Pratt, John Henry

Japanese: プラット（英語表記）Pratt， John Henry

Born: June 4, 1809, London
[Died] December 28, 1871. Gazipur, India. British geophysicist. Graduated from Cambridge University. Travelled to India as a missionary for the East India Company (1838), and became vice-bishop of Calcutta in 1850. In 1855, he measured gravity at the southern foot of the Himalayas, and found that the deviation of the vertical line based on this was only 40% of the predicted value. He hypothesized that the low-density crust that makes up the mountains had deep roots underground and was in equilibrium at a certain depth (80-120 km) underground, and proposed the concept of isostasy in 1856. Member of the Royal Society of London (66). His main work was The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy (36).

Pratt
Pratt, Edwin John

Born: February 4, 1883, Western Bay, Newfoundland
[Died] April 26, 1964. Toronto Canadian poet. Born to a Methodist minister. After studying philosophy and theology at the University of Toronto, he taught English literature at the same university for over 30 years. He published many poems with grandiose concepts and unique sensibilities, including Newfoundland Verse (1923), The Witches' Brew (25), and The Titans (26). His most famous work is the epic poem Brébeuf and His Brethren (40).

Pratt
Platt, Orville Hitchcock

Born July 19, 1827 in Washington, Connecticut, USA
[Died] April 21, 1905. Meriden, Connecticut, USA. American lawyer and politician. He held important positions in the Senate from 1879 when he entered politics as a Republican senator until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on Patents and Territories, and was in favor of minting silver coins, although not unlimited, in financial matters. In foreign affairs, he was proactive in overseas expansion, and proposed the Platt Amendment regarding Cuba in 1901.

Pratt
plat

A small open space at the junction of a vertical shaft, inclined shaft, etc. and a horizontal tunnel, where cars and materials are loaded and unloaded into cages, and where personnel can ascend and descend, etc. Since most of these are junctions between vertical shaft or inclined shaft transportation and horizontal tunnel transportation, the surrounding area is often a marshalling yard for maneuvering empty and loaded cars arriving and departing.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia About Encyclopaedia Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

[生]1809.6.4. ロンドン
[没]1871.12.28. インド，ガジプール
イギリスの地球物理学者。ケンブリッジ大学卒業。東インド会社の宣教師としてインドに渡り (1838) ，1850年にカルカッタの副僧正。 55年ヒマラヤ山脈の南麓で重力を測定し，これに基づく鉛直線偏差が予想値の4割にすぎないところから，山体をなす密度の小さい地殻が地下へ深く根をおろし，地下の一定深度 (80～120km) のところで釣合っていると考えて，56年にアイソスタシーの概念を提示した。ロンドン・ロイヤル・ソサエティ会員 (66) 。主著『機械論哲学の数学的原理』 The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy (36) 。

プラット
Pratt， Edwin John

[生]1883.2.4. ニューファンドランド，ウェスタンベイ
[没]1964.4.26. トロント
カナダの詩人。メソジスト派牧師の子として生れる。トロント大学で哲学，神学を修めたのち，同大学で英文学を三十余年にわたって講じた。『ニューファンドランド詩』 Newfoundland Verse (1923) ，『魔女の酒造り』 The Witches' Brew (25) ，『巨人たち』 The Titans (26) など独自の感覚の構想雄大な詩を多数発表。長編叙事詩『ブレブーフとその兄弟たち』 Brébeuf and His Brethren (40) が代表作。

プラット
Platt， Orville Hitchcock

[生]1827.7.19. アメリカ，コネティカット，ワシントン
[没]1905.4.21. アメリカ，コネティカット，メリデン
アメリカの法律家，政治家。 1879年共和党連邦上院議員として政界入りしてから没するまで上院で重要な位置を占めた。特許権委員会委員長，准州委員会委員長などをつとめ，財政面では無制限ではないが銀貨鋳造に賛成。外交面では海外進出に積極的で，1901年キューバに関するプラット修正を提案した。