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Kinetic isotope effect The kinetic isotope effect (KIE) is a variation in the reaction rate of a chemical reaction when an atom in one of the reactants is replaced by one of its isotopes. It is also called isotope fractionation, although this term is technically somewhat broader in meaning.
Kinetic metallization Kinetic Metallization (TM) is a solid-state process in which metallic powders are sprayed through a specially designed, two phase, sonic deposition nozzle that accelerates metal particles entrained in an inert carrier gas. After reaching high enough speeds, the particles are directed onto a substrate, mandrel, or into a mold.
Kinetic momentum In relativistic mechanics, kinetic momentum is defined as the difference between total momentum and potential momentum. Kinetic momentum is Lorentz gauge covariant: meaning that it is invariant under Lorentz transformations.
Kinetic Monte Carlo The kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method is a Monte Carlo method computer simulation intended to simulate the time evolution of some processes occurring in nature. Typically these are processes that occur with a given known rate.
Kinetic resolution In kinetic resolution two enantiomers show different reaction rates in a chemical reaction thereby creating an excess of the less reactive enantiomer Asymmetric Synthesis of Natural Products, Ari Koskinen ISBN 0-471-93848-3 . This excess goes through a maximum and disappears on full completion of the reaction.
Kinetic Records Kinetic Records is a defunct New York City based record label which has featured releases from artists such as BT, Deepsky, Tilt, Timo Maas, Sandra Collins, Binary Finary, Shpongle, and LTJ Bukem. They are also well known for their Tranceport series and their release of Sasha's Airdrawndagger.
Kinetic sculpture race The Kinetic Sculpture Race has been an annual event in Ferndale, California since 1969. It began when local sculptor Hobart Brown "improved" the appearance of his son's tricycle, and was challenged to a race down Main Street by Jack Mays.
Kinetic term In physics, a kinetic term is the part of the Lagrangian that is bilinear in the fields (this does not include the mass term!) (and for nonlinear sigma models, they are not even bilinear), and usually contains two derivatives with respect to time (or space); in the case of fermions, the kinetic term usually has one derivative only.
Kinetic theory Kinetic theory attempts to explain macroscopic properties of gases, such as pressure, temperature, or volume, by considering their molecular composition and motion. Essentially, the theory posits that pressure is due not to static repulsion between molecules, as was Isaac Newton's conjecture, but due to collisions between molecules moving about with a certain velocity.
Kinetics (company) Kinetics, a subsidiary of NCR Corporation, develops self-service software and hardware travel technology. Solutions for hardware include the TouchPort II C for airline check-in and ResortPort for hospitality self-service.
Kinetin Kinetin is a chemical analogue of cytokinins a class of plant hormone that promotes cell division. Kinetin was originally isolated by Miller and Skoog et al as a compound from autoclaved herring sperm DNA that had cell division-promoting activity.
Kinetochore The kinetochore is the protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis and meiosis. The kinetochore contains two regions: an inner kinetochore, which is tightly associated with the centromere DNA; and an outer kinetochore, which interacts with microtubules.
Kinetoplast A Kinetoplast is the compact mass of DNA within the single mitochondrion of organisms in the class kinetoplastea. This consists of many copies of the mitochondrial genome and is thought to be tightly bound to the cytoskeleton of the cell.
Kinetoplastid The kinetoplastids are a group of flagellate protozoa, including a number of parasites responsible for serious diseases in humans and other animals, as well as various forms found in soil and aquatic environments. They are included in the Euglenozoa, and are distinguished from other such forms mainly by the presence of a kinetoplast, a DNA-containing granule located within the single mitochondrion and associated with the flagellar bases.
Kinetoscope The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. Though not a movie projector—it was designed for films to be viewed individually through the window of a cabinet housing its components—the Kinetoscope introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic projection before the advent of video: it creates the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
King & King & Family King & King & Family (Tricycle Press, March 2004 ISBN 1-58246-113-9) is the sequel to the somewhat controversial kids book, "King & King." It is recommended reading level is ages 4-8, and is is a 32-page hardcover English language book.
King "Morphy" Morpheus King Morpheus is the exaculted ruler of the fictional world of Slumberland as depicted in the Little Nemo comics and in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland movie in 1989. Though only stated in the movie, the King likes to be called "Morphy" by name, as is shown when Nemo calls him King Morpheus, though this only happened once.
King (band) King was a British New Wave pop band of the mid-eighties from Coventry, led by singer Paul King (born 20 November 1961), famed for his 'cockatoo' haircut and spray painted Doc Marten's Boots. King were preceeded by an early incarnation of the band named "The Reluctant Stereotypes" who released an album and three singles in the early 1980's off the back of Coventry's vibrant ska scene.
King (Belly album) King was an album released by Belly in 1995, two years after their previous album, Star. Although the members had tightened their focus and polished their hook-laden songs, the album and its singles were commercial failures in the grunge-friendly atmosphere of 1995, and the band broke up shortly after it was released.
King (crater) King is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, and can not be viewed directly from Earth. It forms a crater pair with Ibn Firnas, which is only slightly larger and is attached to the northeast rim of King.
King (VIVA) King is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on November 20, 2005, at the intersection of King Road and Yonge Street in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
King and Emperor King and Emperor concludes the tale begun in The Hammer and the Cross. Mingling the discovery of Greek fire with the quest for the Holy Grail, the book continues to interweave real historical events and fictitious characters in a violent and gripping medieval romp.
King and pawn versus king The chess endgame with a king and a pawn versus a king is the most important and fundamental endgame, other than the basic checkmates. It is important to master this endgame, since most other endgames have the potential of reducing to this type of endgame via exchanges of pieces.
