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    William Austin Burt (June 13, 1792 – August 18, 1858) was an American inventor, legislator, surveyor, and millwright. Burt was born in Worcester, Massachusetts...
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    instrument that makes use of the Sun's direction instead of magnetism. William Austin Burt invented his solar compass in 1835. The solar compass works on the...
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  • William Burt may refer to: William Burt (writer) (1778–1826), British miscellaneous writer William Austin Burt (1792–1858), American inventor William...
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  • The typographer was an early typewriter invented by William Austin Burt. Intended to aid in office work, the machine worked by using a lever to press...
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    lake is on the boundary with Emmet County. The lake is named after William Austin Burt, who, together with John Mullett, made a federal survey of the area...
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    typewriter, the tachigrafo, also known as tachitipo. In 1829, American William Austin Burt patented a machine called the "Typographer" which, in common with...
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  • More than a century later, another patent appeared in the name of William Austin Burt for the typographer. In the late 19th century, Christopher Latham...
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  • led.) Caitlyn fathered Burt prior to her gender transition "Burt Jenner". X Games. Retrieved April 18, 2021. "Burton William Jenner, Born June 9, 1978...
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    Burt Freeman Bacharach (/ˈbækəræk/ BAK-ə-rak; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is...
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    Native American groups mined native copper on the Keweenaw Peninsula. William Austin Burt discovered iron ore in the Marquette Range near Negaunee, Michigan...
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    the hour of the day. In 1835, the solar compass was invented by William Austin Burt, a U.S. Deputy Surveyor who began surveying government lands in the...
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    Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French engineer and scientist (d. 1843) June 13 – William Austin Burt, American inventor, "father of the typewriter" (d. 1858) June 16...
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  • Wellington R. Burt (1831–1919), American industrialist Weston Burt, American country music singer William Burt, several people William Austin Burt (1792–1858)...
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    located within Charlevoix County. Between 1840 and 1841, surveyors William Austin Burt, John Mullett and Charles W. Cathcart, surveyed much of Northern...
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    Henry Burt, who had settled from Scotland in 1640. The Burt lineage included William Austin Burt (1792–1858), who was a notable Michigan surveyor described...
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  • last survivor of the RMS Titanic who remembered the actual sinking William Austin Burt, 19th-century explorer and surveyor in Michigan Nathaniel Bar-Jonah...
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    known by that name was patented by the American inventor William Austin Burt in 1856. Burt's equatorial sextant included several elaborations on the basic...
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  • transferred to Asia Minor's coasts. 1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. 1840 – The...
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    Elena Petrovna Blavatsky Borden Parker Bowne William Brewster William Austin Burt Horace Bushnell John C. Calhoun Alice Cary Frederick Edwin Church George...
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  • May 10 – Willie Person Mangum, politician (died 1861) June 13 – William Austin Burt, inventor ("Father of the typewriter") (died 1858) July 10 – George...
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  • Philadelphia Inquirer is founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer. July 23 – William Austin Burt obtains the first patent for a typographer (typewriter). June 27...
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  • driven out of Wisconsin by the Black Hawk War. Along with surveyors William Austin Burt and Charles W. Cathcart, he surveyed much of Northern Michigan between...
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    Sylvester Higgins. Also in 1846 Hubbard edited and published with William Austin Burt a report on the copper region based on Houghton's notes from his...
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    deputy, William A. Burt, with leading a party into Michigan's Upper Peninsula to carry out a full survey of the land. On September 19, 1844, Burt noted...
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    1996 Joachim Behrns House 5297 Ten Mile Road Warren June 21, 1990 William Austin Burt Information Site 4300 Main Park Road Romeo vicinity May 21, 1985...
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  • Scholarship. Retrieved 28 November 2020. "Bio". Austin Robert Smith. Retrieved 28 November 2020. Burt, Stephanie (14 Dec 2018). "In Recent Poetry Collections...
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    Burt Grinstead (born 1988) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is best known for Sebastian (2016), Eat with Me (2014), and The Lost Footage...
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    "Why SKAM Austin could be the biggest show of 2018". NME. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved April 23, 2018. Burt, Kayti (May 1, 2018). "SKAM Austin Week 1 Review"...
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  • Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox and his second wife, actress Caroline Burt. Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London. He has a sister, Margaret...
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    1957 until 1959. He was subsequently cast as Captain Grey Holden opposite Burt Reynolds in the Western series Riverboat, which aired from 1959 until 1961;...
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