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The Raytheon Company was founded in 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Laurence K. Marshall, Vannevar Bush, and Charles G. Smith as the American Appliance Company. [13] Its focus, which was originally on new refrigeration technology, soon shifted to electronics. The company's first product was a gaseous (helium) rectifier that was based on ...
Early years In 1922, Vannevar Bush, scientist and professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with engineer and physicist Laurence K. Marshall, and scientist Charles G. Smith, founded the American Appliance Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [9] Its focus, which was originally on new refrigeration technology, soon shifted to ...
Charles Ferguson Smith (April 24, 1807 – April 25, 1862) was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War (1846-1848), and a decade later in the subsequent Utah War; (1857-1858) against the Mormon settlers in the newly established weatern Federal Utah Territory.
Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American actor and filmmaker, based in British Columbia, Canada. His breakout role was as Terry "The Toad" Fields in George Lucas ' film American Graffiti (1973), which he reprised for its sequel More American Graffiti (1979).
History A newspaper called The Georgia Enterprise was first published in 1865, six months after the end of The Civil War, by William L. Beebe. In 1902, this paper merged with its competitor, The Covington Star, to become The Enterprise under the ownership of Charles G. Smith.
Amlexanox is the active ingredient in a common topical treatment for recurrent aphthous ulcers of the mouth (canker sores), [2] reducing both healing time [3] and pain. [4] Amlexanox 5% paste is well tolerated, [5] and is typically applied four times per day directly on the ulcers. [3] A 2011 review found it to be the most effective treatment ...
Charles Ward " Chuck " Smith (June 25, 1927 – October 3, 2013) was an American pastor who founded the Calvary Chapel movement. Beginning with the 25-person Costa Mesa congregation in 1965, Smith's influence now extends to "more than 1,000 churches nationwide and hundreds more overseas", [2] some of which are among the largest churches in the ...
Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith (22 March 1909 – 3 December 1981) [2] was a British polymath historian of aeronautics and aviation. [3] His obituary in The Times described him as "the recognised authority on the early development of flying in Europe and America" [4] Richard P. Hallion called him "The greatest of all historians of early aviation".