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5 unusual facts about cos


Dexippus of Cos

Dexippus of Cos, (also called Dioxippus; 4th century BC), a Greek physician of Cos, who was one of the pupils of the celebrated Hippocrates, and lived in the 4th century BC.

Gan Ying

The silkworms of the Greek island of Cos were cultivated in antiquity, but the product was never comparable to Chinese silk.

Isabelle Sandy

Isabelle Sandy (1884, Cos, Ariège - 1975) was a French poet and writer, best known for her regionalism.

Marion Ramsey

She was a regular on the series Cos but is best known for her role as the timid Officer Laverne Hooks in the Police Academy movies.

Philip of Amphipolis

He wrote a history of Rhodes, which Suidas especially stigmatizes for the obscenity of its matter, a history of the Cos island and Thasiaca a history of Thasos.


Armory Show

The show will focus on the effects of the Armory Show on the Cos Cob Art Colony, and highlight the involvement of artists such as Elmer Livingston MacRae and Henry Fitch Taylor in producing the show.

Bush-Holley House

MacRae succeeded John Henry Twachtman as head of the Cos Cob Art Colony, and for two decades Elmer and Emma continued to run the boardinghouse, which also served as a studio and showcase for MacRae’s works.

In the summer of 1896, Elmer Livingston MacRae visited Cos Cob for a class in outdoor painting.

Cadambathur Tiruvenkatacharlu Rajagopal

He showed that the series for tan1x discovered by James Gregory and those for sin x and cos x discovered by Isaac Newton were known to the Hindu mathematicians 150 years earlier.

CityCenterDC

Proposals for the $1 billion project were received by District of Columbia Civic Development (consisting of Millennium Partners, Jonathan Rose Cos., Gould Property Co., and EastBanc Inc.); East End Redevelopment Associates (consisting of Federal Development LLC, Rockefeller Group Development Corp., Centex, and Summit Properties); Forest City-Jarvis Group (consisting of Forest City Washington and the Jarvis Group); The Georgetown Co.

Clenshaw–Curtis quadrature

Unlike computation of arbitrary integrals, however, Fourier-series integrations for periodic functions (like f(\cos\theta), by construction), up to the Nyquist frequency k=N, are accurately computed by the N+1 equally spaced and equally weighted points \theta n = n \pi / N for n = 0,\ldots,N (except the endpoints are weighted by 1/2, to avoid double-counting, equivalent to the trapezoidal rule or the Euler–Maclaurin formula).

Cos Cob Art Colony

Among the artists who first visited Cos Cob as summer students were Elmer Livingston MacRae, Ernest Lawson, Allen Tucker, Charles Ebert, Mary Roberts Ebert, Alice Judson, and Genjiro Yeto.

Decree of Philippi, 242 BCE

Cos, or Kos, is located on the Greek island of the same name.

Dov'è l'amore

Italian singer Albano Carrisi recorded an Italian-language version in 2001 called "Cos'è l'amore"

Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?

"Is It 'Cos I'm Cool?" is a single released in 2004, by Mousse T., from his second album, All Nite Madness.

Loye and Alden Miller Research Award

The Loye and Alden Miller Research Award was established in 1993 by the Cooper Ornithological Society (COS) to recognize lifetime achievement in ornithological research.

Lucius Arruntius the Elder

An adopted grandson, Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus (cos. AD 32), rebelled against Claudius in a brief civil war, but committed suicide when the rebellion failed in AD 42.

M.H. Alshaya Co.

In November 2012, a further nine brands were added to the company’s portfolio with the opening of Harvey Nichols Kuwait, Victoria’s Secret, Jack Wills, COS, Sarar, Teavana, Garrett Popcorn Shops, West Elm and Williams Sonoma, all located within The Avenues mall in Kuwait, one of the world’s largest malls.

Margolis Brown Adaptors Company

::* Master Teacher Cos ’06 International Theatre Festival, Reus, Spain

Mary Richmond

In 1888, she applied for a job as Assistant Treasurer with the Charity Organization Society (COS). This organization was in several cities, and was the first organization to develop a structured social work profession which provided services to the poor, disabled, and needy.

Milecastle 12

One reads "LEG·VI·V·P·F·REF·TER·ET·SAC·COS", referring to Tertullus and Sacerdos (Consuls for 158AD).

Odón de Buen y del Cos

Odón de Buen y del Cos (1863 in Zuera, Zaragoza Province, Aragon, Spain – 1945 in Mexico City) was a Spanish naturalist, politician and publicist.

Oliver Payne Pearson

He was honorary member of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM), Cooper Ornithological Society (COS), Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos (SAREM) and the Comité Argentino de Conservación de la Naturaleza.

Shahid Iqbal

Vice-Admiral Shahid Iqbal, Born: 15 July 1953, HI(M), SI, is a retired 3-star rank naval officer and the former Chief of Staff (COS) of Pakistan Navy who served as the former Commander of Combined Task Force 150.


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