Napier
Encyclopedia
People
- Napier (surname)Napier (surname)Napier is a surname with an English, Scottish or Polish origin. The British surname Napier is derived from an occupational name for someone who sold or produced table linen; or for a naperer which was a servant who was responsible for the washing and storage of linen in a medieval household...
- John NapierJohn NapierJohn Napier of Merchiston – also signed as Neper, Nepair – named Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish mathematician, physicist, astronomer & astrologer, and also the 8th Laird of Merchistoun. He was the son of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston. John Napier is most renowned as the discoverer...
(Scottish mathematician, physicist, and astronomer)
Australia
- Electoral district of NapierElectoral district of NapierNapier is an electorate created in 1976 for the South Australian Legislative Assembly in the northern suburbs of the Adelaide metropolitan area of South Australia....
, a state electoral district in South Australia - Mount NapierMount NapierMount Napier in Victoria, Australia, one of the youngest volcanoes in Australia, last erupted about 5,290 BCE. Mount Napier State Park is located 270 kilometres west of Melbourne and 17 km south of Hamilton. The Mount Napier Lava Flow reached nearby Mount Eccles which is 25 km...
, a dormant volcano in Victoria (last erupted about 5,290 BC) - Napier RangeNapier RangeThe Napier Ranges are located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The range is south of and runs parallel to the King Leopold Range.They feature the impressive Windjana Gorge and Tunnel Creek and Geikie Gorge that were formed over 350 million years ago as part of a limestone reef.The...
, a mountain range in Western Australia - Napier County, New South WalesNapier County, New South WalesNapier County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales.Napier County is named in honour of Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, First Baron Napier of Magdala .- Parishes within this county:...
- Napier, New South WalesNapier, New South WalesNapier is a locality in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. It was the site of a now-closed railway station between 1911 and 1967 on the Oaklands railway line. No trace of the station now remains....
, a locality in the Riverina region
New Zealand
- Napier, New ZealandNapier, New ZealandNapier is a New Zealand city with a seaport, located in Hawke's Bay on the eastern coast of the North Island. The population of Napier is about About 18 kilometres south of Napier is the inland city of Hastings. These two neighboring cities are often called "The Twin Cities" or "The Bay Cities"...
, a Hawke's Bay city named after Sir Charles James Napier - The Port of NapierPort of NapierThe Port of Napier is located on Hawke Bay in Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.The port is connected to the rail network via the Ahuriri Branch....
- Napier (New Zealand electorate)Napier (New Zealand electorate)thumb|right|Boundaries of Napier Electorate for 2008 and 2011 electionsNapier is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Napier is Chris Tremain, of the National Party. He has held this position since...
, a parliamentary electorate including the City of Napier
United States
- Napier Field, AlabamaNapier Field, AlabamaNapier Field is a town in Dale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 404. It is part of the Enterprise–Ozark Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town was originally constructed as a military air base during the Second World War, and its airport currently serves...
- Napier Township, PennsylvaniaNapier Township, PennsylvaniaNapier Township is a township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,145 at the 2000 census.-History:The Heirline Covered Bridge and New Paris Covered Bridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980...
- Napier, West VirginiaNapier, West VirginiaNapier is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, founded in 1894, with the ZIP code of 26631. Napier has two significant historical landmarks: the Cunningham House and Outbuildings and the Union Civil War Fortification, and both are listed on the National...
Transportation
- Napier & SonNapier & SonD. Napier & Son Limited was a British engine and pre-Great War automobile manufacturer and one of the most important aircraft engine manufacturers in the early to mid-20th century...
, a British engine manufacturer - Napier-Railton, an aero-engined racing car built in 1933
- The Napier-BentleyNapier-BentleyThe Napier Bentley is a vintage racing car; a one-off special built in 1968 by David Llewellyn. It was originally built on a Sunbeam chassis, but after a serious accident was re-built on the chassis of a 1929 8 Litre Bentley...
, a vintage racing car - American Napier (automobile)American Napier (automobile)The American Napier was an automobile sold by the Napier Motor Car Company of America from 1904 until 1912.Initially, the company imported assembled Napiers from England. From late 1904 the cars were assembled under licence in Jamaica Plain, a section of Boston, Massachusetts, in a building...
, an early automobile - Air Napier, a charter airline in New Zealand
- Napier ExpressNapier ExpressThe Napier Express was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand Railways Department initially between Napier and Palmerston North and later between Napier and Wellington. It ran from 1891 until 1954.-Introduction:...
, a New Zealand passenger express train - HMS NapierHMS NapierThree ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Napier, in honor of Admiral Charles Napier.* The first Napier was a 445-ton iron river gunboat built at Bombay Dockyard, launched 11 September 1844, and in the records until 1858....
, a number of ships in the British Royal Navy
Other uses
- Clan NapierClan NapierClan Napier is a Scottish clan originally from lands around Loch Lomond, but with presence in Stirlingshire, Edinburgh, Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire.-Origins of the Clan:There is some debate about the origin of the name Napier...
, a Scottish clan - Edinburgh Napier University, in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the mathematician
- Napier earthquake, a 1931 earthquake in New Zealand
- Napier's constant, another name for eE (mathematical constant)The mathematical constant ' is the unique real number such that the value of the derivative of the function at the point is equal to 1. The function so defined is called the exponential function, and its inverse is the natural logarithm, or logarithm to base...
(see John Napier above) - Pennisetum purpureum or Napier Grass
- Napier88Napier88Napier88 is an orthogonally persistent programming language.Napier88 was designed and implemented at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. The primary designer was Ron Morrison, whose initial designs were extended and implemented by Fred Brown, Richard Connor, and Al Dearle...
, a programming language named after the mathematician - Napier MuseumNapier MuseumThe Napier Museum is an art and natural history museum situated in Thiruvananthapuram , the capital city of Kerala, India.-History:...
, in Kerala, India, named for Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, governor of Madras - Napier Company (jewellery)Napier Company (jewellery)The Napier Company is an American jewellery manufacturing company, and was one of the first modern corporations in the United States.-History:...
, maker of the "Napier" brand of jewellery - 125th Napier's Rifles125th Napier's RiflesThe 125th Napier's Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. Its earlier names include:1st Extra Battalion Bombay Native Infantry, The 25th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry and The 25th Bombay Rifles...
, a historical British military regiment, named for General Sir Charles James Napier - 7096 Napier7096 Napier7096 Napier is a Mars-crossing asteroid named after William M. Napier, the Scottish astronomer. The asteroid was discovered on November 3rd, 1992 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory.-External links:**- References :...
, a Mars-orbit crossing asteroid