King and Story The intersection of King and Story serves as an important marker for the center of a neighborhood in East San Jose, California. More generally, the region is called East San Jose or (colloquially) the "East Side".
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) (Arabic: مدينة المل٠عبدالعزيز للعلŮŮ… Ůالتقنية), located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is an organization established in 1977 under the name of "Saudi Arabian National Center for Science & Technology (SANCST), and later in 1985 renamed to "King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology".
King Abdullah University Hospital King Abdullah University Hospital (Arabic: مستشŮى المل٠المؤسس عبد الله الجامعي), often abbreviated KAUH, is the largest hospital in northern Jordan, serving the approximately one million inhabitants of the Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash, and Mafraq governorates. It is also the teaching hospital affiliated with Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), located within the JUST campus adjacent to the University's medical faculties.
King Acorn In the fictional universe of Sonic the Hedgehog, King Maximillian Acorn (or just the King, as he was referred to in the Saturday morning cartoon in which he was voiced by Tim Curry) is the father of Princess Sally Acorn. He is an anthropomorphic, humanoid squirrel, and his age appears to be somewhere between the mid 40s and early 50s.
King Acorn's Secret Service King Acorn's Secret Service is an organization from the Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog storyline. They serve as professional counterparts to the Freedom Fighters, and the two are often at odds due to the competition between them.
King Adora English rock group King Adora formed in Birmingham in 1998, reputedly taking their name from an oversized adult toy they'd seen in a sex shop. With strong punk and glam rock influences, similar to American power pop, they often drew comparisons to Suede, Pixies, and the early Manic Street Preachers.
King Anasterian Sunstrider Anasterian Sunstrider was the High Elven King at the time of the Second War, he reluctanctly joined the Alliance, honour bound to fulfill a pledge to always help the descendants of the Arathi bloodline, the last being Lord Lothar. Anasterian was forced to contribute more of Quel'Thalas' armies when the outer forests were attacked by the Horde.
King Andre King Andre was a fictional smuggler and minor villain to Guybrush Threepwood in LucasArts' The Curse of Monkey Island. Andre was a bald black man who lived in a cave on Skull Island, a small island near Blood Island during Guybrush's Adventures.
King Arthur King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship both in war and peace. He is the central character in the cycle of legends known as the Matter of Britain.
King Arthur (opera) King Arthur, subtitled "The British Worthy", is an opera in five acts, with a libretto by John Dryden and music by Henry Purcell. The opera was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in early summer of 1691.
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice King Arthur and the Knights of Justice was a Saturday morning cartoon which lasted for 2 seasons (totaling 26 episodes) and was produced by Bohbot Entertainment. The first episode aired on September 13, 1992 and the last episode was on December 12, 1993.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (anime) King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Japanese: Entaku no Kishi Monogatari: Moero Arthur) is a Japanese anime series based on the Arthurian legend. Produced by Toei Animation, it consisted of 30 half-hour episodes released between September 9, 1979 and March 3, 1980]].
King Arthur Flour The King Arthur Flour Company, formerly the Sands, Taylor & Wood Company, is an American miller and retailer of specialty flours, cookbooks, and baked goods. The company was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1790, and is now based in Norwich, Vermont.
King Arthur's Disasters King Arthur's Disasters is an animated series that airs on CITV on ITV1 in the United Kingdom, Cartoon Network in France, Toon Disney in Italy and ABC Australia. As of 2006 Nicktoons UK began airing repeats of series 1.
King Arthur: Prince on White Horse King Arthur: Prince on White Horse (Japanese: Moero Arthur: Hakuba no Oji) was a Japanese anime series based on the Arthurian legend. It is a sequel to the earlier series King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, reworked in a futuristic setting.
King Baudouin Stadium The Heysel Stadium was a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. It was inaugurated on August 23, 1930 (days after Belgium's 100th anniversary) as the Stade du Jubilé (Jubilee Stadium) in the presence of Prince Leopold.
King Bedlam King Bedlam (Christopher Aaronson) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe, created for their comic book series X-Force. He was the long-lost brother of X-Force member Jesse Aaronson and made his first appearance in X-Force #87.
King Bee (Band - Portland, Oregon) King Bee was a band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1976 and consisted of Fred Cole on vocals and guitar, Mark Sten on bass, and Pat Conner on drums. Cole had sung and written songs for bands such as The Lollipop Shoppe and Zipper, but King Bee marked his debut as a guitarist.
King Ben Nawahi King Bennie Nawahi (Benjamin Keakahiawa Nawahi) was an American slack-key guitar master from Hawaii, well-known throughout the country in the 1920s and 30s. He performed well into the 1970s, when a stroke left him partially paralyzed.
King Benjamin According to the Book of Mormon, King Benjamin, son of King Mosiah the first, was the second Nephite king to rule over Zarahemla. An account of his life and teachings are recorded in both the Words of Mormon and the Book of Mosiah.
King Bird of Paradise The King Bird of Paradise, Cicinnurus regius is a small, up to 16cm, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a crimson and white bird of paradise with bright blue feet and green-tipped fan-like plumes on its shoulder.
King Biscuit Flower Hour (In Concert) King Biscuit Flower Hour (In Concert) is a live album and DVD by Canadian rock band Triumph released in 1996. Taken from the Allied Forces tour stop in Cleveland on October 12, 1981, this album features songs from the album of the same name in addition to some of the earlier hits.
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas is the third live album, and the 19th album overall, from American rock band Kansas, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). In 2003, the album was re-titled and re-released as Greatest Hits Live (see below).
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents The Waitresses King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents The Waitresses is a live album recorded during the radio show King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1982 while the band was still active. It was released a few months after lead singer Patty Donahue died of lung canter.
