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2 unusual facts about Vernier


Forêt de Brotonne

It is a part of the Parc naturel régional des Boucles de la Seine normande (Regional natural parc of Boucles de la Seine normande), which allows for the safeguarding of a large natural space stretching from the banlieue of Rouen to the commune of Marais-Vernier.

Tancarville Bridge

The Tancarville Bridge (Pont de Tancarville in French) is a suspension bridge that crosses the Seine River and connects Tancarville (Seine-Maritime) and Marais-Vernier (Eure), near Le Havre.


2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident

Paris Match Reporter Claudine Vernier-Palliez accompanied a Fedayeen commando unit on their strike mission against the DHL aircraft.

Eric Van Den Brink

Van Den Brink is also producer of Nick Vernier Band-mixes for Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band.

Gauche prolétarienne

After a split in the Union des jeunesses communists marxistes-léninistes (UJC(ml)), several members - including Olivier Rolin, Jean-Pierre Le Dantec, Jean-Claude Vernier, the brothers Tony and Benny Lévy, Jean Schiavo, Maurice Brover and Jean-Claude Zancarini - formed the new party.

Libération

Libération was founded by Jean-Paul Sartre, Philippe Gavi, Bernard Lallement, Jean-Claude Vernier, Pierre Victor alias Benny Lévy and Serge July and has been published from 3 February 1973, in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968.

TI-Nspire series

The Nspire has a new Vernier DataQuest function which can be used to collect data from any sensors connected to the Lab Cradle, which allows up to 5 sensors, or one sensor probe can be connected via USB port on top of the handheld.

Time-to-digital converter

While the basic concepts (like Vernier methods (Pierre Vernier 1584-1638) and time stretching) of dividing time into measurable intervals are still up-to-date, the implementation changed a lot during the past 50 years.

Vernier throttle

Like many other inventions that bear his name, the Vernier throttle is based on the work of mathematician Pierre Vernier.


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