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Halton Railway Station (other)
Halton may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Borough of Halton, Cheshire **Halton (UK Parliament constituency) **Halton, Runcorn * Halton, Buckinghamshire ** RAF Halton * Halton, Lancashire, a village * Halton, Leeds, a suburb * Halton, Northumberland, a village * Halton East, North Yorkshire * Halton Gill, North Yorkshire * Halton Holegate, Lincolnshire * Halton Lea Gate, Northumberland * Halton West, North Yorkshire Canada * Halton (federal electoral district) * Halton (provincial electoral district) * Halton County, Ontario * Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario Other uses * Halton (barony) * Halton (surname) * Halton Arp (1927–2013), American astronomer * Halton ''Jupiter'', a 1970s British human-powered aircraft * Halton sequence, a sequence of nearly uniformly distributed numbers that appear to be random * Handley Page Halton, civil version of the Halifax bomber aircraft See also * Halton Castle (other) * Halton railway station (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Halton
The Borough of Halton () is a local authority district with borough status in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, North West England. It is administered by Halton Borough Council, a unitary authority since 1998. The borough contains the towns of Runcorn and Widnes and the civil parishes of Daresbury, Hale, Halebank, Moore, Preston Brook, and Sandymoor. Since 2014, it has been part of the Liverpool City Region and the council is a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The neighbouring districts (clockwise from west) are Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens, which are fellow boroughs of the Liverpool City Region, and Warrington and Cheshire West and Chester in Cheshire. History The River Mersey marks the boundary of the historic counties of Lancashire (to the north) and Cheshire (to the south). Before 1974, Widnes was administered by the Municipal Borough of Widnes in Lancashire, and Runcorn by Runcorn Urban District Council in Cheshire. The 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton (federal Electoral District)
Halton was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1988 before being abolished in an electoral district redistribution, and again from 1997 to 2015, when it was again abolished in another electoral district redistribution. When it was last contested in 2011, its population was 203,437, of whom 115,255 were eligible electors. Electoral district 1867–1966 Halton riding was created by the British North America Act, 1867, and defined as Halton County. 1966–1976 In 1966, the riding was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville and the Township of Esquesing in the County of Halton, and the Township of Erin in the County of Wellington. 1976–1987 In 1976, it was redefined to consist of the Towns of Milton and Oakville, and the southern part of the Town of Halton Hills. The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed between Halton—Peel and Oakville—Milton ridings. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handley Page Halton
The Handley Page Halifax is a British Royal Air Force (RAF) four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It was developed by Handley Page to the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro Manchester. The Halifax has its origins in the twin-engine ''H.P.56'' proposal of the late 1930s, produced in response to the British Air Ministry's Specification P.13/36 for a capable medium bomber for "world-wide use." The H.P.56 was ordered as a backup to the Avro 679, both aircraft being designed to use the Rolls-Royce Vulture engine. The Handley Page design was altered to use four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines while the rival Avro 679 was produced as the twin-engine Avro Manchester which, while regarded as unsuccessful mainly due to the Vulture engine, was a direct predecessor of the Avro Lancaster. Both the Lancaster and the Halifax emerged as capable four-engine strategic bombers, thousands of which were used during the War. The Halifax performed its first flight on 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Sequence
In statistics, Halton sequences are sequences used to generate points in space for numerical methods such as Monte Carlo simulations. Although these sequences are Deterministic system (mathematics), deterministic, they are of Low-discrepancy sequence, low discrepancy, that is, appear to be random for many purposes. They were first introduced in 1960 and are an example of a quasi-random number sequence. They generalize the one-dimensional van der Corput sequences. Example of Halton sequence used to generate points in (0, 1) × (0, 1) in R2 The Halton sequence is constructed according to a deterministic method that uses coprime integers, coprime numbers as its bases. As a simple example, let's take one dimension of the two-dimensional Halton sequence to be based on 2 and the other dimension on 3. To generate the sequence for 2, we start by dividing the interval (0,1) in half, then in fourths, eighths, etc., which generates : , : , , : , , , , : , ,... Equiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Jupiter
The Halton ''Jupiter'' was a human-powered aircraft which established distance and duration records in the early 1970s. Background The aircraft was originally designed in 1963 by Chris Roper of Woodford, Essex. Construction by Roper, and others, continued through to 1968, when ill-health halted work. In 1969, a workshop fire partially destroyed the craft. In 1970, the remains were handed over to Flight Lieutenant John Potter, based at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire. Development and description The aircraft was rebuilt at Halton, by an informal group of RAF staff and apprentices, led by Potter. Some 100 individuals were involved with the construction, contributing 4,000 hours towards it. The aircraft was substantially similar to that originally constructed by Roper et al, but with a number of detail changes. The ''Jupiter'' was a single-place shoulder-wing monoplane, with a pylon-mounted pusher propeller. The wing's primary structure was a spruce and balsa spar, with the sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Arp
