank warfare

Anti-tank warfare arose as a result of the need to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks during World War I. Since the first tanks were developed by the Triple Entente in 1916 but not operated in battle until 1917, the first anti-tank weapons were developed by the German Empire.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Anti-tank warfare · See more »

Automatic Musical Instruments Collector's Association

The Automatic Musical Instruments Collector's Association (AMICA) was formed in 1963 by a group of collectors in the San Francisco area, committed to the preservation, restoration and enjoyment of vintage mechanical musical instruments that play by themselves, focusing on those made from 1885–1935.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Automatic Musical Instruments Collector's Association · See more »

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Bachelor of Arts · See more »

Bazooka

Bazooka is the common name for a man-portable recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher weapon, widely fielded by the United States Army.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Bazooka · See more »

Bell Telephone Company

The Bell Telephone Company, a common law joint stock company, was organized in Boston, Massachusetts on July 9, 1877, by Alexander Graham Bell's father-in-law Gardiner Greene Hubbard, who also helped organize a sister company — the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Bell Telephone Company · See more »

Bowfishing

Bowfishing is a method of fishing that uses specialized archery equipment to shoot and retrieve fish.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Bowfishing · See more »

Bracket

A bracket is a tall punctuation mark typically used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Bracket · See more »

Clark University

Clark University is an American private research university located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Clark University · See more »

Compact Cassette

The Compact Audio Cassette (CAC) or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the cassette tape or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Compact Cassette · See more »

Find a Grave

Find A Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of cemetery records.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Find a Grave · See more »

Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute is a science museum and the center of science education and research in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Franklin Institute · See more »

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Great Depression · See more »

Jackson Heights, Queens

Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of Queens in New York City.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Jackson Heights, Queens · See more »

Jamestown, Indiana

Jamestown is a town in Jackson Township, Boone County and Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Jamestown, Indiana · See more »

John Price Wetherill Medal

The John Price Wetherill Medal was an award of the Franklin Institute.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and John Price Wetherill Medal · See more »

Lizton, Indiana

Lizton is a town in Union Township, Hendricks County, Indiana, United States.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Lizton, Indiana · See more »

Magic (illusion)

Magic, along with its subgenres of, and sometimes referred to as illusion, stage magic or street magic is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by staged tricks or illusions of seemingly impossible feats using natural means.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Magic (illusion) · See more »

Martinsville, Indiana

Martinsville is a city in Washington Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Martinsville, Indiana · See more »

Medal for Merit

The Medal for Merit was, during the period it was awarded, the highest civilian decoration of the United States, awarded by the President of the United States to civilians for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services...

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Medal for Merit · See more »

Mount Wilson Observatory

The Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) is an astronomical observatory in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Mount Wilson Observatory · See more »

National Defense Research Committee

The National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) was an organization created "to coordinate, supervise, and conduct scientific research on the problems underlying the development, production, and use of mechanisms and devices of warfare" in the United States from June 27, 1940, until June 28, 1941.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and National Defense Research Committee · See more »

National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is one of the oldest physical science laboratories in the United States.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and National Institute of Standards and Technology · See more »

Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Naval mine · See more »

New Albany, Indiana

New Albany is a city in Floyd County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River opposite Louisville, Kentucky.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and New Albany, Indiana · See more »

Player piano

A player piano (also known as pianola) is a self-playing piano, containing a pneumatic or electro-mechanical mechanism that operates the piano action via pre-programmed music recorded on perforated paper, or in rare instances, metallic rolls, with more modern implementations using MIDI.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Player piano · See more »

Robert H. Goddard

Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Robert H. Goddard · See more »

Rocket launcher

A rocket launcher is any device that launches a rocket-propelled projectile, although the term is often used in reference to mechanisms that are portable and capable of being operated by an individual.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Rocket launcher · See more »

Sandia National Laboratories

The Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), managed and operated by the National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia (a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International), is one of three National Nuclear Security Administration research and development laboratories.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Sandia National Laboratories · See more »

Standard Oil

Standard Oil Co.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Standard Oil · See more »

Telephone exchange

A telephone exchange is a telecommunications system used in the public switched telephone network or in large enterprises.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Telephone exchange · See more »

Washington Navy Yard

The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is the former shipyard and ordnance plant of the United States Navy in Southeast Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Washington Navy Yard · See more »

Winona College

Winona College was a university college in Winona Lake, Indiana.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Winona College · See more »

Winona Lake, Indiana

Winona Lake is a town in Wayne Township, Kosciusko County, in the U.S. state of Indiana, and the major suburb of Warsaw.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Winona Lake, Indiana · See more »

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and Worcester, Massachusetts · See more »

World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and World War I · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Clarence N. Hickman and World War II · See more »

Redirects here:

Clarence Hickman.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_N._Hickman

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »