Lambert
Encyclopedia
Airports
- Lambert Field AirportLambert Field AirportLambert Field Airport is a private airport located 7 miles north of Albany in Linn County, Oregon, USA....
, a private airport in Albany, Oregon, United States - Lambert-St. Louis International AirportLambert-St. Louis International AirportLambert-St. Louis International Airport is a Class B international airport serving Greater St. Louis. It is located approximately northwest of downtown St. Louis in unincorporated St. Louis County between Berkeley and Bridgeton. It is the largest and busiest airport in the state with 250 daily...
, the primary airport for St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Geographical features
- Lambert CreekLambert CreekLambert Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California which is a fork of Peters Creek, which is a tributary of Pescadero Creek....
, a river in San Mateo County, California, United States - Lambert GlacierLambert GlacierLambert Glacier is a major glacier in East Antarctica. At about 60 miles wide, over 250 miles long, and about 2,500 meters deep, it holds the Guinness world record for the world's largest glacier...
in Antarctica, the world's biggest glacier - Lambert GrabensLambert GrabensLambert Graben is a graben in Antarctica. It intersects the coast at Prydz Bay and contains the largest glacier in the world, Lambert Glacier. The graben is a Permian rift which contains coal beds. The graben has been correlated with the coal bearing Godavari Valley of the Indian Peninsula prior to...
, a geographical feature in Antarctica where Lambert Glacier is situated - Lambert's CoveLambert's CoveLambert's Cove is a region in Tisbury and West Tisbury, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha's Vineyard. It extends from Upper Lambert's Cove in Tisbury to Lower Lambert's Cove in West Tisbury. Lambert's Cove Road accesses several roads of note, including Makonikey and Longview...
, a region on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States - Lambert's Cove BeachLambert's Cove BeachLambert's Cove Beach is a well known beach in the town of West Tisbury on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, United States. The beach is located off Lambert's Cove Road, and is situated in a cove off of Vineyard Sound facing west towards the Elizabeth Islands...
, a beach on the island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, United States - Lambert's PointLambert's PointLamberts Point is a point of land on the south shore of the Elizabeth River near the downtown area of the independent city of Norfolk in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia, United States...
, a point on the coast of Virginia, United States
Historic sites
- Hôtel LambertHôtel LambertHôtel Lambert is a hôtel particulier, a grand mansion townhouse, on the Quai Anjou on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, Paris IVème; the name, Hôtel Lambert, was a sobriquet that designated a 19th-century political faction of Polish exiles, who gathered there.-Architectural history:The house...
, hôtel particulier in Paris, France - Lambert Farm Site, RI-269Lambert Farm Site, RI-269Lambert Farm Site, RI-269 is an historic site in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States added to the National Historic Register in 1983....
, an historic site in Warwick, Rhode Island, United States - Thomas Lambert HouseThomas Lambert HouseThomas Lambert House, built in 1699, is a historic house at 142 Main Street in Rowley, Massachusetts, United States.The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990....
, a historic house in Rowley, Massachusetts, United States
Parks
- Lambert GardensLambert GardensLambert Gardens was a private botanical garden of over 30 acres in the Reed neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States, north of Reed College at SE 28th Ave. and SE Steele St...
, a former botanical garden in Portland, Oregon, United States - Lambert Park, a park in Alpine, Utah, United States
Railway stations
- Lambert Airport East (St. Louis MetroLink)Lambert Airport East (St. Louis Metrolink)Lambert Airport East is a St. Louis MetroLink station. It is located at the East Terminal of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Missouri, United States, serving Southwest Airlines.- External links :*...
, a station in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States - Lambert Airport Main (St. Louis MetroLink)Lambert Airport Main (St. Louis Metrolink)Lambert Airport Main is a St. Louis MetroLink Station. The station is located at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, Missouri, United States...
, a station in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Schools
- Lambert HighLambert HighLambert High School is a public high school located in Forsyth County, Georgia a suburb northeast of Atlanta. It is the newest of 5 high schools in the Forsyth County School District.-History:...
