Plummer
Encyclopedia
Communities
- Plummer, MinnesotaPlummer, MinnesotaPlummer is a city in Red Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 292 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.8 square miles , all of it land....
, United States - Plummer, IdahoPlummer, IdahoPlummer is a city in Benewah County, Idaho, United States. The population was 990 at the 2000 census. It is the largest city within the Coeur d'Alene Reservation.-Geography:Plummer is located at ....
, United States - Plummer Additional, OntarioPlummer Additional, OntarioPopulation trend:* Population in 2006: 625* Population in 2001: 671* Population in 1996: 693* Population in 1991: 596-Transportation:The township is served by Ontario Highway 17 which traverses the south in an east-west orientation, and Ontario Highway 638, which travels the middle of the township...
, Canada
Buildings
- Plummer BuildingPlummer BuildingThe Plummer Building in Rochester, Minnesota is one of the many architecturally significant buildings on the Mayo Clinic campus. This new "Mayo Clinic" building, opened in 1927, added much needed space to the ever expanding Mayo practice. The architect of record is Ellerbe & Co. It was the third...
, Rochester, Minnesota, United States - Plummer Memorial LibraryPlummer Memorial LibraryThe Plummer Memorial Library is a historic library at 375 Auburn Street in Newton, Massachusetts. Once operated as a branch of the Newton Free Library, the city's public library system, it was closed in 2009 due to financial cuts...
, Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Streets and parks
- Plummer ParkPlummer ParkPlummer Park is a park in West Hollywood, California, on the eastern side of the city. The east side of West Hollywood is dominated by Russian immigrants, and the park is a popular gathering place for Russians. In 2005, a controversial monument to Soviet Army dead in World War II was built in the...
, West Hollywood, California, United States - Plummer Avenue, historic district in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Natural landmarks
- Plummer (crater)Plummer (crater)Plummer is a lunar impact crater. It is located on the far side of the Moon from the Earth, to the north of the huge walled plain Apollo. Less than one crater diameter to the north of Plummer is the similar-sized Wilsing....
, impact crater on the Moon - Plummer GlacierPlummer GlacierPlummer Glacier is a short glacier descending east through the Enterprise Hills to the north of Lippert Peak and the Douglas Peaks, in the Heritage Range in Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on...
, Heritage Range, Antartica - Plummer PeakPlummer PeakPlummer Peak is a summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Lewis County, Washington. With an elevation of 6370 feet, it is the seventh highest peak in the Tatoosh Range. It was named for Fred G. Plummer, a Forest Service cartographer who taught geography in Tacoma Public Schools.Hiking to...
, Tatoosh Range, Washington, United States
Medicine
- Plummer's nailPlummer's nailPlummer's nail is a clinical sign in which there is onycholysis, or separation of the nail from the nail bed, particularly affecting the ring and little fingers. It occurs in patients with thyrotoxicosis.The sign is named after Henry Stanley Plummer....
, separation of the nail from the nail bed - Plummer syndromePlummer syndromeToxic nodular goiter is a condition that can occur when a hyper-functioning nodule develops within a longstanding goiter. This results in hyperthyroidism, without the ophthalmologic effects of increased levels of thyroid hormone as in Grave's disease...
, development of a toxic nodular goiter - Plummer-Vinson syndromePlummer-Vinson syndromePlummer–Vinson syndrome , also called Paterson–Brown–Kelly syndrome or sideropenic dysphagia presents as a triad of dysphagia , glossitis, and iron deficiency anemia...
, a human disorder linked to iron deficiency anemia
Other
- Plummer block, method of mounting bearings on a rotating shaft
- Plummer House (disambiguation), any of several historic houses
- Plummer modelPlummer modelThe Plummer model or Plummer sphere is a density law that was first used by H. C. Plummer to fit observations of globular clusters. It is now often used as toy model in N-body simulations of stellar systems.- Description of the model :...
, mathematical model in dynamical systems - Plummer TerrierPlummer TerrierThe Plummer Terrier is a working terrier, and like all working terriers, it is a composite animal.- Origins :The Plummer Terrier is mostly made out of Jack Russell Terrier, with a strong dash of Beagle , and Bull Terrier...
, breed of dog - John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical ChemistryJohn Humphrey Plummer Professor of Theoretical ChemistryThe John Humphrey Plummer Professorship of Theoretical Chemistry was established in 1932 from a bequest of £200,000 under the will of John Humphrey Plummer, an estate agent of Southport, to the University of Cambridge for the advancement of science....
(1932-1968), professorship at Cambridge - Jones Plummer TrailJones Plummer TrailThe Jones Plummer Trail began in Dodge City, Kansas and went southwest through the Oklahoma Panhandle into Texas. Ed Jones and Joe Plummer originally used the route for bringing buffalo meat and hides to Dodge City. Later, the trail saw more use as a freight trail. At one point, this trail saw over...
, cattle-droving trail in Kansas, United States - Polly PlummerPolly PlummerPolly Plummer is a major fictional character from C. S. Lewis's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. She appears in two of the seven books: The Magician's Nephew and The Last Battle.-The Magician's Nephew:...
, fictional main character in The Magician's Nephew