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Paxton Pryor
Paxton may refer to: People and fictional characters * Paxton (name), a list of people and fictional characters with either the surname or given name * Senator Paxton (other) Places * Paxton High School (other) * Paxton House (other) * Paxton Township (other) Australia * Paxton, New South Wales United Kingdom * Paxton, Scottish Borders United States * Paxton, California * Paxton, Florida * Paxton, Illinois * Paxton, Indiana * Paxton, Massachusetts * Paxton, Michigan * Paxton, Nebraska * Paxton, West Virginia * Paxton Township, Minnesota * Paxton Township, Ross County, Ohio * Paxton Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania Businesses * Paxton Automotive, an American manufacturer of automotive superchargers * Paxton Hotel, formerly Paxton Manor and currently The Paxton, in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. * Paxton Media Group, an American media company Other uses * ''Paxton'' (fish), a genus of fish from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton (name)
Paxton is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Bill Paxton (1955–2017), American actor * Brady Paxton (1947–2024), American politician from West Virginia * Elisha F. Paxton (1828–1863), American Civil War general in the Confederate army * Elizabeth Okie Paxton (1878–1972), American painter * Floyd Paxton (1918–1975), American inventor and businessman * Gary S. Paxton (1939–2016), American musician and record producer * Geoffrey Paxton, Australian Anglican minister * George Paxton (c. 1914–1989) American bandleader, composer, and arranger * J. F. Paxton (1857–1936), Canadian ice hockey administrator * James Paxton (other) ** James Paxton (actor) (born 1994), American actor ** James Paxton (baseball) (born 1988), Canadian baseball pitcher ** James E. Paxton (born 1963), American politician * Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton (born 1989), American blues musician and singer * John Paxton (other) ** John Paxton (1911†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton Creek
Paxton Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The Paxton Creek watershed covers an area of and joins the Susquehanna River at South Harrisburg, Harrisburg. The name Paxton, or Paxtang, is derived the Susquehannock term "Peshtank", meaning "where the waters stand" or "the place of springs". It is born from two branches on the southern slopes of Blue Mountain to form the main stem in Lower Paxton Township. It then forms Wildwood Lake in Susquehanna Township, artificially formed in 1908 by damming the creek for recreational activities. Later, it extends downstream approximately 6.2 miles to Harrisburg as a concrete channel built in 1914 (against the wishes of Warren Manning) to mitigate urban runoff and flooding, which is common after severe storms. This urban stream section of the confluence ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Paxton Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Paxton Township is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,008 at the 2020 census. History The Paxtang Township of Lancaster County was established in 1729. The spelling "Paxtang" is from the original Indian name ''Peshtank'', which meant "standing water". The word "Paxton" is used today instead of Paxtang. Paxton Township was divided several times. Hanover Township was separated off Paxton Township in 1736, and in 1767, the remainder of the township was split into Upper Paxton Township and Lower Paxton Township. On March 4, 1785, Dauphin County was formed from Lancaster County. The word "Dauphin" refers to the Dauphin of France, heir apparent to the French throne, whose country the area government wanted to honor for its assistance in the Revolutionary War. According to the Middle Paxton Township website, two years later, in August 1787, the legislature split off Middle Paxton Township. The Lower Paxton Township website gives t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Paxton Township, Pennsylvania
Middle Paxton Township is a township (Pennsylvania), township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,054 at the 2020 census. History In 1729 Paxtang Township of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County was established. The spelling "Paxtang" is from the original Indian name ''Peshtank'', which meant "standing water". Today the word "Paxton" is used instead of Paxtang. On March 4, 1785, Lancaster County was split to form Dauphin County, named for the Dauphin of France, heir apparent to the French throne, whose country the area government wanted to honor for its assistance in the American Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War. About two years later in August 1787 the legislature began to splinter Paxtang Township, first into Upper Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, Upper Paxtang, Middle Paxtang and Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, Lower Paxtang. The John Ayres House was listed on the National Register of Historic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Paxton is a township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 53,514 at the 2020 census. It is the most populous municipality in Dauphin County and the 17th-most populated municipality in the state. Lower Paxton Township is located southwest of Allentown, northeast of Harrisburg, and northwest of Philadelphia. The township was incorporated in 1767 from Paxton Township. History In 1729, the Paxtang Township was established within Lancaster County. The spelling "Paxtang" is from the original American Indian name ''Peshtank'', which meant "standing water". Today the word "Paxton" is used instead of Paxtang. On March 4, 1785, the boundaries of Paxtang Township also became the borders of Dauphin County, split from Lancaster County. "Dauphin" refers to the Dauphin of France, heir apparent to the French throne, whose country the area government wanted to honor for its assistance in the Revolutionary War. About two years later in August 1787 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton's Tower
Paxton's Tower is a Neo-Gothic folly erected in honour of Lord Nelson. It is situated on the top of a hill near Llanarthney in the River Tywi valley in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a visitor attraction that can be combined with a visit to the nearby National Botanic Garden of Wales. Its high location provides views over the Botanic Gardens and the Tywi valley. The tower, a Grade II* listed building, is under the care of the National Trust. The surrounding parkland is registered at Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. History The tower was built by William Paxton (MP), Sir William Paxton (1745–1824), a Scottish-born and London-raised merchant and banker, whose forefathers were from Auchencrow by Paxton, Scottish Borders, Paxton, Berwickshire. Paxton made his first fortune while with the East India Company in Calcutta with Sezincote House, Charles Cockerell, brother of the architect. He purchased the Middleton Hall esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton House, Berwickshire
