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3 unusual facts about Kennelly–Heaviside layer


Kennelly–Heaviside layer

In Tim Powers supernatural spy novel "Declare" the Heaviside layer is the realm of the "spirits of the upper air".

Eliot also refers to the "Heaviside Layer" in his play The Family Reunion which explores issues around the afterlife, heaven and hell.

In Thomas Pynchon's 1964 short story "The Secret Integration," a boy's dreams are affected "when the thing in the sky, the Heaviside layer, was right for it."


Arthur E. Kennelly

Kennelly joined Thomas Edison's West Orange laboratory in December 1887, staying until March 1894.

Ryan Kennelly

Kennelly broke the equipped bench press world record for the first time on July 28, 2007 by pressing 1036 lbs (470 kg) at the big Ukraine Bench for Cash meet - surpassing the previous world record of Gene Rychlak by 26 pounds.

Tadhg Kennelly

Kennelly returned to his native Listowel to play in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.


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