, a school in Suwanee, Georgia, United States - Malet Lambert High SchoolMalet Lambert High SchoolMalet Lambert School is a comprehensive secondary school for 11-16 year old pupils in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. The school is situated on James Reckitt Avenue in the east of the city and its front facade stands overlooking East Park...
, a school in Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom
Stadiums
- Lambert Field (Purdue)Lambert Field (Purdue)Lambert Field is a baseball stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is the home field of the Purdue University's Boilermakers college baseball team. The stadium holds 1,100 people and opened in 1965. It is named after former Purdue baseball coach Ward Lambert....
, a baseball stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States - Lambert FieldhouseLambert FieldhouseLambert Fieldhouse is an athletic facility on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. It was built in 1937 on land bought by David Ross and George Ade as a replacement for Memorial Gymnasium to be the home of the Purdue basketball team, and also contained an indoor track...
, an athletic facility on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States - Lambert Park (Leichhardt)Lambert Park (Leichhardt)Lambert Park is a purpose-built football stadium in Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground of the APIA Leichhardt Tigers....
, a football (soccer) stadium in Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
Towns
- LambertLambert, MississippiLambert is a town in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,967 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lambert is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land....
, Mississippi, United States - LambertLambert, MissouriLambert is a village in Scott County, Missouri, United States. The population was 49 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lambert is located at ....
, Missouri, United States - Lambert, a settlement in the census-designated place of Fox LakeFox Lake, MontanaAs of the census of 2000, there were 157 people, 58 households, and 41 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 37.3 people per square mile . There were 64 housing units at an average density of 15.2 per square mile . The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.73% White, and 1.27% from two...
, Montana, United States - LambertLambert, OklahomaLambert is a town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was six at the 2010 census.-Geography:Lambert is located at ....
, Oklahoma, United States - Haut-du-Them-Château-LambertHaut-du-Them-Château-LambertHaut-du-Them-Château-Lambert is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
, a commune in Haute-Saône, France - Lambert Township, Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States
- Lambert's CastleLambert's CastleLambert's Castle is an Iron Age hill fort in the county of Dorset in southwest England. Since 1981 it has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest on account of its geology, archaeology and ecology....
, an Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, United Kingdom - Le Tilleul-LambertLe Tilleul-LambertLe Tilleul-Lambert is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune in Eure, France - Magny-LambertMagny-LambertMagny-Lambert is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
, a commune in Côte-d'Or, France
Other locations
- Lambert HallLambert HallLambert Hall, located at 1703 Heights Boulevard, Houston, Texas, United States, was built in 1927 as the first permanent sanctuary for Heights Christian Church, led by Pastor Clark W. Lambert, for whom the hall is named.-History:...
, a church in Houston, Texas, United States, named after pastor Clark W. Lambert - Lambert Point LightLambert Point LightThe Lambert Point Light was a small screwpile lighthouse in Norfolk, Virginia; it was built in 1872.The lighthouse was meant to serve the increased shipping traffic on the Elizabeth River, and initially was designed with six piles. The plans were changed when five surplus piles were found; in the...
, a lighthouse in Norfolk, Virginia, United States - Lambert's Point Deperming StationLambert's Point Deperming StationLambert's Point Deperming Station is a United States Navy deperming facility located in the Elizabeth River just off Lambert's Point, Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It was built in the mid 1940's and services the U.S. Atlantic Fleet....
, a United States Navy deperming facility located in the Elizabeth River off Lambert's Point, Virginia, United States
Arts and entertainment
- Lambert Puppet TheatreLambert Puppet TheatreThe Lambert Puppet Theatre & Museum is a puppet theatre located in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It is a family run business established in 1972 by Eugene Lambert, and hosts an international puppet festival annually. It used to produce children's television series on Radio Telefís Éireann,...
, a puppet theatre in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland - Lambert the Sheepish LionLambert the Sheepish LionLambert the Sheepish Lion is a Disney animated short film that was released in 1951.The 8-minute film focuses on Lambert, a lion that is mistakenly left with a flock of sheep by a stork. Lambert lives his life thinking he is a sheep until he is forced to defend the flock from an attack by a hungry...