Paxton House is a historic house at Paxton, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, a few miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, overlooking the River Tweed. It is a country house built for Patrick Home of Billie in an unsuccessful attempt to woo a Prussian heiress. Attributed to James Adam (possibly in concert with John Adam), it was built between 1758 and 1766, under the supervision of James Nisbet, with extensive interiors (c1773) by Robert Adam, as well as furniture by Thomas Chippendale. The East Wing was added in 1812-13 by architect Robert Reid to house the library and picture gallery. Other inhabitants were Alexander Home and his son George Home (of Wedderburn and Paxton). In 1852 Jean Milne, the wife of David Milne, inherited the house and he renamed himself David Milne-Home. Formerly the seat of the Paxton family, who became Forman-Home, Milne-Home, and finally Home-Robertson as the direct male lines failed and the inheritance progressed through a female. In 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Paxton
Little Paxton in Cambridgeshire, England is a village and civil parish that lies south of Huntingdon and north of St Neots. It is in the district and historic county of Huntingdonshire. Until the 1970s it was a minor village and the church was under threat of closure. The building of a housing estate and a junior school revived its fortunes and the establishment of the Paxton Pits Nature Reserve around part of the nearby gravel pits has brought visitors to the village. The nature reserve features lakes, woodland and part of the Ouse floodplain and is home to large numbers of cormorants and many summer visitors such as nightingales and a large number of passerine birds. Grebes, ducks and geese have colonised the lakes. The population of the village of Little Paxton is now much larger than that of Great Paxton. History Little Paxton is not explicitly mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 but is covered by the entry for Great Paxton (or Pachstone as it was then). At that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Paxton
Great Paxton is a village and civil parish in Cambridgeshire, England. It is in Huntingdonshire which is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire as well as being a historic counties of England, historic county of England. The village lies north of St Neots in the Great Ouse river valley. The population was 1,007 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. Despite its name, Great Paxton's population is much smaller than the neighbouring parish of Little Paxton. History In 1085 William the Conqueror ordered that a survey should be carried out across his kingdom to discover who owned which parts and what it was worth. The survey took place in 1086 and the results were recorded in what, since the 12th century, has become known as the Domesday Book. Starting with the king himself, for each tenant-in-chief, landholder within a county there is a list of their estates or Manorialism, manors; and, for each manor, there is a summary of the resources of the manor, the amount of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton Man-powered Aircraft
The Paxton man-powered aircraft was the project of architect Tony Paxton, to create a compact human-powered aircraft, suitable for sports flying. It was a low-wing monoplane, but mounted on top of a tall undercarriage off the ground. The airframe was constructed of metal tubing, with extensive use of styrofoam in order to create the wing ribs and fuselage formers. The wings were of constant chord and made use of the thick-sectioned high-lift GU25-5(11)8 aerofoil. The wings were also wire braced, and fitted with tip plates at each wingtip. Control was very similar to that of the Weybridge ''Dumbo'' machine; the cruciform tail featured movable control surfaces on both fins and the tailplanes, with lateral control being achieved by rotating each wing, in its entirety, around the spar. The pilot sat in the open air, in a reclined position, and powered a 2-bladed pusher propeller via a bevel-geared drive system. Initial tests with the aircraft resulted in a failure of the dri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton (soil)
The Paxton soil series was established in Worcester County, Massachusetts in 1922, and is named for the town of Paxton where it was first described and mapped, and is the state soil of Massachusetts. Taxonomic classification Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts. Paxton soils are in the Inceptisol soil order of soil taxonomy. The term "coarse-loamy" indicates that the soil has less than 18% clay and at least 15% or more particles that are fine sand or coarser. The term "mixed" indicates no single mineral is over 40 percent. The term "active" represents a ratio of the cation-exchange capacity to clay of the pedon. The term "mesic" indicates the soil developed in a temperature between 8 and 15 degrees C. The "Typic Dystrudepts" are typical profiles ypicwith low pH ystrwith an udic moisture regime and are within the Inceptisol order pts Distribution and uses of Paxton soils Paxton soils are mapped on convex slopes of oval-shaped, streamline hills calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paxton (fish)
''Paxton concilians'', also known as the Paxton's cardinalfish, is a species of cardinalfish native to the Indian Ocean waters off of western Australia where it is found over the continental shelf at depths of from . This species grows to a length of SL. This species was previously classified as the only known member of its genus and of its subfamilyMabuchi, K., Fraser, T.H., Song, H., Azuma, Y. & Nishida, M. (2014)Revision of the systematics of the cardinalfishes (Percomorpha: Apogonidae) based on molecular analyses and comparative reevaluation of morphological characters.''Zootaxa, 3846 (2): 151–203.'' but the 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' placed the genus in the subfamily Pseudaminae. The genus name honours the Australian zoologist John R. Paxton of the Australian Museum in Sydney who provided the describers with the type specimens while the specific name means the uniting of disparate parts into a whole, a reference to this species continuous dorsal fin A dorsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
