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Vernier:
Valentigney,
Stryker,
Fairborn,...
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Valentigney...
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... to Ohio
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Phillipe Vernier, French theologian (?)
Do not wait for great strength before setting out, for immobility will
weaken you further.
Do not wait to see very clearly before starting: One has to walk toward
the light.
Have you strength enough to take this first step? Courage enough to
accomplish this little tiny act... the necessity of which is apparent
to you?
Take this step! Perform this act!
You will be astonished to feel that the effort accomplished, instead of
having exhausted your strength, has doubled it --- and that you already
see more clearly what you have to do next."
[Context, May 1993]
Letter to the
Reverend Paul Vernier
(see 1889 entry) from
Paul Gauguin
in Papeete, April, 1903
I am ill, I can no longer walk.
Letter
from
Vincent
van
Gogh
to Reverend Frédéric Salles mentioning the painter and
lithographer
Emile Louis Vernier
Comment aimez-vous la lithographie Vernier...?
John Baptist Vernier, Detroit settler
John Baptist Vernier came to Detroit in 1801 and bought land at the foot
of Atwater and Randolph, where the tunnel and customs to Canada now
stand. He purchased most of what is now Grosse Pointe and St. Clair
Shores in 1808. Vernier Road is named for the farm that he owned.
Pierre Vernier
c. 1580-1637. Scientific instrument-maker, born in Ornans, France.
He spent most of his life serving the King of Spain in the Low Countries,
and in 1631 invented the measuring caliper which now bears his name.
It makes use of two graduated scales sliding parallel to each other,
one of which provides accurate subdivisions of one division of the other
scale.
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You may want to know how to read this when the display on your new
digital calipers fails. If you don't know, see
N.Y. Regents Math Preparatory Lesson on Vernier Calipers
or send e-mail to
vernier@ieee.org
If it weren't for the misspelling [2002 JAN 01] in the eponymous file
name at the end of the URL, I would give you a clickable link to the nice
exercise at http://www.physics.umt.edu/PhysicsActive/Venier.html
(They do have several simple and effective introductory pages there.)
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Phoebe Vernier
Artistic Director, Professional Dancer, Dance Instructor,
Winner "Best Performing Dance Company"
'Energy and Passion... Well Disciplined and Professional Troupe...
Good Spirited and Taut Flamenco!'... Gleason, Napa Register
'La Fibi' Held the Audience Breathless as She Carried Her
Artistry to a Higher Plane... She Ran Through a Range of
Emotional Movements I Previously Thought Possible Only in
Classical Ballet!'... Kreitman, Oakland Tribune
"La Fibi's dramatic dance, intense and finely honed, represents
the constant triumph of Art over Adversity. At once joyful and
profound, her dance is elegant, fully individual and searingly
honest, far removed from the generic stereotyped flamenco. The
imprint of her duende and her personality is in all of her
movements. She dances, as an observer said of Carmen Amaya,
"as if nothing else existed in the world..."
- Professor Francisco Gaona
'Evocative and Sultry Energy... Mind Blowing Rhythm and Speed!'
... The Santa Cruz Connection
'Quite Simply... Amazing!'... Bam Magazine
"I Like the Way You Dance!"... Paco De Lucia
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Photo by Marty Sohl
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Vernier Commune, Genève Canton, Swiss Confederation
La commune en bref
La commune de Vernier compte, à fin septembre 2000, 29154
habitants. Sa superficie est de 7,67 km², dont le point culminant
se situe à 449 mètres.
A partir de 1955, Vernier connaît un développement
démographique considérable, avec la construction de
nouveaux quartiers et des deux cités du Lignon et des Avanchets.
Sous le village passe le tunnel de l'autoroute qui enjambe le Rhône,
là où avait été installée la
première usine hydroélectrique d'Europe, en 1893.
Tout près de là s'établit une importante entreprise
de parfums synthétiques, qui contribua à l'essor de la
commune. La zone industrielle de ZIMOGA entre Vernier et Meyrin, les
centres administratifs et commerciaux des Coquelicots et de Blandonnet
participent au développement de Vernier.
Regard sur l'histoire
Le nom de Vernier proviendrait du mot celtique de verne, désignant
l'aulne, arbre qui croît dans les lieux humides. Situé sur
a route allant de Genève à Lyon, le village a probablement
été fondé par les légionnaires romains qui
vainquirent les Helvètes lors de leur tentative d'émigrer
en Gaule, dans l'espoir de s'installer sur des terres plus fertiles.
Vernier fut successivement occupé par les Burgondes, les Francs,
les Sarrasins et les Germains.
Les limites de la commune sont historiquement celles de la paroisse,
telle qu'elle fut créée en 1536, au moment de l'invasion
bernoise du pays de Gex. En 1590 le territoire passa sous
l'administration genevoise. A la révolution française,
Vernier apparut comme une commune qui devint suisse par le traité
de Paris de 1815.
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Flag
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Vernier
Commune,
Genève Canton, Switzerland
The Vernier Commune is part of the Geneva canton in the Swiss
Confederation. The name Geneva comes from the Celtic words "gen",
mouth, and "ava", water. The name Vernier also has watery origins.
It comes from the Celtic "verne", meaning the
alder,
a
tree
with a preference for river banks and wetlands. A river runs through
the Vernier coat of arms, binding nature and technology. A sinuous
stripe (the Rhone) symbolizes the home of the trout and the engine of
the mill wheel.
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References
Domremy-la-Pucelle, Vosges, France
(180 km north of Valentigney)
Gentit Oral History - Cynthia Gentit
Ville de Valentigney, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France
Ville de Vernier, Commune Vernier, Genève Canton, Switzerland
Vernier Family Genealogy Forum
Vernier Rocket, Surveyor Lunar Probe
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Other Vernier Pages
Joan of Arc
Lydia's Blog
Standing On the Moon
Vernier@ISI
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