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Gas dynamic cold spray The cold spray is a gas dynamic method of material coating, developed in the mid 1980s in Russia [1]. The solid state powder (1 – 50 micrometers in diameter) is accelerated in the supersonic gas jet to velocities up 500 - 1000 m/s.
Gas exchange Gas exchange or respiration takes place at a respiratory surface - a boundary between the external environment and the interior of the body. For unicellular organisms the respiratory surface is simply the cell membrane, but for large organisms it usually is carried out in respiratory systems.
Gas filled tube Gas filled tubes (also known as Discharge Tubes) are arrangements of electrodes in a gas within an insulating, temperature-resistant envelope. Although the envelope was classically glass, power tubes often use ceramics, and military tubes often use glass-lined metal.
Gas flare A gas flare or flare stack is an elevated vertical stack or chimney found on oil wells or oil rigs, and in refineries, chemical plants and landfills used for burning off unusable waste gas or flammable gas and liquids released by pressure relief valves during unplanned over-pressuring of plant equipment. www.
Gas flow computer Originally the gas flow computer was an electronic module that simply provided a dedicated gas flow computer function. Today "gas flow computer" is a misnomer since the gas flow computer function is a subfunction to an overall data acquisition and control program installed within PLCs and RTUs.
Gas fueled reactor A gas nuclear reactor is a nuclear reactor, with which the nuclear fuel in gaseous form is present. Because of large operating risks such a reactor up to now beyond the test stage, although with its assistance interplanetary flights would be problem-free possible and would be possible during the generation of current a good efficiency.
Gas generator A gas generator usually refers to a propellant mixture, often similar to a solid rocket propellant, that burns to produce large volumes of gas. It is similar to a rocket propellant, but is usually designed to produce large volumes of cool gas, instead of maximizing the energy available.
Gas giant A gas giant (sometimes also known as a Jovian planet after the planet Jupiter) is a large planet that is not primarily composed of rock or other solid matter. There are four gas giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Gas hydrate A gas hydrate is a hydrate consisting of a water lattice in which light hydrocarbon molecules are embedded resembling dirty ice. Hydrates normally form when a gas stream is cooled below its hydrate formation temperature in the presence of free water, such as when the gas is colder than its water dew point temperature.
Gas chamber A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. The most commonly used poisonous agent is hydrogen cyanide; carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide have also been used.
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is a method that combines the features of gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to identify different substances within a test sample. Applications of GC-MS include drug detection, fire investigation, environmental analysis, and explosives investigation.
Gas Chamber Orchestra The Gas Chamber Orchestra is a noise music ensemble consisting of Michael Andrade, Mark Grey, Gary Singh, and Ryan Torchia. Formed in 1991 at San José State University in San Jose, California while the four were Electroacoustic music composition students.
Gas in a box In quantum mechanics, the results of the quantum particle in a box can be used to look at the equilibrium situation for a quantum ideal gas in a box which is a box containing a large number particles which do not interact with each other except for instantaneous thermalizing collisions. This simple model can be used to describe the classical ideal gas as well as the various quantum ideal gases such as the ideal massive Fermi gas, the ideal massive Bose gas as well as black body radiation which may be treated as a massless Bose gas.
Gas lamps Lighting with gas (methane) with illuminating gas products added for a brighter light, was begun in England in the early 1800's for lighting the streets of cities using coal gas, but its value was soon recognized and use spread to industrial, commercial and residential lighting purposes, being less expensive than either candles or oil for lamps.
Gas lawn edger A gas lawn edger or edger is a piece of lawn equipment used for trimming the edges of lawns in between sidewalk and the edge of the lawn around garden borders. A basic gas lawn edger consists of a engine, Blelt tensioner, pulleys and a blade.
Gas laws The gas laws are a set of laws that describe the relationship between thermodynamic temperature (T), pressure (P) and volume (V) of gases. It is a loose collection of rules developed between the late Renaissance and early 19th century.
Gas leak In common usage, a gas leak refers to a leak of natural gas, from a pipe or other containment, into a living area or any other area where the gas should not be. As natural gas explodes when exposed to flame or sparks, this situation is rather dangerous.
