Barlow
Encyclopedia
Places
United Kingdom- Barlow CommonBarlow CommonBarlow Common is a village in Derbyshire, England near Barlow and Chesterfield.-External links:*-External links:...
, a village in Derbyshire, England - Barlow, DerbyshireBarlow, DerbyshireBarlow is a village and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 884. The village is about three miles north-west of Chesterfield....
, England - Barlow, North YorkshireBarlow, North YorkshireBarlow is a small village and civil parish located in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England.Barlow is an essentially rural village, situated about three miles from the town of Selby and from the motorway network...
, England - Barlow Woodseats HallBarlow Woodseats HallBarlow Woodseats Hall is a Grade II* listed manor house situated at Barlow Woodseats, on the edge of the village of Barlow, in Derbyshire. It remains the only manor house in the Parish of Barlow, and the current house dates from the early 17th century, although there are much earlier origins.-...
, Derbyshire, England
United States
- Barlow Flat CampBarlow Flat CampBarlow Flat Camp is located from the Big Sur Station trailhead along the Pine Ridge Trail. To get to the camp from the Pine Ridge Trail, take a short 1/4 mile spur trail down to the river. The camp is a large flat next to the Big Sur River and has a swimming hole and a box latrine to control...
, a camping area in California (US) - Barlow, KentuckyBarlow, KentuckyBarlow is a city in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 715 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Barlow is located at ....
, US - Barlow, OhioBarlow, OhioBarlow is an unincorporated community in western Barlow Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45712. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 339 and 550 near the South Fork of Wolf Creek, which meets the...
, US - Barlow, OregonBarlow, OregonBarlow is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 135 at the 2010 census.-History:Barlow is named for William Barlow, the son of Samuel K. Barlow . Samuel bought the donation land claim in which Barlow is located from Thomas McKay on September 17, 1850...
, US - Barlow Township, Washington County, OhioBarlow Township, Washington County, OhioBarlow Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,417 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
, US - Barlow Pass (disambiguation), one of several mountain passes in the US
New Zealand
- Barlow RiverBarlow RiverThe Barlow River is a river in the Westland district of the South Island of New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Perth River. The Barlow River is fed by the Siege Glacier and its tributary the North Barlow River is fed by the Escape Glacier. A smaller stream called Barlow Creek lies 1 km to...
, a river in New Zealand - North Barlow RiverNorth Barlow RiverThe North Barlow River is a river in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South island. It is one of the headwaters of the Barlow River.-References:...
, a river in New Zealand
Education
- The Barlow RC High SchoolThe Barlow RC High SchoolThe Barlow RC High School & Specialist Science College is a well-known comprehensive educational institute, located in the south of Manchester, England. Dedicated to Saint Ambrose a local catholic martyr and saint, the school was established in 1985 after the merging of the Hollies RC High School...
, a comprehensive secondary school in south Manchester, England - Joel Barlow High SchoolJoel Barlow High SchoolJoel Barlow High School is a high school in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut. The school serves Redding and Easton students....
, a secondary school in Connecticut (US) - Sam Barlow High SchoolSam Barlow High SchoolSam Barlow High School is a public high school near Gresham, Oregon, United States in the Gresham-Barlow School District. It was named for the Oregon pioneer Sam Barlow...
, a secondary school in Oregon (US)
Buildings
- Barlow HallBarlow HallBarlow Hall is an ancient manor house and Grade II listed building in Chorlton-cum-Hardy in the suburbs of Manchester, England. A house has existed on the site since at least the 13th century, but the present building dates back no further than the 16th century , with additions having been made later...
, an historic building in Manchester, England - Barlow PlanetariumBarlow PlanetariumThe Barlow Planetarium is a planetarium located at the University of Wisconsin–Fox Valley in Menasha, Wisconsin. The Barlow Planetarium is named after late businessman and mineral collector F. John Barlow.- History :...
, a part of the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley - Barlow Respiratory HospitalBarlow Respiratory HospitalThe Barlow Respiratory Hospital is a hospital located in Echo Park in Los Angeles, California near Dodger Stadium.Originally a tuberculosis sanatorium, Barlow Respiratory Hospital is a long-term acute care facility in Los Angeles that specializes in respiratory diseases and also treats related...
, a specialized hospital in Los Angeles, California (US) - Barlow Woodseats HallBarlow Woodseats HallBarlow Woodseats Hall is a Grade II* listed manor house situated at Barlow Woodseats, on the edge of the village of Barlow, in Derbyshire. It remains the only manor house in the Parish of Barlow, and the current house dates from the early 17th century, although there are much earlier origins.-...
, an historic building in Barlow, England - William Barlow HouseWilliam Barlow HouseWilliam Barlow House is a historic building in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.Barlow House was home to William Barlow, namesake of the city of Barlow and son of Samuel K. Barlow, who built the Barlow Road. The house is located south of Barlow, between Canby and Aurora on 99E...
, a historic house in Oregon (US)
Science and technology
- Barlow's disease (disambiguation), a term for scurvy or for mitral valve prolapse
- Barlow's formula, for calculation of the internal pressure that a pipe can withstand
- Barlow knife, a certain type of traditional slipjoint pocket knife
- Barlow's lawBarlow's lawBarlow's law was an incorrect physical law proposed by Peter Barlow in 1824 to describe the ability of wires to conduct electricity. It said that the conductance of a wire varies inversely with the square root of its length and directly with the square root of its cross-sectional area, or:where G...
