Merryweather
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Merryweather can refer to:
- Merryweather, one of the good fairies in Disney's Sleeping BeautySleeping Beauty (1959 film)Sleeping Beauty is a 1959 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "La Belle au bois dormant" by Charles Perrault...
- Merryweather (band)Merryweather (band)Merryweather was a late sixties Canadian rock band that relocated to California in the autumn of 1968 and recorded for Capitol Records. The band was led by singer/bass player Neil Merryweather and most of the band subsequently formed Salt and Pepper with Rick James.-Early years:After leaving Bruce...
, a Canadian rock band from the 1960s - Merryweather & SonsMerryweather & SonsMerryweather & Sons of Clapham, later Greenwich, London, were builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines.The founder was Moses Merryweather of Clapham, who was joined by his son Richard Moses .-Fire appliances:...
, British builders of steam fire engines and steam tram engines - dr. George MerryweatherGeorge MerryweatherDr. George Merryweather M.D. was born on 10 April 1794 in Burley in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England. He married Jane Anderson Loy in 1826. They had four children: Mary, Jane, John and Emily. He then married Hannah Baker in 1844, after the death of his first wife in 1832. Merryweather died on 4...
, the inventor of the Tempest PrognosticatorTempest PrognosticatorThe Tempest Prognosticator, also known as the Leech Barometer, is a 19th century invention by George Merryweather in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small bottles inside the device; when they become agitated by an approaching storm they attempt to climb out of...
- a leech-based weather predicting gadget. - Merryweather, a type of helmet used by British fire fighters in the Victorian era.
- Merryweather Umbrellas, a brand of umbrellas created in Boston