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Age 75, retired mechanical engineer. Interests & Hobbies: history of science & mathematics; architecture & construction; painted artworks; fishing; simple cooking; some genealogical work; contributing to wikipedia & wikiquotes.
Web Site: [http://www.elapro.net ELApro.net] The dead links within ELApro.net have not been pruned for for some years due to extenuating circumstances. However, new links are continually added.

:''Also see'' [[wikiquote:User:ELApro|User:ELApro @Wikiquote]] and [[commons:User:ELApro|@Wikimedia 
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* [[Special:Contributions/ELApro|''Wikipedia contributions log'']]
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* [[wiktionary:Special:Contributions/ELApro|''Wiktionary contributions log'']]
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== Wikipedia Articles to be initiated ==

[[User:ELApro/Hazardous_Fuels_Reduction|Hazardous Fuels Reduction]]

Taylor, Henry Osborn

[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Kaspar_Kirchmaier Georg Kaspar Kirchmaier] in relation to ''A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom''

== Wikipedia Articles initiated ==
[[Art therapy]]

[[Dual brain theory]]

[[Peter Farb|Farb, Peter]]

[[José Guadalupe Gallegos|Gallegos, José Guadalupe]] (1828-1867)

[[Geological unit]]

[[James Gow (scholar)|Gow, James (scholar)]]

[[London Encyclopaedia (1829)]] was previously a "REDIRECT" to [[Thomas Tegg]]. Used Tegg's "The Publisher's Address" quotes & "Anatomy" Plate VI and "Steam Engine" (Savory's) Plate I with Ext links to volumes online.

[[Carl Mirbt|Mirbt, Carl]] (1860-1929)

[[Montezuma Copper Mining Company Of Santa Fé, New Mexico]]

[[New Mexican Railway Company]]

[[New Mexico Wool Manufacturing Company]]

[[Paideia Proposal]]

[[Perfecto Armijo]]

[[San Miguel del Vado Land Grant]]

[[Space-based solar power]]

[[Spiegelberg Brothers]]

[[Surface water]]

[[ThoughtAudio]] a small latino American operated audio book company offering globally accessible free English language classics and children's literature in the public domain

[[Henry Voigt|Voigt, Henry]] (1738-1814) initially entered article as "Henry Voight" as spelled in several books, then after finding instruments inscribed with his name as Voigt, initated the article "Henry Voigt" and transferred all previous entries to it; then redirected "Henry Voight" to Henry Voigt

[[Timeline of electromagnetic theory]] This article (originally entered as "Timeline of electromagnetism") was copied from my previous (2 December 2006) "Timeline of Electricity" entry under the article ''History of Electricity'' that was deleted by an unappreciative reader.

[[Unconsolidated]]

[[John Radford Young|Young, John Radford]]

== Wikipedia Articles contributed to ==
[[José de Acosta|Acosta, José de]] added "[[José_de_Acosta#Commentary_on_Acosta|Commentary on Acosta]]" section with White's commentary & redirected new "Joseph de Acosta" article to this one.  Added info from intro to Acosta's ''Natural and Moral History of the Indies''. Added subsections Panama, Peru, Mexico, & Return to Spain.

[[Alcoholics Anonymous]]

[[Archytas]] in the [[Archytas#Life_and_work|Life and work]] section stating Archytas' belief that only arithmetic can serve as a basis of proof, citing Morris Kline.

[[Aristotle]] introduced section on "[[Aristotle#Geology|Geology]]"

[[Astronomia nova]] added several quotes from Bryant's book [[wikiquote:Kepler|''Kepler'']] into section [[Astronomia_nova#Kepler.27s_Knowledge_of_Gravity|"Kepler's Knowledge of Gravity"]] & deleted "limited range" of Kepler's gravitational concept from previous entry

[[Atrisco Land Grant]] contributed the majority of this previously two-line article

[[Autosome]]

[[Beam (structure)]] added "External Links" & "See Also" sections

[[Baton (symbol)]] appended section "[[Baton_(symbol)#Historical_Commentary|Historical Commentary]]" with Mencken quote

[[Book of the Dead]] appended link Wikiquote article bottom of page

[[Jean-Baptiste Bouvier|Bouvier, Jean-Baptiste]] added section [[Jean-Baptiste_Bouvier#Commentary_on_Bouvier|"Commentary on Bouvier"]] with Westermarck on slavery

[[Charles Loring Brace|Brace, Charles Loring]] added "[[Charles_Loring_Brace#Commentary_on_Brace|Commentary on Brace]]" section with Kirby Page quote from ''Jesus or Christianity''

[[Tycho_Brahe|Brahe, Tycho]] added ''De nova stella'' nonatmospheric comets & nova (Aug3 & Dec1 2010‎) & section "Introduction to the New Astronomy (1588)" with info from Bryant's ''Kepler'' and Dreyer's ''Tycho Brahe''

[[Robert_Briffault|Briffault, Robert]] appended "[[Robert_Briffault#Commentary_on_Works|Commentary on Works]]" section with Mencken quote