King Boo is an enemy in the Mario series of games, appearing as the boss of Luigi's Mansion and is a minor character in many Mario games. He is member of the ghost-like Boo species and looks like a larger version of the generic Boo (though not as big as Boolossus or Big Boo) with a crown on his head and a slight blueish complexion.
King Booker's Court King Booker's Court are a heel professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand. It was formed shortly after Booker T (who would become known as King Booker) won the King of the Ring tournament in mid-2006.
King Broadcasting Company King Broadcasting Company was a Seattle, Washington media conglomerate founded by Dorothy Bullitt. It began with one FM radio station, and grew to include a large group of broadcast television and radio stations, as well as a cable television network.
King Brothers Productions Brothers Frank, Maurice and Herman King formed the film production company King Brothers Productions. The three (born Kozinski) got their start in the early 1940s manufacturing film projectors then quickly moved on to making films.
King cake A king cake (sometimes rendered as kingcake) is a type of cake associated with Carnival traditions. It is popular in Carnival season in the area of the United States which celebrates Carnival ranging from Mobile, Alabama to southeastern Texas, centered on New Orleans.
King consort King consort is a title given in some monarchies to the husband of a Queen regnant. Nowadays, it is a symbolic title only, the sole constitutional function of the holder being similar to a Queen consort, namely to produce an heir to the throne.
King C. Gillette King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman, popularly, but incorrectly, known as the inventor of the safety razor. (The Encyclopædia Britannica, among others, has falsely so credited him.
King Caesar is a bipedal kaiju from the Toho produced Godzilla series. Caesar's appearance was inspired by the Shisa, a beast that looks like a combination between a lion and a dog from Okinawa myth and was originally from China.
King Caesar House The King Caesar House is a historic house located at 120 King Caesar Road, Duxbury, Massachusetts. It is now operated as a non-profit museum by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, and open various afternoons during the summer months.
King Carol I Bridge The King Carol I Bridge (later renamed Anghel Saligny Bridge) was built between 1890 and 1895 in Romania over the Danube and Borcea and when it was completed it then became the longest bridge in Europe and the third in the world.
King City (GO Station) The King City GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in King City, Ontario in Canada. It also serves the nearby communities of Nobleton, Oak Ridges, the northern parts of Maple (in Vaughan), and other communities in King Township.
King Clancy Francis Michael "King" Clancy (February 25, 1903 – November 10, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs before becoming a coach, referee, and team executive.
King Clancy Memorial Trophy The King Clancy Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and who has made a significant humanitarian contribution in his community.
King Cobra (film) King Cobra is a 1999 horror/sci-fi film centred on a 30 feet long, Half African King Cobra and half Eastern Diamond Rattlesnake nicknamed Seth. When Seth enters a small Californian brewery town in the midst of its famous brewery event, the town is under the mercy of Seth.
King Cole (baseball player) Leonard Leslie "King" Cole (April 15, 1886 in Toledo, Iowa-January 6, 1916) was a baseball player in the early twentieth century. He started his baseball career as a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs in 1909.
King College King College was established in 1867. Modeled as a small university, King is a comprehensive Christian college serving the Southeast and beyond in an environment of academic excellence where scholarship, stewardship and faith are integrated.
King Colobus The King Colobus (Colobus polykomos), also known as the Western Black-and-white Colobus, is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rain forests in a region stretching between Gambia and CĂ´te d'Ivoire within Africa. It eats mainly leaves, but also fruits and flowers.
King Comics King Comics was a short-lived comic book imprint of King Features Syndicate, and an attempt by King to publish comics of its own characters, rather than through other publishers. The comics label last approximately a year-and-a-half, with its series cover-dated from August 1966 to December 1967.
King Country The King Country is a region of the western North Island of New Zealand. It extends approximately from the Kawhia Harbour and the town of Otorohanga in the north to the upper reaches of the Whanganui River in the south, and from the Hauhungaroa and Rangitoto Ranges in the east to near the Tasman Sea in the west.
King Country Electricity King Country Electricity is an electricity generation and distribution company in New Zealand, supplying the Waitomo, King Country and Ruapehu Districts. It generates 100% of its electricity from renewable sources (principally hydro-electric generation).
King County Council The Metropolitan King County Council, the legislative body of King County, Washington, consists of nine members elected by district. The Council adopts laws, sets policy, and holds final approval over the budget.
King County Jaguars The King County Jaguars are a semi-professional football team located in Kent, Washington and founded in 1999. They are a member of the Northwest Football League and also play independently in the west division of the Minor League Football Association.
King County Journal The King County Journal was a newspaper published in Kent, Washington. It was a combination of the old Valley Daily News of Kent and the Journal-American of Bellevue, which merged when they were bought by Peter Horowitz.
King County Royals The King County Royals are a team of the American Basketball Association based in King County, Washington (which the cities of Seattle and Bellevue are part of) and owned by John Dominguez, who also owns the Bellingham Slam.
King County Superior Court King County Superior Court, the largest trial court in Washington state, is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle.
King Crimson King Crimson is an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. Their dense musical style has typically been categorised as progressive rock, although it also has influences from jazz, classical, new wave, heavy metal and folk.
King Crimson Live at Plymouth Guildhall Live at Plymouth Guildhall is a live album (2CD set) by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in January 2001. The album was recorded at the Guildhall in Plymouth, UK on May 11, 1971.
King Crimson Live at Summit Studios King Crimson Live at Summit Studios is a live album of radio session recordings by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in February 2000. The album was recorded at Summit Studios, Denver, USA, March 12, 1972.
King Crimson on Broadway King Crimson On Broadway is a live album (2CD set) by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in July 1999. The tracks on the albums were recorded at the Longacre Theater in New York City, USA, on November 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25, 1995, as the band was touring to promote the album THRAK.