, an animated Disney short film from 1951 - Louis Lambert (novel)Louis Lambert (novel)Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac , included in the Études philosophiques section of his novel sequence La Comédie humaine...
, a 1832 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac - Studio LambertStudio LambertStudio Lambert is a fast-growing independent television production company based in Los Angeles and London.It specializes in creating and producing entertaining non-scripted programs for the UK, US and international markets. It launched in Soho, London, in March 2008 and six months later opened a...
, independent television production company
Transportation
- Lambert (automobile)Lambert (automobile)The Lambert automobile and Lambert truck were built by the Lambert Automobile Company as an American vehicle from 1905 through 1916.The Lambert automobile motor in the early part of manufacturing moved around on the chassis. It was on the back of the chassis, then in the center, then to the front,...
, a defunct American automobile brand - Lambert (cyclecar)Lambert (cyclecar)The Lambert was a British 3 wheeled cyclecar made between 1911 and 1912 by Lambert's Carriage, Cycle and Motor Works of Thetford, Norfolk.The car was powered by an 8 hp JAP engine mounted at the front and driving the single rear wheel by chain via a three speed gearbox. It was fitted with an...
, British three-wheeled cyclecar - Lambert Automobile CompanyLambert Automobile CompanyThe Lambert Automobile Company was a automobile factory in Anderson, Indiana to make the Lambert automobile through the Buckeye Manufacturing Company.-History:...
, an automobile factory in Anderson, Indiana, United States - Lambert friction gearing disk drive transmissionLambert friction gearing disk drive transmissionThe Lambert friction gearing disk drive transmission was invented by John William Lambert originally in 1904. The invention relates to a friction disk drive transmission for automobiles that is gearless. He saw the need for a simple transmission of engine power to an automobile's drive...
, early automobile device invented by John William Lambert - Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine CompanyLambert Gas and Gasoline Engine CompanyThe Lambert Gas and Gasoline Engine Company was a company founded by John William Lambert in the later part of the nineteenth century as part of the conglomerate of the Buckeye Manufacturing Company.-History:...
, 19th century company founded by John William Lambert - Lambert gasoline buggy, first practical gasoline automobile available for sale in America
- Lambert was one of the GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, formerly named Trafalgar before 1901
Companies
- Bank Bruxelles LambertBank Bruxelles LambertBank Bruxelles Lambert , part of the ING Group since 1998, was created in 1975 from the merger of Banque de Bruxelles and Banque Lambert. It was the second largest Belgian bank....
, created in 1975, second largest bank of Belgium - Drexel Burnham LambertDrexel Burnham LambertDrexel Burnham Lambert was a major Wall Street investment banking firm, which first rose to prominence and then was forced into bankruptcy in February 1990 by its involvement in illegal activities in the junk bond market, driven by Drexel employee Michael Milken. At its height, it was the...
(1935-1990), American investment banking firm - Groupe Bruxelles LambertGroupe Bruxelles LambertGroupe Bruxelles Lambert is a Belgian industrial holding company. It is one of the ten biggest Belgian companies, and part of the BEL20. It has been listed in Brussels since 1956.Shareholdings as of 31 December 2010 were:...
, a Belgian industrial holding company - Lambert Vet SupplyLambert Vet SupplyLambert Vet Supply is an American retailer of pet supplies and veterinary medications.Headquartered in Fairbury, Nebraska, Lambert Vet Supply employs 85 people, including licensed pharmacists. Founded in 1993, Lambert Vet Supply recorded between $49 and $52 million in sales in 2006. Stores are...
, American retailer of pet supplies and veterinary medications - Lambert & ButlerLambert & ButlerLambert & Butler is a British cigarette brand launched in 1979. The brand sells £1.379 billion worth of cigarettes every year. Due to Imperial Tobacco not owning the copyright on the original name, Lambert & Butler is known in some countries as L&B or Great & British...
, British cigarette brand - Lambert's CafeLambert's CafeLambert's Cafe, also known as Home of the Throwed Rolls is a restaurant known for its homestyle cooking, "pass arounds", and its "throwed" [sic] dinner rolls. It is distinguished from other restaurants by its policy of providing large 32 oz...