, an incorrect theory of a wire's electrical current-carrying ability - Barlow lensBarlow lensThe Barlow lens, named for its creator, the English engineer Peter Barlow, is a diverging lens which, used in series with other optics in an optical system, increases the effective focal ratio of an optical system as perceived by all components after it in the system...
, a diverging lens used in telescope eyepieces - Barlow maneuverBarlow maneuverThe Barlow maneuver is a physical examination performed on infants to screen for developmental dysplasia of the hip. It is named for T.G. Barlow, 1962 at Hope Hospital Salford, Manchester....
, a test performed on infants to identify possible hip problems - Barlow Memorial MedalBarlow Memorial MedalThe Barlow Memorial Medal was created in 1916 by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum to recognize the best paper on economic geology published by the Institute each year. The medal is named after Alfred Ernest Barlow, who served as President of the Institute between 1912 and...
, a recognition by Canadian mining society - Barlow railBarlow railBarlow rail was a rolled rail section used on early railways. It has wide flaring feet and was designed to be laid direct on the ballast, without requiring sleepers...
, an early kind of railway rail - Barlow surfaceBarlow surfaceIn mathematics, a Barlow surface is one of the complex surfaces introduced by .They are simply connected surfaces of general type with pg = 0. They are homeomorphic but not diffeomorphic to a projective plane blown up in 8 points....
, a mathematical construct - Barlow's wheelBarlow's Wheelthumb|An 1842 diagram of Barlow's wheelBarlow's wheel was an early demonstration of a homopolar motor, designed and built by English mathematician and physicist, Peter Barlow in 1822. An electric current passes through the hub of the wheel to a mercury contact on the rim; this is contained in a...
, an early demonstration of an electric motor - Wigan-BarlowWigan-BarlowThe Wigan-Barlow was an English automobile manufactured from 1922 until 1923. With a factory at Lowther Street and David Road Coventry, it was an unsuccessful assembled light car with 1368 cc Coventry Simplex or 1496 cc Meadows engines....
, a 1922-1923 English automobile
Entertainment
- BarlowGirlBarlowGirlBarlowGirl is an American Christian rock–CCM all-female band from Chicago, Illinois. The band is composed of sisters Alyssa , Rebecca , and Lauren Barlow . The band has won several awards in their genre; their song "Never Alone" was the longest running No...
, a Christian musical rock group - Barlow at LargeBarlow at LargeBarlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role.Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and Softly, Softly: Taskforce series on BBC television during the 1960s and early 1970s...
, 1970s British television series - Review with Myles BarlowReview with Myles BarlowReview with Myles Barlow is an Australian satirical black comedy television series which screened on Thursday nights on ABC2 and Friday nights on ABC 1. The series began screening on 16 October 2008. It is co-written and directed by Trent O'Donnell and also co-written by Phil Lloyd. It is...
, an Australian television comedy show
Business
- Barlow Lyde & GilbertBarlow Lyde & GilbertBarlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom which specialised in commercial litigation, dispute resolution, insurance and reinsurance...
, an international law firm - Hill and BarlowHill and BarlowHill & Barlow was a law firm in Boston, Massachusetts that dissolved in 2002. Founded in 1895, the firm had been one of the city's oldest and most elite firms, and was also the 12th largest in Boston at the time of its dissolution, employing 145 lawyers. The firm was originally founded by Arthur...
, a Massachusetts (US) law firm (now dissolved) - Barloworld LimitedBarloworld LimitedBarloworld Limited is an industrial brand management company, founded in South Africa. Once a large conglomerate with many unrelated businesses, ranging at various times from mining, information technology and building materials to motor vehicles, it has repositioned itself as an industrial brand...
, a South African industrial brand management company
Other uses
- Barlow and Chambers executionBarlow and Chambers executionThe Barlow and Chambers execution refers to the hanging in 1986 by Malaysia of two Australian citizens, Kevin John Barlow and Brian Geoffrey Chambers of Perth, Western Australia, for the drug trafficking of 141.9 g of heroin....
, 1986 hanging in Malaysia - Barlow EndowmentBarlow EndowmentThe Barlow Endowment for Music Composition is a scholarship established in September 1983 through the generosity of Milton A. and Gloria Barlow. Motivated by their love of music, the Barlows presented a substantial gift to Brigham Young University, engendering and supporting excellence in musical...
, a scholarship for musical study (US) - Barlow's LarkBarlow's LarkThe Barlow's Lark is a species of lark in the Alaudidae family.It is found in Namibia and South Africa.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, a bird native to Namibia and South Africa - Barlow MoorBarlow MoorBarlow Moor was in early times an area of waste between Didsbury and Chorlton-cum-Hardy and was named after Barlow. Barlow Moor Road runs through the area and connects to Wilmslow Road at the southern end and Manchester Road at the northern end. Southern Cemetery and Chorlton Park are landmarks on...
, a wilderness area in England - Barlow RoadBarlow RoadThe Barlow Road is a historic road in what is now the U.S. state of Oregon. It was built in 1846 by Sam Barlow and Philip Foster, with authorization of the Provisional Legislature of Oregon, and served as the last overland segment of the Oregon Trail...
, a segment of the US Oregon Trail - 15466 Barlow15466 Barlow- External links :*...
, an asteroid