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Phantom Creek Trail
Phantom may refer to: * Spirit (animating force), the vital principle or animating force within all living things ** Ghost, the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living Aircraft * Boeing Phantom Ray, a stealthy unmanned combat air vehicle * Boeing Phantom Eye, a High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle * McDonnell FH Phantom, a jet fighter aircraft, introduced 1947 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a supersonic air-defense fighter and fighter-bomber, introduced 1960 * Phantom X1, ultralight aircraft * Phantom (UAV), a series of unmanned aerial quadcopters developed by DJI Boats * DC‐14 Phantom – an American catamaran design *Flying Phantom Elite – a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design *Flying Phantom Essentiel – a French hydrofoil catamaran sailboat design * Phantom 14 – an American lateen-rigged sailboat design *Phantom 14 (catamaran) – an Italian sailboat design *Phantom 16 (catamaran) – an Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit (animating Force)
In folk belief, spirit is the vitalism, vital principle or animating essence within all life, living things. As recently as 1628 and 1633 respectively, both William Harvey and René Descartes still speculated that somewhere within the body, in a special locality, there was a "vital spirit" or "vital force", which animated the whole bodily frame, just as the engine in a factory moves the machinery in it. Overview People have frequently conceived of spirit as a supernatural being, or non-physical entity; for example, a demon, ghost, fairy, or angel. In ancient Islamic terminology however, the term ''spirit'' (''rūḥ''), applies only to "pure" spirits, but not to other invisible creatures, such as jinn, Shaitan, demons and angels in Islam, angels. Historically, spirit has been used to refer to a "subtle" as opposed to "gross" material substance, as put forth in the notable last paragraph of Sir Isaac Newton's ''Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Principia Mathematica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phantom (play)
''The Phantom'' is a two act melodrama written by Dion Boucicault. It was originally titled ''The Vampire'' when it was first performed at the Princess's Theatre in London in 1852. Boucicault renamed it ''The Phantom'' when he went to the United States, where it opened in Philadelphia in 1856. The play tells the story of two different encounters with a mysterious phantom. Plot The first act begins with two owners of an inn, Janet and Davy on their wedding night. There is a big storm when the landlord's daughter Lucy Peveryl asks Davy to accompany her to the treacherous Raby Castle to see her love, Roland. The Ruins of the Raby, as the castle is commonly referred as, are abandoned and there is a legend that some sort of demon is in there and anyone who goes is horrified to death and never comes out alive. Davy agrees cautiously to lead Lucy to the ruins of the Raby. On the journey there is Lord Albert Clavering, Neville, Guy, Ellen, and Maude, who had all been staying at the inn. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |