Appleton
[ap-uh l-tuh n]
- Sir Edward Victor,1892–1965, British physicist: Nobel Prize 1947.
- a city in E Wisconsin.
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Upon a table close by, was the desk which had been purchased the day previous, at Appleton's.
Paul Prescott's ChargeHoratio Alger
Appleton says they were arrested on the 27th, but the facts, "between the lines," are as I have told you.
Between the LinesHenry Bascom Smith
“Not a pleasant custom, and a new one to me,” said Appleton.
Ladies-In-WaitingKate Douglas Wiggin
“Twenty-five minutes will do it,” Appleton answered briskly.
Ladies-In-WaitingKate Douglas Wiggin
“You sent me some verses, Mr. Appleton,” she said, as the poet moved away.
Ladies-In-WaitingKate Douglas Wiggin
Appleton
- Sir Edward (Victor). 1892–1965, English physicist, noted particularly for his research on the ionosphere: Nobel prize for physics 1947
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