Alexander John Forsyth (28 December 1768 – 11 June 1843) was a Scottish Church of Scotland minister who first successfully used fulminating (or 'detonating')...
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Canadian ice hockey player Alex Forsyth (footballer, born 1952) (born 1952), Scottish footballer Alexander John Forsyth (1769–1843), Scottish minister...
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"caplock". Percussion ignition was invented by Scottish clergyman Rev. Alexander John Forsyth in 1807 but needed further refinements before it was gradually accepted...
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fulminates for firearms was first demonstrated by a Scottish minister, Alexander John Forsyth, who patented his scent-bottle lock in 1807; this was a small container...
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university. Other figures include the inventor of percussion ignition, Alexander John Forsyth; Robert Gordon, the founder of Robert Gordon's College and Robert...
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main form of firearm for over 200 years. It was not until Reverend Alexander John Forsyth invented a rudimentary percussion cap system in 1807 that the flintlock...
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the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth of Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1807. The rudimentary percussion system was invented by Forsyth as a solution...
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John Forsyth Sr. (October 22, 1780 – October 21, 1841) was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia. He represented the state in both the House...
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and William Forsyth represented Forres in the Parliament of 1621. Alexander John Forsyth was a pioneer in the development of modern firearms. In the eighteenth...
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care in Boston. The Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children was founded in 1914 by Dr. Thomas Alexander Forsyth and John Hamilton Forsyth in memory of their...
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Howard discovered fulminates in 1800 and the patent by Reverend Alexander John Forsyth expired in 1807, Joseph Manton invented the precursor percussion...
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Alexander Forsyth (November 7, 1837, – September 12, 1915) was a United States military officer most notable for his service in the cavalry. Forsyth was...
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Alexander Forsyth (born February 13, 1999) is an American football center for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college...
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technology. The rudimentary percussion system was developed by Reverend Alexander John Forsyth as a solution to the problem that birds would startle when smoke...
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Michael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean, PC (born 16 October 1954), is a British financier and Conservative politician, who was the Member of...
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percussion lock systems did not become available until the 1820s, after Alexander John Forsyth's patent had expired. Percussion cap systems relied on small copper...
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journey is made by Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive. 1807 Alexander John Forsyth invents percussion ignition, the foundation of modern firearms....
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explosive material. Initial patents are attributed to the Reverend Alexander John Forsyth, who use a fulminate powder delivered from a charger that was integral...
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use of fulminate in firearms is patented by Scottish clergyman Alexander John Forsyth. The Geological Society is founded in London; among the more prominent...
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much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway Alexander John Forsyth (1768–1843), Presbyterian clergyman who invented the percussion...
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improvement over the corrosive chlorate of potash fulminate patented by Alexander John Forsyth. Fulminate of mercury was discovered by Edward Howard in 1800 who...
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Cumming, Georgia (redirect from South Forsyth Middle School)
Cumming is a city in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, and the sole incorporated area in the county. It is a suburban city, and part of the Atlanta...
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born at Belhelvie Lodge, 1829 General Sir Harry Lumsden Reverend Alexander John Forsyth, Inventor of the Percussion cap. George Stott (1835-1889), Christian...
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Mackinnon, Advocate 27 October 1911: Major General Sir Alexander John Forsyth Reid 26 April 1912: Alexander Wilson 28 July 1915: Norman Buchan, 18th Earl of...
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Forsyth County (/fɔːrˈsaɪθ/ for-SYTHE or /ˈfɔːrsaɪθ/ FOR-sythe) is a county in the Northeast portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. Suburban and exurban...
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James William Forsyth (August 8, 1834 – October 24, 1906) was a U.S. Army officer and general. He was primarily a Union staff officer during the American...
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Peter Taylor Forsyth, also known as P. T. Forsyth, (1848–1921) was a Scottish theologian. The son of a postman, Forsyth studied at the University of Aberdeen...
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Forsyth is a city in and the county seat of Rosebud County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census. Forsyth was established...
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1925. Robert Wallace Forsyth was born Inveresk, East Lothian in 1843, one of ten children of Mary Wallace and Alexander Forsyth (1806-1891), whose family...
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Welsh. The use of fulminate in firearms is patented by the Rev. Alexander John Forsyth. William Wallace proves that any two simple polygons of equal area...
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