Gas lift Gas lift is one of a number of processes used to artificially lift oil or water from wells where there is insufficient reservoir pressure to produce the well. The process involves injecting gas through the tubing-casing annulus.
Gas lighting Gas lighting is the process of burning piped natural gas or coal gas for illumination. Before electricity became sufficiently widespread and economical to allow for general public use, gas was the most popular means of lighting in cities and suburbs.
Gas mantle An incandescent gas mantle, gas mantle, or Welsbach mantle is a device for generating bright white light when heated by a flame. The name refers to its original heat source, existing gas lights which filled the streets of Europe and North America in the late 19th century, mantle referring to the way it was hung above the flame.
Gas mask A gas mask is a mask worn on the face to protect the body from airborne pollutants and toxic materials. The mask forms a sealed cover over the nose and mouth, but may also cover the eyes and other vulnerable soft tissues of the face.
Gas metal arc welding Gas metal arc welding (GMAW), sometimes referred to by its subtypes, metal inert gas (MIG) welding or metal active gas (MAG) welding, is a semi-automatic or automatic arc welding process in which a continuous and consumable wire electrode and a shielding gas are fed through a welding gun. A constant voltage, direct current power source is most commonly used with GMAW, but constant current systems, as well as alternating current, can be used.
Gas Mark The Gas Mark is a system and unit of marking temperatures on gas ovens and cookers in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations countries. It is still in use, however it is not as widespread as it was in the last half of the twentieth century.
Gas phase ion chemistry Gas phase ion chemistry is a field of science encompassed dually within both Chemistry and Physics. It is the science that studies ions and molecules in the gas phase, most often enabled by some form of mass spectrometry.
Gas phase titration Gas phase titration refers, generally, to any titration done in the gas phase. More specifically, it refers to a method for determining reactive species in the gas phase by reaction with an excess of some other gas, which acts as the titrant.
Gas Powered Games Gas Powered Games is a computer game developer located in Redmond, Washington. The development studio was started in May 1998 by Chris Taylor, creator of Total Annihilation, and several other ex-Cavedog Entertainment employees.
Gas reinjection Gas reinjection is the reinjection of natural gas into an underground reservoir, typically one already containing both natural gas and crude oil, in order to increase the pressure within the reservoir and thus induce the flow of crude oil. After the crude has been pumped out, the natural gas is once again recovered.
Gas safety certificate A Gas safety certificate is a certificate that is required by law to be held for all rental accommodation in the UK where there are gas appliances present. The requirement is enshrined in the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1994.
Gas stoichiometry Stoichiometry is the quantitative relationship between reactants and products in a chemical reaction. This relationship is referred to as gas stoichiometry when it is employed for reactions that produce gases.
Gas syringe A gas syringe also known as "glass collecting bottle", is a piece of laboratory glassware used to draw a volume of a gas from a beaker or other closed system, or measure the volume of gas given off in a reaction. It is often used to remove gaseous products from a reaction.
Gas to liquids Gas to liquids or GTL is a refinery process to convert natural gas or other gaseous hydrocarbons into longer-chain hydrocarbons. Methane-rich gases are converted into liquid fuels either via direct conversion or via syngas as an intermediate, for example using the Fischer Tropsch process.
Gas torus A gas torus is a form of planetary ring composed of gas rather than ice and dust. Jupiter has a gas torus of ions generated by Io's vulcanism that contributes significantly to radiation levels in Jupiter's vicinity.
Gas tungsten arc welding Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), also known as tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding, is an arc welding process that uses a nonconsumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld. The weld area is protected from atmospheric contamination by a shielding gas (usually an inert gas such as argon), and a filler metal is normally used, though some welds, known as autogenous welds, do not require it.
Gas turbine A gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a flow of combustion gas. It has an upstream compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between.
Gas turbine modular helium reactor The Gas Turbine Modular Helium Reactor (GTMHR) is a nuclear power reactor design under development by General Atomics. It is a helium cooled, graphite moderated reactor and uses TRISO fuel compacts in a prismatic core design.
Gas Transmission Northwest Gas Transmission Northwest is a natural gas pipeline that brings gas from western Canada through Washington and Oregon into California, connecting to the Pacific Gas and Electric system. Prior to being purchased by TransCanada Corporation, it was named Pacific Gas Transmission.