King dory The king dory or lookdown dory, Cyttus traversi, is a dory, in the genus Cyttus, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand, over the continental shelf at depths of between 200 and 800 m. Its length is between 20 and 40 cm.
King David Kalakaua Building The King David Kalakaua Building in Honolulu, Hawaii was once known as the United States Federal Court, Customs House and Post Office Building. It was the official seat of administration in the state of Hawaii for the United States federal government.
King David School, Melbourne The King David School is an independent progressive Jewish day school located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that offers tuition from Pre School to Year 12. It is affiliated with the Victorian Union of Progressive Judaism.
King David School, Vancouver The King David High School is a Jewish day school and Secondary School located in Vancouver, Canada. The school was formerly known as Maimonides High School, Vancouver Jewish High School and Vancouver Talmud Torah High School.
King David's Warriors King David's Warriors are a group of biblical characters explicitly singled out by an appendix of the Books of Samuel. The text (2 Samuel 23:8-39) divides them into The Three, of which there are 3, and The Thirty, of which there is somewhere between 30 and 37.
King Dedede , also spelled "King DeDeDe", and "King De De De" is the first antagonist to Kirby in Nintendo and HAL Labs' long-running Kirby video game series, appearing in every game except Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. Although not necessarily evil, he does seem to have some level of malice, though most of his actions in the series have him causing easily correctable problems for the inhabitants of Dream Land, such as stealing their food or building a castle on top of the Fountain Of Dreams.
King Diamond King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen, June 14, 1956, Copenhagen Denmark) is a heavy metal musician known for his wide vocal range and Satanic shock rock image. As the frontman for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond, his music has had an influence on many bands across a variety of metal sub-genres; Metallica, for instance, occasionally performed lengthy medleys of Mercyful Fate songs during their concerts.
King Dragon operation in Arakan King Dragon Operation was a large scale military operation against Rohingya Muslims of Arakan, Burma (Myanmar) in the year 1978. The operation sent a quarter million Rohingya Muslims as refugees to a neighboring country -- Bangladesh.
King Duosi King Duosi the former governor of Tulong Cave under the Nanman, and a very close friend to the brother of Meng Huo, Meng You. King Duosi was very much well known amongst the nanman as the "Sage of Nanman".
King expedition of 1817 Philip Parker King's first exploring and surveying expedition departed Sydney on 22 December 1817 on board the cutter HMS Mermaid. On board were King, his two Master's mates Frederick Bedwell and John Septimus Roe, the botanist Allan Cunningham, 12 seamen, 2 boys and the native Boongaree.
King Edward Avenue King Edward Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The road runs from Crown Street to the west, adjacent to the University Endowment Lands, to Kingsway to the east, in the Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood.
King Edward Avenue (Ottawa) King Edward Avenue bi-sects Lowertown Ottawa running from the McDonald-Cartier Bridge southward to the Queensway. The street was originally named "King Street" and was renamed to honour King Edward VII.
King Edward Hotel (Jackson, MS, USA) The King Edward Hotel is an historic hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. The second of two buildings located on the site at the corner of Capitol and Mill Streets, it was closed and vacant for nearly 40 years before renovations began in 2006.
King Edward Mine At the end of the 19th Century students at the Camborne School of Mines much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines. The industry was almost in terminal decline and the surviving mines were falling behind technically.
King Edward VI Aston King Edward VI Aston School (KEASTON) () is a selective grammar school and specialist Sports College. The school is located in the Aston area of Birmingham, England and has a large influence on the Aston community, through its extensive curriculum and community links.
King Edward VI Camp Hill King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys and King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls () are a pair of Grammar Schools in Kings Heath, Birmingham. They are grant-maintained schools, part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI.
King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford) King Edward VI Grammar School, or KEGS, is a British grammar school located in the town of Chelmsford, roughly in the middle of the county of Essex. It takes pupils from the ages of 11 (Year 7, formerly the First Year) to 18 (Year 13, formerly the Upper Sixth).
King Edward VI School, Southampton King Edward VI School (often referred to as "KES") is a selective Independent Co-educational secondary school in Southampton, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1553, after the death of William Capon (in 1550), who left money in his will for a grammar school for the poor.
King Edward VII class battleship The King Edward VII class was a class of battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905 in response to the emerging navies of Japan and the USA. The navies of these two nations were smaller, but their ships possessed superior secondary armament, a key part of a ship's firepower.
King Edward VII Professor of English Literature The King Edward VII Professorship of English Literature is one of the senior professorships in literature at the University of Cambridge, and was founded by a donation from Sir Harold Harmsworth in 1910 in memory of King Edward VII who had died earlier that year.
King Edward VII School (Sheffield) King Edward VII School (KES) is a secondary school located in South Yorkshire, Sheffield, United Kingdom. KES, named after the reigning monarch, was formed in 1905 when Wesley College was merged with Sheffield Royal Grammar School (SRGS) on the site of the former on Glossop Road.
King Edward VII Stakes The King Edward VII Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.
King Edward's Chair King Edward's Chair, sometimes known as St Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair, is the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland - known as the Stone of Scone - which he had captured from the Scots who had kept it at Scone, Perthshire.
King Edward's School King Edward's School or King Edward VI School is the name of several schools in England, the majority of them founded during the reign of King Edward VI of England. There are also schools named after King Edward VII.
Kinetic metallization Kinetic Metallization (TM) is a solid-state process in which metallic powders are sprayed through a specially designed, two phase, sonic deposition nozzle that accelerates metal particles entrained in an inert carrier gas. After reaching high enough speeds, the particles are directed onto a substrate, mandrel, or into a mold.
Kinetic momentum In relativistic mechanics, kinetic momentum is defined as the difference between total momentum and potential momentum. Kinetic momentum is Lorentz gauge covariant: meaning that it is invariant under Lorentz transformations.