Halton Christian "Chip" Arp (March 21, 1927 – December 28, 2013) was an American astronomer. He is remembered for his 1966 book ''Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies'', which catalogued unusual-looking galaxies and presented their images. Arp was also known as a critic of the Big Bang theory and for advocating a non-standard cosmology incorporating intrinsic redshift. Arp developed those views in a book, ''Seeing Red: Redshift, Cosmology and Academic Science'', in 1998.Halton Arp, ''Seeing Red: Redshift, Cosmology and Academic Science'', Montreal: Aperion (1998), pp. 14, 61–62, 72, 104–105 Biography Arp was born on March 21, 1927, in New York City. He was married three times and has four daughters, including comic artist Andrice Arp, and five grandchildren. His bachelor's degree was awarded by Harvard College, Harvard (1949), and his PhD by California Institute of Technology, Caltech (1953). Afterward he became a Fellow of the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1953, perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton (surname)
Halton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert Halton (1893–1971), English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross * Anthony Halton, a fictional character in 1937 film ''Angel'' * Brian Halton (1941–2019), New Zealand organic chemist * Charles Halton (1876–1959), American film actor * Charles Halton (public servant) (1932–2013), Australian public servant * David Halton (born 1940), Canadian reporter of CBC News * Gracen Halton (born 2004), American football player * Immanuel Halton (1628–1699), English astronomer and mathematician * Jane Halton (born 1960), Australian public servant * John de Halton also called John de Halghton (died 1324), English priest, Bishop of Carlisle 1292–1324 * John Halton (1491–1527/1530), English Member of Parliament * Kathleen Tynan, (1937–1995), Canadian-British journalist, author and screenwriter * Mary Halton (1878–1948), American physician and early IUD researcher. * Matthew Halton Matthew Henry H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton (barony)
The Barony of Halton, in Cheshire, England, comprised a succession of 15 barons and hereditary Constables of Chester under the overlordship of the Earl of Chester. It was not an English feudal barony granted by the king but a separate class of barony within the County Palatine of Chester. Creation of the barony After the Norman conquest, William the Conqueror created the three earldoms of Shrewsbury, Hereford and Chester to protect his border with Wales. In 1071, the Earl of Chester, Hugh Lupus, made his cousin, Nigel of Cotentin, the 1st Baron of Halton. Halton was a village in Cheshire which is now part of the town of Runcorn. At its centre is a rocky prominence on which was built Halton Castle, the seat of the barons of Halton. List of barons Nigel of Cotentin :(c. 1071–1080) Nigel was the hereditary Constable of Chester. In 1077 he fought against the Welsh at the Battle of Rhuddlan. It is almost certain that he built a motte-and-bailey castle on Halton Hill. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario
The Regional Municipality of Halton, or Halton Region, is a regional municipality in Ontario, Canada, located in the Golden Horseshoe of Southern Ontario. It comprises the city of Burlington, Ontario, Burlington and the towns of Oakville, Ontario, Oakville, Milton, Ontario, Milton, and Halton Hills. Policing in the Region is provided by the Halton Regional Police Service. The regional council's headquarters are located in Oakville. Burlington, Oakville, and Milton are largely urban and suburban, while Halton Hills is more rural. Halton is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), although it is the only regional municipality in the GTA that is not situated directly adjacent to Toronto’s city proper. However, the region is split between the census metropolitan areas (CMAs) of Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. Burlington is part of the Hamilton CMA, while the rest of the region is part of the Toronto CMA. Halton experienced a growth rate of 17.1% between 2001 and 2006, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton County, Ontario
Halton County is a former county in the Canadian province of Ontario, with an area of . It is also one of the oldest counties in Canada. History Halton County is named after Major William Mathew Halton (1746–1823), a British Army officer, who was appointed in England in 1805 as Secretary to Upper Canada Lieutenant-Governor Sir Francis Gore and spent little time in Canada during his posting (served two terms, 1806–1811 and 1815–1816). Settlers started to arrive in the area in the early 1780s. The south was first settled by United Empire Loyalists, and the north was settled mainly by immigrants from the British Isles. In 1788, the area became part of the Nassau District, which was renamed the Home District in 1792. Historic townships * Esquesing Township (area ). Opened in 1819, the first town meeting was held in 1821 when the population was 424. The name ''Esquesing'' was said to come from an Indigenous word meaning "the land of the tall pine(s)", but is mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton (provincial Electoral District)
Halton was a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Central Ontario, Canada. It elected one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. History Until 1967, the electoral district was contiguous with the Halton County, Ontario, County of Halton. Division (1967-1999) The territory comprising Halton was redistributed on several occasions between 1967 and 1999: :* The ''Representation Act, 1966'' divided the County into Halton East (provincial electoral district), Halton East (consisting of Georgetown, Milton, Oakville and the southern part of Esquesing Township) and Halton West (provincial electoral district), Halton West (consisting of Acton, Burlington, Nassagaweya Township and the northern part of Esquesing). :* The ''Representation Act, 1975'' divided the new Regional Municipality of Halton into Burlington South (provincial electoral district), Burlington South, Halton—Burlington, Halton-Burlington (consisting of Halton Hills, Milton and the northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halton West
Halton West is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population in 2015 at 70. It is situated on the River Ribble and is north of Barnoldswick, south of Settle and west of Skipton. The place was first recorded in about 1200 as ''Halton''. The name is derived from the Old English ''halh'' 'nook' and ''tūn'' 'farm or village', so means 'farm or village in or by a nook'. "West" was added to distinguish the village from another Halton, now Halton East, to the east. Halton West, historically also known as West Halton, was a township in the ancient parish of Long Preston in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It became a civil parish in 1866, and in 1974 was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council. Halton Place Halton Place is a large country house just east of the village. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
