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
Therefore we say that a coil has one henry of inductance when an electron stream 85which is increasing one ampere’s worth each second stirs up in the coil a conscientious objection of one volt.
From Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son by John Mills
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
Yours truly O. henry 28 West 26th St., West of broadway Mr. hall, part editor of everybody's.
From Rolling Stones by O. Henry
The channel sometimes features “12 Angry Men,” a longtime Buffett favorite, starring Henry Fonda, another Omaha native.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Nearby, LaToya Henry, another woman with deep ties to Black civic life in Detroit, said she had not voted for El-Sayed in the primary either and came because she wanted to hear him explain himself.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
But thank you very much, Nebraska, for Fred Astaire, Johnny Carson and Henry Fonda, who, by the way, was born in Grand Island, where Trump made his cracks Monday about California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Jacob Tremblay’s young Ted sits under bright lights, electrodes on his chest, while Russell Crowe’s Henry Murray takes him apart.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
“It’s not just a new prize—it’s also a short poem written in 1841 by the great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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
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
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