Kinetic Monte Carlo The kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method is a Monte Carlo method computer simulation intended to simulate the time evolution of some processes occurring in nature. Typically these are processes that occur with a given known rate.
Kinetic resolution In kinetic resolution two enantiomers show different reaction rates in a chemical reaction thereby creating an excess of the less reactive enantiomer Asymmetric Synthesis of Natural Products, Ari Koskinen ISBN 0-471-93848-3 . This excess goes through a maximum and disappears on full completion of the reaction.
Kinetic Records Kinetic Records is a defunct New York City based record label which has featured releases from artists such as BT, Deepsky, Tilt, Timo Maas, Sandra Collins, Binary Finary, Shpongle, and LTJ Bukem. They are also well known for their Tranceport series and their release of Sasha's Airdrawndagger.
Kinetic sculpture race The Kinetic Sculpture Race has been an annual event in Ferndale, California since 1969. It began when local sculptor Hobart Brown "improved" the appearance of his son's tricycle, and was challenged to a race down Main Street by Jack Mays.
Kinetic term In physics, a kinetic term is the part of the Lagrangian that is bilinear in the fields (this does not include the mass term!) (and for nonlinear sigma models, they are not even bilinear), and usually contains two derivatives with respect to time (or space); in the case of fermions, the kinetic term usually has one derivative only.
Kinetic theory Kinetic theory attempts to explain macroscopic properties of gases, such as pressure, temperature, or volume, by considering their molecular composition and motion. Essentially, the theory posits that pressure is due not to static repulsion between molecules, as was Isaac Newton's conjecture, but due to collisions between molecules moving about with a certain velocity.
Kinetics (company) Kinetics, a subsidiary of NCR Corporation, develops self-service software and hardware travel technology. Solutions for hardware include the TouchPort II C for airline check-in and ResortPort for hospitality self-service.
Kinetin Kinetin is a chemical analogue of cytokinins a class of plant hormone that promotes cell division. Kinetin was originally isolated by Miller and Skoog et al as a compound from autoclaved herring sperm DNA that had cell division-promoting activity.
Kinetochore The kinetochore is the protein structure in eukaryotes which assembles on the centromere and links the chromosome to microtubule polymers from the mitotic spindle during mitosis and meiosis. The kinetochore contains two regions: an inner kinetochore, which is tightly associated with the centromere DNA; and an outer kinetochore, which interacts with microtubules.
Kinetoplast A Kinetoplast is the compact mass of DNA within the single mitochondrion of organisms in the class kinetoplastea. This consists of many copies of the mitochondrial genome and is thought to be tightly bound to the cytoskeleton of the cell.
Kinetoplastid The kinetoplastids are a group of flagellate protozoa, including a number of parasites responsible for serious diseases in humans and other animals, as well as various forms found in soil and aquatic environments. They are included in the Euglenozoa, and are distinguished from other such forms mainly by the presence of a kinetoplast, a DNA-containing granule located within the single mitochondrion and associated with the flagellar bases.
Kinetoscope The Kinetoscope is an early motion picture exhibition device. Though not a movie projector—it was designed for films to be viewed individually through the window of a cabinet housing its components—the Kinetoscope introduced the basic approach that would become the standard for all cinematic projection before the advent of video: it creates the illusion of movement by conveying a strip of perforated film bearing sequential images over a light source with a high-speed shutter.
King & King & Family King & King & Family (Tricycle Press, March 2004 ISBN 1-58246-113-9) is the sequel to the somewhat controversial kids book, "King & King." It is recommended reading level is ages 4-8, and is is a 32-page hardcover English language book.
King "Morphy" Morpheus King Morpheus is the exaculted ruler of the fictional world of Slumberland as depicted in the Little Nemo comics and in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland movie in 1989. Though only stated in the movie, the King likes to be called "Morphy" by name, as is shown when Nemo calls him King Morpheus, though this only happened once.
King (band) King was a British New Wave pop band of the mid-eighties from Coventry, led by singer Paul King (born 20 November 1961), famed for his 'cockatoo' haircut and spray painted Doc Marten's Boots. King were preceeded by an early incarnation of the band named "The Reluctant Stereotypes" who released an album and three singles in the early 1980's off the back of Coventry's vibrant ska scene.
King (Belly album) King was an album released by Belly in 1995, two years after their previous album, Star. Although the members had tightened their focus and polished their hook-laden songs, the album and its singles were commercial failures in the grunge-friendly atmosphere of 1995, and the band broke up shortly after it was released.
King (crater) King is a prominent lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, and can not be viewed directly from Earth. It forms a crater pair with Ibn Firnas, which is only slightly larger and is attached to the northeast rim of King.
King (VIVA) King is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on November 20, 2005, at the intersection of King Road and Yonge Street in Richmond Hill, Ontario.
King and Emperor King and Emperor concludes the tale begun in The Hammer and the Cross. Mingling the discovery of Greek fire with the quest for the Holy Grail, the book continues to interweave real historical events and fictitious characters in a violent and gripping medieval romp.
King and pawn versus king The chess endgame with a king and a pawn versus a king is the most important and fundamental endgame, other than the basic checkmates. It is important to master this endgame, since most other endgames have the potential of reducing to this type of endgame via exchanges of pieces.
King and Story The intersection of King and Story serves as an important marker for the center of a neighborhood in East San Jose, California. More generally, the region is called East San Jose or (colloquially) the "East Side".
King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) (Arabic: مدينة المل٠عبدالعزيز للعلŮŮ… Ůالتقنية), located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is an organization established in 1977 under the name of "Saudi Arabian National Center for Science & Technology (SANCST), and later in 1985 renamed to "King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology".
