Joseph, 1797–1878, U.S. physicist.
O., pen name of William Sydney Porter.
Patrick, 1736–99, American patriot, orator, and statesman.
Cape, a cape in SE Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
Fort. Fort Henry.
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “home” and “kingdom.”
Joseph. 1797–1878, US physicist. He discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction independently of Faraday and constructed the first electromagnetic motor (1829). He also discovered self-induction and the oscillatory nature of electric discharges (1842)
Patrick. 1736–99, American statesman and orator, a leading opponent of British rule during the War of American Independence
Prince, known as Harry. born 1984, second son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales
First recorded in 1890–95; named after J. Henry
After Benjamin Tyler Henry (1821–98), U.S. inventor who designed it
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From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2014
The jury saw an email from Goodman to colleagues sent on 14 April 2006 which said William and his friends were "upsetting other guests with their braying hooray henry antics".
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2013
The Zu-Vendi alphabet seems, Sir henry says, to be derived, like every other known system of letters, from a Phoenician source, and therefore more remotely still from the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
From Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard
Even the boy henry was made the instrument of adding to his sister's torments.
From The Bride of Lammermoor by Sir Walter Scott
"Can it be," I asked, "that you have a brother henry?"
From The Water goats and other troubles by Ellis Parker Butler
On the case was Henry Duncan Littlejohn, Edinburgh’s first medical officer of health and one of the premier forensic scientists of his day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He turned to Noah Davis, Henry Taylor, Lauren Halsey, Mark Bradford — who co-founded Art + Practice — and others he considers “masters in every way,” as his guides from the past into today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
William Henry Draper III, known as Bill, was born Jan. 1, 1928, and grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
She knows all too well how crucial a support network is after her twin boys, George and Henry, were stillborn in 2018.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
When they returned to New York in 1885, Kate, Ferdie, and Henry Jr. brought luxurious gifts from Russia.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
It would have a resistance at ordinary temperatures of 6,600 ohms, and an inductance of 460 henrys.
From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming
Its formula is Inductive reactance = L ω wherein L is the inductance in henrys and ω is 2 π n, or twice 3.1416 times the frequency.
From Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Kempster Miller
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