Merryweather
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Merryweather can refer to:
  • Merryweather, one of the good fairies in Disney's Sleeping Beauty
    Sleeping 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 & Sons
    Merryweather & Sons
    Merryweather & 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 Merryweather
    George Merryweather
    Dr. 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 Prognosticator
    Tempest Prognosticator
    The 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
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