King Abdullah University Hospital King Abdullah University Hospital (Arabic: مستشŮى المل٠المؤسس عبد الله الجامعي), often abbreviated KAUH, is the largest hospital in northern Jordan, serving the approximately one million inhabitants of the Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash, and Mafraq governorates. It is also the teaching hospital affiliated with Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), located within the JUST campus adjacent to the University's medical faculties.
King Acorn In the fictional universe of Sonic the Hedgehog, King Maximillian Acorn (or just the King, as he was referred to in the Saturday morning cartoon in which he was voiced by Tim Curry) is the father of Princess Sally Acorn. He is an anthropomorphic, humanoid squirrel, and his age appears to be somewhere between the mid 40s and early 50s.
King Acorn's Secret Service King Acorn's Secret Service is an organization from the Archie Comics Sonic the Hedgehog storyline. They serve as professional counterparts to the Freedom Fighters, and the two are often at odds due to the competition between them.
King Adora English rock group King Adora formed in Birmingham in 1998, reputedly taking their name from an oversized adult toy they'd seen in a sex shop. With strong punk and glam rock influences, similar to American power pop, they often drew comparisons to Suede, Pixies, and the early Manic Street Preachers.
King Anasterian Sunstrider Anasterian Sunstrider was the High Elven King at the time of the Second War, he reluctanctly joined the Alliance, honour bound to fulfill a pledge to always help the descendants of the Arathi bloodline, the last being Lord Lothar. Anasterian was forced to contribute more of Quel'Thalas' armies when the outer forests were attacked by the Horde.
King Andre King Andre was a fictional smuggler and minor villain to Guybrush Threepwood in LucasArts' The Curse of Monkey Island. Andre was a bald black man who lived in a cave on Skull Island, a small island near Blood Island during Guybrush's Adventures.
King Arthur King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship both in war and peace. He is the central character in the cycle of legends known as the Matter of Britain.
King Arthur (opera) King Arthur, subtitled "The British Worthy", is an opera in five acts, with a libretto by John Dryden and music by Henry Purcell. The opera was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in early summer of 1691.
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice King Arthur and the Knights of Justice was a Saturday morning cartoon which lasted for 2 seasons (totaling 26 episodes) and was produced by Bohbot Entertainment. The first episode aired on September 13, 1992 and the last episode was on December 12, 1993.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (anime) King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Japanese: Entaku no Kishi Monogatari: Moero Arthur) is a Japanese anime series based on the Arthurian legend. Produced by Toei Animation, it consisted of 30 half-hour episodes released between September 9, 1979 and March 3, 1980]].
King Arthur Flour The King Arthur Flour Company, formerly the Sands, Taylor & Wood Company, is an American miller and retailer of specialty flours, cookbooks, and baked goods. The company was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1790, and is now based in Norwich, Vermont.
King Arthur's Disasters King Arthur's Disasters is an animated series that airs on CITV on ITV1 in the United Kingdom, Cartoon Network in France, Toon Disney in Italy and ABC Australia. As of 2006 Nicktoons UK began airing repeats of series 1.
King Arthur: Prince on White Horse King Arthur: Prince on White Horse (Japanese: Moero Arthur: Hakuba no Oji) was a Japanese anime series based on the Arthurian legend. It is a sequel to the earlier series King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, reworked in a futuristic setting.
King Baudouin Stadium The Heysel Stadium was a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. It was inaugurated on August 23, 1930 (days after Belgium's 100th anniversary) as the Stade du Jubilé (Jubilee Stadium) in the presence of Prince Leopold.
King Bedlam King Bedlam (Christopher Aaronson) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe, created for their comic book series X-Force. He was the long-lost brother of X-Force member Jesse Aaronson and made his first appearance in X-Force #87.
King Bee (Band - Portland, Oregon) King Bee was a band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1976 and consisted of Fred Cole on vocals and guitar, Mark Sten on bass, and Pat Conner on drums. Cole had sung and written songs for bands such as The Lollipop Shoppe and Zipper, but King Bee marked his debut as a guitarist.
King Ben Nawahi King Bennie Nawahi (Benjamin Keakahiawa Nawahi) was an American slack-key guitar master from Hawaii, well-known throughout the country in the 1920s and 30s. He performed well into the 1970s, when a stroke left him partially paralyzed.
King Benjamin According to the Book of Mormon, King Benjamin, son of King Mosiah the first, was the second Nephite king to rule over Zarahemla. An account of his life and teachings are recorded in both the Words of Mormon and the Book of Mosiah.
King Bird of Paradise The King Bird of Paradise, Cicinnurus regius is a small, up to 16cm, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a crimson and white bird of paradise with bright blue feet and green-tipped fan-like plumes on its shoulder.
King Biscuit Flower Hour (In Concert) King Biscuit Flower Hour (In Concert) is a live album and DVD by Canadian rock band Triumph released in 1996. Taken from the Allied Forces tour stop in Cleveland on October 12, 1981, this album features songs from the album of the same name in addition to some of the earlier hits.
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas is the third live album, and the 19th album overall, from American rock band Kansas, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). In 2003, the album was re-titled and re-released as Greatest Hits Live (see below).
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents The Waitresses King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents The Waitresses is a live album recorded during the radio show King Biscuit Flower Hour in 1982 while the band was still active. It was released a few months after lead singer Patty Donahue died of lung canter.
King Boo is an enemy in the Mario series of games, appearing as the boss of Luigi's Mansion and is a minor character in many Mario games. He is member of the ghost-like Boo species and looks like a larger version of the generic Boo (though not as big as Boolossus or Big Boo) with a crown on his head and a slight blueish complexion.
King Booker's Court King Booker's Court are a heel professional wrestling stable in World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand. It was formed shortly after Booker T (who would become known as King Booker) won the King of the Ring tournament in mid-2006.