Gas Works Park Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington is a 19.1 acre (77,000 m²) public park on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company gasification plant, located on the north shore of Lake Union at the south end of the Wallingford neighborhood.
Gas-absorption refrigerator The absorption refrigerator is a refrigerator that utilizes a heat source to provide the energy needed to drive the cooling system rather than being dependent on electricity to run a compressor. These refrigerators are popular where electricity is unreliable, costly, or unavailable, or where surplus heat is available, e.
Gas-au-Lec The Gas-au-Lec was an American automobile manufactured from 1905 until 1906. The product of a Peabody, Massachusetts firm, it was a 40/45 hp gas-electric with a copper-jacketed four-cylinder engine with electromagnetically operated inlet valves.
Gas-cooled fast reactor The Gas-Cooled Fast Reactor (GFR) system is a nuclear reactor design which is currently in development. Classed as a Generation IV reactor, it features a fast-neutron spectrum and closed fuel cycle for efficient conversion of fertile uranium and management of actinides.
Gas-delayed blowback Gas-delayed blowback (also called gas-retarded blowback) is a firearm operating principle (not to be confused with gas-operated). The bolt is never locked, and so is pushed rearward by the expanding propellant gases as in other blowback-based designs.
Gas-dynamic A gas-dynamic control system is one where the path of an object in flight is controlled by either the generation or redirection of gas flow out of an orifice rather than with the traditional movable control surfaces. There are two major types of gas-dynamic control: thrust vectoring and control jets.
Gas-free engineer A gas-free engineer (GFE) is a person that has successfully completed a similarly-named training course offered by the United States Navy. The gas-free engineer is thereby qualified to certify a confined space as being safe to enter without the use of an air-purifying or supplied air (SAR/SCBA) respirator.
Gas-generator cycle (rocket) The gas generator cycle (also known as open cycle) is a power cycle of a bipropellant rocket rocket engine. Some of the propellant is burned in a gas-generator and the resulting hot gas is used to power the engine's pumps.
Gas-liquid chromatography Gas-liquid chromatography (GLC), or simply gas chromatography (GC), is a type of chromatography in which the mobile phase is a carrier gas, usually an inert gas such as helium, nitrogen or hydrogen and the stationary phase is a microscopic layer of liquid or polymer on an inert solid support, inside glass or metal tubing, called a column. The instrument to perform gas chromatographic separations is called a gas chromatograph (also: aerograph, gas separator).
Gas-operated reloading Gas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high pressure gas from the cartridge being fired is used to extract the spent case and chamber a new cartridge.
Gas-s-s-s Gas-s-s-s (also known as Gas! or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It) was a 1971 motion picture produced and released by American International Pictures, and was producer Roger Corman's final film for AIP, before leaving to found his own New World Pictures.
Gascoigne Bluff Gascoigne Bluff is a bluff next to the Frederica River on the western side of the island of St. Simons which was a Native American campground, the site of a Franciscan monastery named San Buenaventura, and the site of the Province of Georgia's first naval base.
Gascoignes The Gascoigne family is believed to originate from Gascony, France and is said to have come to England at the time of the Norman Conquest. The family residence from 1546 was Parlington Hall situated west of Aberford in the county of Yorkshire.
Gascon language The Gascon language (Gascon, ; French, ) is an Occitan dialect mostly spoken in Gascony (in the French départements of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Landes, Gers, Gironde, a part of Lot-et-Garonne, a part of Haute-Garonne, and a part of Ariège), and in the small Spanish valley Val d'Aran, in the Northwest of Catalonia. Around the world it is spoken by 253,814 people.
Gascony Gascony (French: Gascogne, pronounced ; Gascon Occitan: Gasconha, pronounced ) is an area of southwest France that constituted a province of France prior to the French Revolution. It is currently divided between the Aquitaine région (départements of Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, south and west of Gironde, and south of Lot-et-Garonne) and the Midi-Pyrénées région (départements of Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées, southwest of Tarn-et-Garonne, and west of Haute-Garonne).
