Plimsoll
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Plimsoll is a surname, and may refer to:
Plimsoll may also refer to:
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- James PlimsollJames PlimsollSir James Plimsoll AC, CBE, KStJ was an Australian diplomat and Governor of Tasmania.-Life and career:Plimsoll was born in Sydney and educated at Sydney Boys' High School . He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney 1938 and was appointed to the Bank of New South...
, a governor of Tasmania - John PlimsollJohn PlimsollJohn Bruce Plimsoll was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1947....
, South African cricketer - Oliver Plimsolls, fictional character in The League of Gentlemen (comedy)The League of Gentlemen (comedy)The League of Gentlemen are a quartet of British dark comedy writers/performers, formed in 1995 by Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith...
- Samuel PlimsollSamuel PlimsollSamuel Plimsoll was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line .-Early life:Plimsoll was born in Bristol and soon moved to Whiteley Wood...
, British politician- Plimsoll line, see waterlineWaterlineThe term "waterline" generally refers to the line where the hull of a ship meets the water surface. It is also the name of a special marking, also known as the national Load Line or Plimsoll Line, to be positioned amidships, that indicates the draft of the ship and the legal limit to which a ship...
- Plimsoll line, see waterline
Plimsoll may also refer to:
- the plimsoll symbol ⦵ (or
o) that is used as a superscript in the notation of thermodynamics to indicate an arbitrarily chosen non-zero reference point ("standard state"). - Plimsoll line or Plimsoll mark on a ship's hull, named after Samuel Plimsoll
- Plimsoll shoePlimsoll shoeA plimsoll shoe, plimsoll, or plimsole is a British English word for a type of athletic shoe with a canvas upper and rubber sole, developed as beachwear in the 1830s by the Liverpool Rubber Company. The shoe was originally, and often still is in parts of the United Kingdom, called a 'sand shoe' and...
, which is named for the shoe's horizontal lines, which resemble the Plimsoll line
Sounds like:
- The PlimsoulsThe PlimsoulsThe Plimsouls are an American rock band formed in Paramount, California in 1978.-Formation:Formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Peter Case , the Plimsouls began as a trio in 1978 which included Case, bassist Dave Pahoa and drummer Louie Ramírez...
, an American Rock Band.