, a brand of restaurants in America - Warner-Lambert, pharmaceutical company which merged with PfizerPfizerPfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
in 2000
Law
- Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA v Eagle Star Insurance Co LtdBanque Bruxelles Lambert SA v Eagle Star Insurance Co LtdSouth Australia Asset Management Corpn v York Montague Ltd and Banque Bruxelles Lambert SA v Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd [1996] is a joined English contract law case on causation remoteness of damage...
, an English contract law case on remoteness of damage - Lambert v. CaliforniaLambert v. CaliforniaLambert v. California, 355 U.S. 225 , was a United States Supreme Court case regarding the acceptability of ignorance of the law as an excuse for a crime. The court held that in order to be punished, there must be a probability that the accused party had knowledge of the law before committing the...
, a United States Supreme Court case regarding whether ignorance of the law can be used as a defense
Music
- "Kerosene (Miranda Lambert song)", 2005 song
- Lambert, Hendricks & RossLambert, Hendricks & RossLambert, Hendricks & Ross were a vocalese trio formed by jazz vocalists Dave Lambert, Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross.-History:The group formed in 1957 and recorded their first album Sing a Song of Basie for Paramount Records...
, vocalese jazz trio - Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross!Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross!Lambert, Hendricks, & Ross!, also known as The Hottest New Group In Jazz, is an album by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross. The CD reissue combines the full original album with the LPs "Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Sing Ellington" and "Rarities".-Disc one:...
, 1960 jazz album by the eponymous group - Miranda Lambert discographyMiranda Lambert discographyThe discography of Miranda Lambert, an American country artist, consists of four studio albums, one extended play, seven other appearances, 14 singles, and 12 music videos. In 2001, Lambert released a self-titled and self-financed independent album...
, discography of American country music singer Miranda Lambert - Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975-1976Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975-1976Rhinestone Cowboy/Bloodline The Lambert & Potter Sessions 1975-1976 covers the complete Rhinestone Cowboy and Bloodline albums plus three bonus tracks.-Track listing:...
, a 2002 album - Adam LambertAdam LambertAdam Mitchel Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and actor from San Diego, California. In May 2009, he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol...
- Constant LambertConstant LambertLeonard Constant Lambert was a British composer and conductor.-Early life:Lambert, the son of Russian-born Australian painter George Lambert, was educated at Christ's Hospital and the Royal College of Music...
, British composer and conductor
Science
- Beer-Lambert lawBeer-Lambert lawIn optics, the Beer–Lambert law, also known as Beer's law or the Lambert–Beer law or the Beer–Lambert–Bouguer law relates the absorption of light to the properties of the material through which the light is travelling.-Equations:The law states that there is a logarithmic dependence between the...
, a law concerning the absorption of light in optics named after August BeerAugust BeerAugust Beer was a German physicist and mathematician. Beer was born in Trier, where he studied mathematics and natural sciences. He worked for Julius Plücker in Bonn afterwards, where he earned a Ph.D. in 1848 and became a lecturer in 1850. In 1854, Beer published his book Einleitung in die höhere...
and J. H. Lambert - Foot-lambert, an American customary unit of luminance named after J. H. Lambert
- Johann Heinrich LambertJohann Heinrich LambertJohann Heinrich Lambert was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, philosopher and astronomer.Asteroid 187 Lamberta was named in his honour.-Biography:...
, Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer. - Lambert (unit)Lambert (unit)The lambert is a non-SI unit of luminance named for Johann Heinrich Lambert , a Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer. A related unit of luminance, the foot-lambert, is used in the lighting, cinema and flight simulation industries...
, a non-SI unit of luminance named after J. H. Lambert - Lambert azimuthal equal-area projectionLambert azimuthal equal-area projectionThe Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection is a particular mapping from a sphere to a disk . It accurately represents area in all regions of the sphere, but it does not accurately represent angles...
, a geometrical projection named after J. H. Lambert - Lambert conformal conic projectionLambert conformal conic projectionA Lambert conformal conic projection is a conic map projection, which is often used for aeronautical charts. In essence, the projection superimposes a cone over the sphere of the Earth, with two reference parallels secant to the globe and intersecting it. This minimizes distortion from projecting...