Gascoyne Complex The Gascoyne Complex is a terrane of Proterozoic granite and metamorphic rock in the central-western part of Western Australia. The complex outcrops at the exposed western end of the Capricorn Orogen, a 1,000 km-long arcuate belt of folded, faulted and metamorphosed rocks between two Archean cratons; the Pilbara craton to the north and the Yilgarn craton to the south.
Gascoyne region of Western Australia The Gascoyne region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the north west of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne.
Gaseous diffusion Gaseous diffusion is a technology used to produce enriched uranium by forcing gaseous uranium hexafluoride, UF6, through semi-permeable membranes. This produces a slight separation between the molecules containing uranium-235 and uranium-238.
Gaseous fission reactor A limitation for conventional nuclear fission reactors is that if the nuclear fuel temperature were to rise too high in temperature, the Nuclear reactor core would melt. However, if the reactor core was gaseous, the only temperature limiting materials would be the reactor walls.
Gaseous ionization detectors In particle physics, gaseous ionization detectors are detectors designed to seek the presence of particles (a particle detector). If a particle has enough energy to ionize a gas, the resulting electrons emitted can cause a current flow which can be measured in different ways.
Gash-Barka Gash-Barka is one of the six regions of Eritrea. It is situated in the south-west of the country, bordering the Anseba region to the north, and the Central and Southern regions to the east; the county of Sudan lies to the west and Ethiopia to the south.
Gashadokuro In Japanese Mythology, Gashadokuro (がしゃどくろ) are giant skeletons, often fifteen times taller than an average person. If a gashadokuro sees a human, it will grab it and bite its head off if it does not flee quickly.
Gashapon Gashapon (ガチャポン in katakana - more accurately, gachapon), also referred to as "trading toy", is a Japanese onomatopoeia, made up of two sounds: "gacha" for the turning of a crank on a toy vending machine, and "pon" for the sound of the toy capsule dropping into the receptacle. It is used to describe both the machines themselves, and any toy obtained from them.
Gasherbrum Gasherbrum is a remote group of peaks located at the northeastern end of the Baltoro Glacier in the Karakoram range of the Himalaya. The massif contains three of the world's 8,000 metre peaks (if one includes Broad Peak).
Gasket (sailing) In sailing, gaskets are lengths of rope or fabric used to hold a stowed sail in place. In modern use, the term is usually restricted to square-rigged ships, the equivalent items on yachts being referred to by the more prosaic "sail ties".
Gaslight (1940 film) Gaslight is a film based on the Patrick Hamilton play Angel Street. It was released in Great Britain under the title The Murder in Thornton Square in 1940; when it finally was released in the United States in 1978, it was rechristened Gaslight to capitalize on the memory of the Charles Boyer-Ingrid Bergman version familiar to American audiences.
Gaslight (1944 film) Gaslight is a 1944 film noir adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play Angel Street. It was the second version to be filmed; the first, released in Great Britain under the title The Murder in Thornton Square, had been made a mere four years earlier.
Gaslight (2007 film) Gaslight is an adaptation of a Patrick Hamilton play and a remake of the 1944 classic starring Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman that garnered seven Oscar nominations, including a win for Bergman. It also introduced the film's title into the vernacular, as the act of "gaslighting" someone means to drive them insane.
Gaslight Press Gaslight Press is the current owner of the license for the role-playing game system Everway, which was originally created by Jonathan Tweet, and the publisher of the Sun & Scale line of d20 System products. It is worth noting that there have been no updates made to the Gaslight Press website since April 2002.
Gaslight Radio Gaslight Radio is an Australian guitar pop band, originally from Brisbane and now based in Melbourne. The band was founded by two brothers, Martin and Rory Cooke, in their home town of Burleigh Heads on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Gaslighting Gaslighting is a form of psychological abuse. It uses persistent denials of fact which, as they build up over time, make the victim progressively anxious, confused, and less able to trust his or her own memory and perception.
Gasolin' 3 "Gasolin' 3" (released in November 1973) was the first Gasolin' album to be produced by Roy Thomas Baker and his importance cannot be overestimated. Not only did he improve the sound quality; Baker would also encourage the band to become better musicians and push the musical boundaries.
Gasolina "Gasolina" (Gasoline in the Spanish language), is a popular reggaeton song by Daddy Yankee. Released in 2004 as part of Daddy Yankee's Barrio Fino album, the song became a reggaeton mega-hit, being a chart-topper in many countries well into 2005.
