Heaviside
Oliver, 1850–1925, English physicist.
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The Heaviside aircraft—it’s named for Oliver Heaviside, a deceased British mathematician—measures 23 by 18 feet and needs a 900-square-foot landing zone.
Kitty Hawk’s electric airplane will fly you around—with no pilot | Rob Verger | September 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThanks to the fact that Heaviside has eight motors, “we can easily afford losing one,” Thrun says, “and then still continue our flight as if nothing happened.”
Kitty Hawk’s electric airplane will fly you around—with no pilot | Rob Verger | September 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA name like Heaviside evokes images of a very large, or heavy, aircraft, like a Boeing 747.
Kitty Hawk’s electric airplane will fly you around—with no pilot | Rob Verger | September 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAnother is Kitty Hawk, which is flying a craft they’ve dubbed Heaviside.
Kitty Hawk’s electric airplane will fly you around—with no pilot | Rob Verger | September 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThat’s a typical model for how electric air taxis would work, but what’s interesting about Heaviside and Kitty Hawk is that it would be a flying Uber for just one person.
Kitty Hawk’s electric airplane will fly you around—with no pilot | Rob Verger | September 23, 2021 | Popular-Science
A funeral sermon was preached at the Cathedral by Canon Heaviside.
Norfolk Annals | Charles MackieSo we resolved to stop where we were, upon receipt of rations; and Heaviside told us not to be uneasy about anything.
The Maid of Sker | Richard Doddridge BlackmoreMadame Heaviside (as she commanded all people to entitle her) was of the whole the very grandest as regards appearance.
The Maid of Sker | Richard Doddridge BlackmoreHeaviside was not there to talk, and make me hug my singleness; nor even Jerry Toms, nor the cook, who used to let me teach her.
The Maid of Sker | Richard Doddridge BlackmoreHeaviside had his fat legs foremost, and the royal shark stopped to look at them.
The Maid of Sker | Richard Doddridge Blackmore
British Dictionary definitions for Heaviside
/ (ˈhɛvɪˌsaɪd) /
Oliver. 1850–1925, English physicist. Independently of Kennelly, he predicted (1902) the existence of an ionized gaseous layer in the upper atmosphere (the Heaviside layer); he also contributed to telegraphy
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