, a map projection named after J. H. Lambert - Lambert cylindrical equal-area projectionLambert cylindrical equal-area projectionIn cartography, the Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection, or Lambert cylindrical projection, is acylindrical, equal area map projection...
, a geometrical projection named after J. H. Lambert - Lambert quadrilateralLambert quadrilateralIn geometry, a Lambert quadrilateral,named after Johann Heinrich Lambert,is a quadrilateral three of whose angles are right angles. Historically, the fourth angle of a Lambert quadrilateral was of considerable interest since if it could be shown to be a right angle, then the Euclidean parallel...
, a hyperbolic quadrilateral in geometry named after J. H. Lambert - Lambert series, a mathematical series named after J. H. Lambert
- Lambert W function, a mathematical function named after J. H. Lambert
- Lambert's cosine lawLambert's cosine lawIn optics, Lambert's cosine law says that the radiant intensity observed from a Lambertian surface or a Lambertian radiator is directly proportional to the cosine of the angle θ between the observer's line of sight and the surface normal. A Lambertian surface is also known as an ideal diffusely...
, a law concerning the radiance of surfaces in optics named after J. H. Lambert - Lambert's problem, a mathematical problem in celestial mechanics
- Lambertian reflectanceLambertian reflectanceIf a surface exhibits Lambertian reflectance, light falling on it is scattered such that the apparent brightness of the surface to an observer is the same regardless of the observer's angle of view. More technically, the surface luminance is isotropic...
, a property of surfaces in optics, and a type of common shader algorithm
Miscellaneous
- Lambert (lunar crater)Lambert (lunar crater)Lambert is a lunar impact crater on the southern half of the Mare Imbrium basin. It lies to the east and somewhat south of the slightly larger crater Timocharis. To the south is the smaller Pytheas, and some distance to the west-southwest is Euler....
, a crater on the Moon named after J. H. Lambert - Lambert ReviewLambert ReviewThe Lambert Review of Business-University Collaboration was a report published by Her Majesty's Treasury in the United Kingdom in 2003, which made "a series of recommendations aimed at smoothing out the path between Britain’s strong science base and the business community" [HM Treasury 2003a]...
, a British report published by Her Majesty's Treasury in 2003 - Lambert ToddLambert ToddLambert Todd was a standardbred race horse born in 1916 in Ontario, the son of Jim Todd and Gracie Lambert.Lambert Todd performed in the grand circuit before going to Reserve Mines, Nova Scotia in 1929 where he performed against other community horses. Lambert Todd is believed to be the first...
, a standardbred race horse born in 1916 - Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndromeLambert-Eaton myasthenic syndromeLambert–Eaton myasthenic syndrome is a rare autoimmune disorder that is characterised by muscle weakness of the limbs...
, a neuromuscular autoimmune disorder - Lambert-Meadowlands TrophyLambert-Meadowlands TrophyThe Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy is an annual award given to the best team in the Northeast in Division I FBS college football.The Lambert Trophy was established by brothers Victor and Henry Lambert in memory of their father, August. The Lamberts were the principals in a distinguished Madison Avenue...
, awarded in college football - Solomon ex-Lambert StradivariusSolomon ex-Lambert StradivariusThe Solomon, Ex-Lambert Stradivarius of 1729 is a violin fabricated by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona . The instrument derives its name from previous owners Seymour Solomon, co-founder of Vanguard Records, and British violinist, Dorothy Mary Murray LambertThe Solomon, ex-Lambert...
, a violin made by Stradivarius in 1729 - Viscount LambertViscount LambertViscount Lambert, of South Molton in the County of Devon, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1945 for George Lambert, who had been a Liberal Member of Parliament since 1891, with the exception for the 1924-1929 Parliament. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the...
, an extinct viscountcy from the United Kingdom - Lambert BaronetsLambert BaronetsThe Lambert Baronetcy, of London, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 16 February 1711 for John Lambert, a French-born merchant who had settled in England. He was a Director of the South Sea Company and was created a Baronet for supplying the Treasury with money...