Gasoline Gasoline, also called petrol, is a petroleum-derived liquid mixture consisting mostly of hydrocarbons and enhanced with benzene or iso-octane to increase octane ratings, used as fuel in internal combustion engines.
Gasoline additive Gasoline additives increase gasoline's octane rating or act as corrosion inhibitors or lubricators, thus allowing the use of higher compression ratios for greater efficiency and power, however some carry heavy environmental risks. Types of additives include metal deactivators, corrosion inhibitors, oxygenates and antioxidants.
Gasoline direct injection Gasoline direct injection or GDi is a variant of fuel injection employed in modern two-stroke and four stroke petrol engines. The gasoline or biobutanol is injected right into the combustion chamber of each cylinder, as opposed to conventional multi point fuel injection that happens in the intake manifold, or cylinder port injection in two-strokes.
Gasoline pill The gasoline pill or gasoline powder is one of several fictitious or fraudulent concoctions that claim to turn water into gasoline, which can be used to run an automobile. The gasoline pill is one of several suppressed inventions that circulate as urban legends.
Gasoline price website There exist a number of websites that provide current gasoline (petrol) price information for different filling stations. Many of these websites allow registered users to update the price information, usually for an incentive such as "points" which are accumulated and displayed alongside a user's name.
Gasoline theft Gasoline theft (sometimes known colloquially as fill and fly) is the removal of gasoline from a station without payment. The thief will usually use some form of decoy to prevent nearby witnesses from noticing the lack of payment until they have left the station.
Gasoline-equivalent gallon A gasoline-equivalent gallon is a concept used to compare the energy content of gasoline and alternative fuels, which often have different caloric values than gasoline. Therefore, in order to properly compare prices between fuels, they may be sold in quantities energetically equivalent to a gallon of gasoline.
Gasometer A gasometer, or gas-holder, is a large container where natural gas or town gas is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. The volume of the container follows the quantity of stored gas, with pressure coming from the weight of a movable cap.
Gasometer, Vienna [Vienna]The Gasometers in Vienna are four former gas tanks, each of 90,000 m³ storage capacity, built as part of the Vienna municipal gas works Gaswerk Simmering in 1896–1899. They are located in the 11th district, Simmering.
Gaspar CassadĂł Gaspar CassadĂł y Moreu (September 30, 1897 - December 24, 1966), was an influential cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father and began taking cello lessons at age seven.
Gaspar de Lemos Gaspar de Lemos (15th century), Portuguese explorer and captain of the supply ship of Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet that discovered Brazil. Sent back to Portugal with news of their discovery, he was credited by the Viscount of Santarém as having discovered the Fernando de Noronha archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey (Spanish: Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, conde de Monterrey) (1560, Monterrey, Spain—March 16, 1606, Peru), Spanish nobleman, the ninth viceroy of New Spain. He governed from November 5, 1595 to October 26, 1603.
Gaspar DiGregorio Gaspare DiGregorio (c. 1905-June 11, 1970) was a New York mobster and a high ranking member of the Bonanno crime family who attempted to seize control of the organization following the disappearance of founder Joe Bonanno in 1964.
Gaspar Graziani Gaspar (or Gaşpar) Graziani (also credited as Grazziani, Gratiani and Graţiani; Kasper Gratiani in Polish; cca. 1575/1580—1620) was Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia between February 4OS/February 14 NS 1619 and September 19 OS/September 29 NS 1620 (see Old Style and New Style dates).
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (5 January, 1744 - 27 November, 1811), Spanish statesman, author, philosopher and main figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain, was born at Gijón in Asturias, Spain. Selecting law as his profession, he studied at Oviedo, Ávila, and the Complutense University of Madrid, before becoming a criminal judge at Seville in 1767.
Gaspar Milazzo Gaspar Milazo (April 25, 1887-May 31, 1930) was a major organized crime figure in Detroit during the Prohibition-era as well as establishing one of the early Brooklyn-based crime families in the city's underworld.