King Broadcasting Company King Broadcasting Company was a Seattle, Washington media conglomerate founded by Dorothy Bullitt. It began with one FM radio station, and grew to include a large group of broadcast television and radio stations, as well as a cable television network.
King Brothers Productions Brothers Frank, Maurice and Herman King formed the film production company King Brothers Productions. The three (born Kozinski) got their start in the early 1940s manufacturing film projectors then quickly moved on to making films.
King cake A king cake (sometimes rendered as kingcake) is a type of cake associated with Carnival traditions. It is popular in Carnival season in the area of the United States which celebrates Carnival ranging from Mobile, Alabama to southeastern Texas, centered on New Orleans.
King consort King consort is a title given in some monarchies to the husband of a Queen regnant. Nowadays, it is a symbolic title only, the sole constitutional function of the holder being similar to a Queen consort, namely to produce an heir to the throne.
King C. Gillette King Camp Gillette (January 5, 1855 – July 9, 1932) was an American businessman, popularly, but incorrectly, known as the inventor of the safety razor. (The Encyclopædia Britannica, among others, has falsely so credited him.
King Caesar is a bipedal kaiju from the Toho produced Godzilla series. Caesar's appearance was inspired by the Shisa, a beast that looks like a combination between a lion and a dog from Okinawa myth and was originally from China.
King Caesar House The King Caesar House is a historic house located at 120 King Caesar Road, Duxbury, Massachusetts. It is now operated as a non-profit museum by the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society, and open various afternoons during the summer months.
King Carol I Bridge The King Carol I Bridge (later renamed Anghel Saligny Bridge) was built between 1890 and 1895 in Romania over the Danube and Borcea and when it was completed it then became the longest bridge in Europe and the third in the world.
King City (GO Station) The King City GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in King City, Ontario in Canada. It also serves the nearby communities of Nobleton, Oak Ridges, the northern parts of Maple (in Vaughan), and other communities in King Township.
King Clancy Francis Michael "King" Clancy (February 25, 1903 – November 10, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs before becoming a coach, referee, and team executive.
King Clancy Memorial Trophy The King Clancy Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and who has made a significant humanitarian contribution in his community.
King Cobra (film) King Cobra is a 1999 horror/sci-fi film centred on a 30 feet long, Half African King Cobra and half Eastern Diamond Rattlesnake nicknamed Seth. When Seth enters a small Californian brewery town in the midst of its famous brewery event, the town is under the mercy of Seth.
King Cole (baseball player) Leonard Leslie "King" Cole (April 15, 1886 in Toledo, Iowa-January 6, 1916) was a baseball player in the early twentieth century. He started his baseball career as a pitcher with the Chicago Cubs in 1909.
King College King College was established in 1867. Modeled as a small university, King is a comprehensive Christian college serving the Southeast and beyond in an environment of academic excellence where scholarship, stewardship and faith are integrated.
King Colobus The King Colobus (Colobus polykomos), also known as the Western Black-and-white Colobus, is a species of Old World monkey, found in lowland and mountain rain forests in a region stretching between Gambia and CĂ´te d'Ivoire within Africa. It eats mainly leaves, but also fruits and flowers.
King Comics King Comics was a short-lived comic book imprint of King Features Syndicate, and an attempt by King to publish comics of its own characters, rather than through other publishers. The comics label last approximately a year-and-a-half, with its series cover-dated from August 1966 to December 1967.
King Country The King Country is a region of the western North Island of New Zealand. It extends approximately from the Kawhia Harbour and the town of Otorohanga in the north to the upper reaches of the Whanganui River in the south, and from the Hauhungaroa and Rangitoto Ranges in the east to near the Tasman Sea in the west.
King Country Electricity King Country Electricity is an electricity generation and distribution company in New Zealand, supplying the Waitomo, King Country and Ruapehu Districts. It generates 100% of its electricity from renewable sources (principally hydro-electric generation).
King County Council The Metropolitan King County Council, the legislative body of King County, Washington, consists of nine members elected by district. The Council adopts laws, sets policy, and holds final approval over the budget.
King County Jaguars The King County Jaguars are a semi-professional football team located in Kent, Washington and founded in 1999. They are a member of the Northwest Football League and also play independently in the west division of the Minor League Football Association.
King County Journal The King County Journal was a newspaper published in Kent, Washington. It was a combination of the old Valley Daily News of Kent and the Journal-American of Bellevue, which merged when they were bought by Peter Horowitz.
King County Royals The King County Royals are a team of the American Basketball Association based in King County, Washington (which the cities of Seattle and Bellevue are part of) and owned by John Dominguez, who also owns the Bellingham Slam.
King County Superior Court King County Superior Court, the largest trial court in Washington state, is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle.
King Crimson King Crimson is an English musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. Their dense musical style has typically been categorised as progressive rock, although it also has influences from jazz, classical, new wave, heavy metal and folk.
King Crimson Live at Plymouth Guildhall Live at Plymouth Guildhall is a live album (2CD set) by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in January 2001. The album was recorded at the Guildhall in Plymouth, UK on May 11, 1971.
King Crimson Live at Summit Studios King Crimson Live at Summit Studios is a live album of radio session recordings by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in February 2000. The album was recorded at Summit Studios, Denver, USA, March 12, 1972.
King Crimson on Broadway King Crimson On Broadway is a live album (2CD set) by the band King Crimson, released through the King Crimson Collectors' Club in July 1999. The tracks on the albums were recorded at the Longacre Theater in New York City, USA, on November 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25, 1995, as the band was touring to promote the album THRAK.
