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"Kenneth Bruce Ross (August 21, 1897 – July 12, 1959) was an inventor and businessman who is best known for the development of an automated manufacturing process for the reliable production of quartz crystals used in radios. Life History Kenneth Ross was born in Oklahoma, but spent most of his childhood living with his uncle in Colorado. He lied about his age to join the US Army. His first posting was in Williams, Arizona. As part of his Army service, he fought against Pancho Villa. During his time in the Army, Ross was fortunate enough to work with the Marconi radios utilized by the Signal Corps. Shortly after the completion of his military service, Ross moved to Chicago where he founded the Ross Manufacturing Company. Its primary product was the production and installation of radio components and systems. Customers included such notables as the P.K. Wrigley family. While installing a custom made radio system in their Chicago home, he met his future wife Gudrun Saetveit, a concert pianist providing instruction to the Wrigley children. Kenneth Ross was an aviation enthusiast, who counted Charles Lindbergh as one of his friends. Ross owned several airplanes throughout his life. He was killed on July 12, 1959 in Durango, Colorado after the airplane he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff. Business The Ross Manufacturing Company employed approximately 500 people. In order to satisfy the communications demands of Allied Forces during World War II, Ross converted one of his plants in Chicago to a facility for making FT-243 crystal units. Ross developed a process to automatically and accurately tune the FT-243 quartz crystals in a shorter time while using far less labor. Prior to the development of his process, all crystals had to be polished by hand in order to ensure proper tuning. As a result, his factory was able to produce more high quality radio crystals faster than most other companies in the US. Ross never patented the process. It was shared freely with other radio crystal manufacturers as he deemed it his patriotic duty.Bottom, V: "A History of the Quartz Crystal Industry in the USA" , Proceedings of the 35th Annual Frequency Control Symposium, pp.3-12, 1981 Ross produced a short technical film detailing each step in the process, making it possible for others to easily copy it. His production method had a direct impact on the improved reliability of radio communications in both European and Asian theaters of war. References Category:1897 births Category:1959 deaths Category:20th- century American businesspeople Category:20th-century American engineers Category:American inventors "
"R71 may refer to: * Referendum 71, a ballot measure in Washington State, November 3, 2009 * R71 (Limpopo), a regional route in South Africa * BMW R71, motorcycle on which the IMZ-Ural is based * HMS Vengeance (R71), a 1945 British Royal Navy Colossus-class aircraft carrier * Plant small nucleolar RNA R71, a non-coding RNA molecule * Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, an American reconnaissance aircraft * R71 (star), star located in the Large Magellanic Cloud "
"The Unlearned Parliament also known as the Lawless Parliament , Parliament of Dunces or the Parliamentum Indoctorum is the term used for the 1404 parliament called by Henry IV of England at the Great Hall of St. Mary's Priory, the Benedictine monastery in Coventry, Warwickshire, so called because the king refused to allow lawyers to stand as members, with "No Sheriff to be returned, nor any apprentice or other person at law" due to the king claiming that they were "troublesome", although more likely simply because they were familiar with the law.Parliament and Politics in Late Medieval England, John Smith Roskell, published by Hambledon Press, 1981 During the parliament, the House of Commons attempted to interfere with the running of the king's household, suggesting ways to spend less and to stop the bestowal of useless pensions, with the idea being that the Crown's holdings would be able to support the king's expenditure without draining the government's coffers.The Lives of the Speakers of the House of Commons, from the Time of King Edward III to Queen Victoria: Comprising the Biographies of Upwards of One Hundred Distinguished Persons, and Copious Details of the Parliamentary History of England from the Most Authentic Documents, James Alexander Manning This parliament is seen by many historians as the central reason that Richard le Scrope, the Archbishop of York, became disillusioned with the king, after not commenting on Henry's seizure of the throne and the execution of William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, a relative of his. Scrope rebelled in the spring of 1405, raising 8,000 men and three knights after a propaganda campaign before being captured by Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland after disbanding his force per the terms of a truce. There is some evidence that the politically unsavvy archbishop was manipulated throughout these events by Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland to legitimize his revenge campaign against Henry.Griffiths The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries References * Category:1404 establishments in England Category:15th-century English parliaments Category:1404 in England "