Gaspar Noé Gaspar Noé (born December 27, 1963 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentinian-born French filmmaker. His films usually deal with controversial topics such as violence, rape, revenge, pornography, homophobia, mysogyny, racism, and xenophobia.
Gaspar Sanz Gaspar Sanz (April 4, 1640 - 1710) was a Spanish composer and priest born in Calanda in the region of Aragon. He became the dominant figure of Spanish baroque music, and has influenced several composers well into the twentieth century.
Gaspar Schott Gaspar Schott (5 February 1608 - 22 May 1666) was a German scientist, specializing in the fields of physics, mathematics and natural philosophy, and known for his piety. He was born at Königshofen and died at Augsburg (or Würzburg, sources vary).
Gaspar Trevalion In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, Gaspar Trevalion is the Comte de Fourcay, kinsman to Marc, and a great friend of Anafiel Delaunay. Gaspar has grey-streaked hair, and informs Anafiel about the political machinations of Lyonette de Trevalion.
Gaspar Yanga Gaspar Yanga--often simply Yanga or Nyanga--was a leader of a slave rebellion in Mexico during the early period of Spanish colonial rule. Said to be a member of the royal family of Gabon, Yanga came to be the head of a band of revolting slaves near Veracruz, Mexico around 1570.
Gaspard Bauhin Gaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin (January 17, 1560 – December 5, 1624), was a Swiss botanist, often incorrectly credited with the introduction of binomial nomenclature into taxonomy, which was much later taken up by Linnaeus. Bauhin's work, Pinax theatri botanici (1596), was the first to use this convention for naming of species.
Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre Gaspard de Clermont-Tonnerre (born 16 August 1688 at Dijon; died 16 March 1781, at the HĂ´tel Matignon, Paris), was a French noble, descendant of a family which traced its origins to the 12th century. His chief title was that of Marquis of Cruzy and Vauvillers, later 1st Duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, a new creation which elevated him to the Peerage of France.
Gaspard I de Coligny Gaspard I de Coligny, known as the Marshal of Châtillon, served in the Italian Wars from 1495 to 1515, and was created Marshal of France in 1516. By his wife, Louise de Montmorency, sister of the future constable, he had three sons: Odet, Cardinal de Châtillon; Gaspard, the Admiral; and François, Seigneur d'Andelot.
Gaspard Monge's mausoleum Gaspard Monge, whose remains are deposited in the burying ground in Père Lachaise Cemetery, at Paris, in a magnificent mausoleum, was professor of geometry in the École polytechnique at Paris, and with Denon accompanied Napoleon Bonaparte on his memorable expedition to Egypt; one to make drawings of the architectural antiquities and sculpture, and the other the geographical delineations of that ancient country. He returned to Paris, where he assisted Denon in the publication of his antiquities.
Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine (1787-01-06 - 1871-02-11) was a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. He was the first Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for four months, from 1848-08-01 until 6 December of the same year.
Gaspare Messina Gaspare Messina founded the New England Mafia also known as the Patriarca crime family in 1916. Married to Francesca (Reggio) Messina, he immigrated to Brooklyn from Sicily with his wife Francesa, his brother Phillip, and his brothers wife Josephine.
Gasparilla Island State Park Gasparilla Island State Park is a Florida State Park located south of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island off Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound. Activities include swimming and fishing along with shelling, picnicking, and viewing the historical wooden lighthouse.
Gasparilla Pirate Festival Each January, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla and the City of Tampa hosts the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, named for legendary pirate captain José Gaspar who operated out of the area. The invasion begins when the "Krewe" (made up of residents of the city) arrives on a 165' long pirate ship, the Jose Gasparilla, in Tampa Bay and land near downtown Tampa.
Gasparo Aselli Gaspare Aselli, or Asellio (1581 - 1626) was an Italian physician noted for the discovery of the lacteal vessels of the lymphatic system. Aselli discovered (or rediscovered) the chylous vessels, and studied systematically the significance of these vascular structures.
Gasparo Duiffopruggar Gasparo Duiffopruggar (1514 - c.1570) (First name alternately spelled "Gaspard," last name alternately spelled "Dieffopruchar," or "Duiffoprugcar," "Duiffoprugghar" or "Duiffoprogar") is the name given to instrument maker Kaspar Tieffenbrucker.

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