King dory The king dory or lookdown dory, Cyttus traversi, is a dory, in the genus Cyttus, found around South Africa, southern Australia, and New Zealand, over the continental shelf at depths of between 200 and 800 m. Its length is between 20 and 40 cm.
King David Kalakaua Building The King David Kalakaua Building in Honolulu, Hawaii was once known as the United States Federal Court, Customs House and Post Office Building. It was the official seat of administration in the state of Hawaii for the United States federal government.
King David School, Melbourne The King David School is an independent progressive Jewish day school located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that offers tuition from Pre School to Year 12. It is affiliated with the Victorian Union of Progressive Judaism.
King David School, Vancouver The King David High School is a Jewish day school and Secondary School located in Vancouver, Canada. The school was formerly known as Maimonides High School, Vancouver Jewish High School and Vancouver Talmud Torah High School.
King David's Warriors King David's Warriors are a group of biblical characters explicitly singled out by an appendix of the Books of Samuel. The text (2 Samuel 23:8-39) divides them into The Three, of which there are 3, and The Thirty, of which there is somewhere between 30 and 37.
King Dedede , also spelled "King DeDeDe", and "King De De De" is the first antagonist to Kirby in Nintendo and HAL Labs' long-running Kirby video game series, appearing in every game except Kirby and the Amazing Mirror. Although not necessarily evil, he does seem to have some level of malice, though most of his actions in the series have him causing easily correctable problems for the inhabitants of Dream Land, such as stealing their food or building a castle on top of the Fountain Of Dreams.
King Diamond King Diamond (born Kim Bendix Petersen, June 14, 1956, Copenhagen Denmark) is a heavy metal musician known for his wide vocal range and Satanic shock rock image. As the frontman for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond, his music has had an influence on many bands across a variety of metal sub-genres; Metallica, for instance, occasionally performed lengthy medleys of Mercyful Fate songs during their concerts.
King Dragon operation in Arakan King Dragon Operation was a large scale military operation against Rohingya Muslims of Arakan, Burma (Myanmar) in the year 1978. The operation sent a quarter million Rohingya Muslims as refugees to a neighboring country -- Bangladesh.
King Duosi King Duosi the former governor of Tulong Cave under the Nanman, and a very close friend to the brother of Meng Huo, Meng You. King Duosi was very much well known amongst the nanman as the "Sage of Nanman".
King expedition of 1817 Philip Parker King's first exploring and surveying expedition departed Sydney on 22 December 1817 on board the cutter HMS Mermaid. On board were King, his two Master's mates Frederick Bedwell and John Septimus Roe, the botanist Allan Cunningham, 12 seamen, 2 boys and the native Boongaree.
King Edward Avenue King Edward Avenue is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The road runs from Crown Street to the west, adjacent to the University Endowment Lands, to Kingsway to the east, in the Kensington-Cedar Cottage neighbourhood.
King Edward Avenue (Ottawa) King Edward Avenue bi-sects Lowertown Ottawa running from the McDonald-Cartier Bridge southward to the Queensway. The street was originally named "King Street" and was renamed to honour King Edward VII.
King Edward Hotel (Jackson, MS, USA) The King Edward Hotel is an historic hotel in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. The second of two buildings located on the site at the corner of Capitol and Mill Streets, it was closed and vacant for nearly 40 years before renovations began in 2006.
King Edward Mine At the end of the 19th Century students at the Camborne School of Mines much of their time doing practical mining and tin dressing work in the local tin mines. The industry was almost in terminal decline and the surviving mines were falling behind technically.
King Edward VI Aston King Edward VI Aston School (KEASTON) () is a selective grammar school and specialist Sports College. The school is located in the Aston area of Birmingham, England and has a large influence on the Aston community, through its extensive curriculum and community links.
King Edward VI Camp Hill King Edward VI Camp Hill Boys and King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls () are a pair of Grammar Schools in Kings Heath, Birmingham. They are grant-maintained schools, part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI.
King Edward VI Grammar School (Chelmsford) King Edward VI Grammar School, or KEGS, is a British grammar school located in the town of Chelmsford, roughly in the middle of the county of Essex. It takes pupils from the ages of 11 (Year 7, formerly the First Year) to 18 (Year 13, formerly the Upper Sixth).
King Edward VI School, Southampton King Edward VI School (often referred to as "KES") is a selective Independent Co-educational secondary school in Southampton, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1553, after the death of William Capon (in 1550), who left money in his will for a grammar school for the poor.
King Edward VII class battleship The King Edward VII class was a class of battleships launched by the Royal Navy between 1903 and 1905 in response to the emerging navies of Japan and the USA. The navies of these two nations were smaller, but their ships possessed superior secondary armament, a key part of a ship's firepower.
King Edward VII Professor of English Literature The King Edward VII Professorship of English Literature is one of the senior professorships in literature at the University of Cambridge, and was founded by a donation from Sir Harold Harmsworth in 1910 in memory of King Edward VII who had died earlier that year.
King Edward VII School (Sheffield) King Edward VII School (KES) is a secondary school located in South Yorkshire, Sheffield, United Kingdom. KES, named after the reigning monarch, was formed in 1905 when Wesley College was merged with Sheffield Royal Grammar School (SRGS) on the site of the former on Glossop Road.
King Edward VII Stakes The King Edward VII Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old thoroughbred colts and geldings run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) at Ascot Racecourse during the Royal Ascot meeting in June.
King Edward's Chair King Edward's Chair, sometimes known as St Edward's Chair or The Coronation Chair, is the throne on which the British monarch sits for the coronation. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland - known as the Stone of Scone - which he had captured from the Scots who had kept it at Scone, Perthshire.
King Edward's School King Edward's School or King Edward VI School is the name of several schools in England, the majority of them founded during the reign of King Edward VI of England. There are also schools named after King Edward VII.
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