[[Brooklyn Dodgers: Ghosts of Flatbush]] added substantial additions to this documentary film description

[[William_Gannaway_Brownlow|Brownlow, William Gannaway]] added section [[William_Gannaway_Brownlow#Slavery_Debate|"Slavery Debate"]] with [http://books.google.com/books?id=H3QFAAAAQAAJ& ''Ought American slavery to be perpetuated?''] excerpt

[[Burning glass]] added portion on Priestley and Lavoisier's oxidation experiments with "lentilles ardentes" image

[[Florian_Cajori|Cajori, Florian]] added section [[Florian_Cajori#Book_Publications_.28Public_Domain.29|Book Publications (Public Domain)]]

[[Campaign finance reform]]

[[Gerolamo_Cardano|Cardano, Gerolamo ]] added section "[[Gerolamo_Cardano#De_Subtilitate_1552|De Subtilitate 1552]]"

[[Anthony Carlisle|Carlisle, Anthony]]

[[Andrea_Cesalpino|Cesalpino, Andrea]] added "[[Andrea_Cesalpino#Geology|Geology]] section"

[[José_Francisco_Chaves|Chaves, José Francisco]]

[[Cleomedes#Optics|Cleomedes]] added "References" & "Optics" sections with qualitative refraction as student of [[Posidonius]] + atmospheric refraction.

[[Henry Connelly|Connelly, Henry]] ''edit in progress-incomplete''

[[George Cowan|Cowan, George]]

[[Luigi Cremona|Cremona, Luigi ]] excerpt from George Miller on Cremona's contribution to Italy's standing in geometry and education: [[Luigi_Cremona#Biography|Biography section]]

[[Ralph Cudworth|Cudworth, Ralph]] added section "[[Ralph_Cudworth#Commentary_on_Cudworth|Commentary on Cudworth]]" with Whites description from ''A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom''

[[De Magnete]] added section "[[De_Magnete#Book_6.2C_Chapter_III:_Of_the_Daily_Magnetic_Rotation_of_the_Globes|Chapter III Of the Daily Magnetic Rotation of the Globes]]"

[[John_Theophilus_Desaguliers#Decline|Desaguliers, John Theophilus]] James Cawthorn quote under "Decline" section

[[René_Descartes|Descartes, René]] added his abstract conception of algebra to the [[René_Descartes#Mathematical_legacy|Mathematical legacy section]]

[[Thomas_Roderick_Dew|Dew, Thomas Roderick]] added sections "Life" with The Pro-Slavery Argument & "Commentary on Dew" with Kirby Page excerpt

[[John Dumbleton|Dumbleton, John]] added "References" section & cleaned up multiple ref links with "ref name= /" & {rp|#}

[[Educational perennialism]] ''in particular [[Educational_perennialism#Secular_perennialism|Secular perennialism]]''

[[Johann Eduard Erdmann|Erdmann, Johann Eduard]] added sections "Biography" with Bitter's "Erdmann: Appropriation and Criticism" info, "Commentary on Erdmann" with Dewey review & "Selected Works" with public domain book links 

[[Euclidean algorithm]] clarified introduction using A=(n×k) and B=(m×k) implies A-B=(n-m)×k

[[Eudoxus of Cnidus]] contributed to [[Eudoxus_of_Cnidus#Mathematics|Mathematics]] section citing Morris Kline's view of the Greek change of focus from arithmetic to geometry resulting from incommensurables, plus examples of method of exhustion applications.

[[Thomas_Fowler_(academic)|Fowler, Thomas (academic)]] added [[Thomas_Fowler_(academic)#Selected_Works|"Selected Works"]] section with 7 books linked to public domain GoogleBooks

[[Gabriele Falloppio|Falloppio, Gabriele]] argument against Fracastoro's theory

[[Girolamo Fracastoro|Fracastoro, Girolamo]] introduced section on [[Girolamo_Fracastoro#Geology|Geology]]

[[Galileo_Galilei|Galilei, Galileo]] added "[[Galileo_Galilei#Timeline|Timeline section]]"

[[William_Gilbert_(astronomer)|Gilbert, William]] added info related to diurnal rotation/Copernicanism (Book 6, Ch.3) and to ''De Mundo Nostro Sublunari Philosophia Nova'' under Life and work section & added [[William_Gilbert_(astronomer)#Commentary_on_Gilbert|"Commentary on Gilbert"]] section with quotes from [[Francis Bacon]], [[William Whewell]], [[Henry Hallam]] & Walter William Bryant.

[[Gilgamesh]] (9 September 2012)‎ appended section "Modern references" ref H. L. Mencken's Treatise on the Gods/was undone by [[User:Deor|Deor]]

[[Goethean science]] & [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang]] quotes relevant to history of evolutionary thought from Goethe's ''Story of My Botanical Studies'' &   White's ''Hist. Warfare of Science with Theology''

[[Gospel of Matthew]]  appended link to Wikiquote article bottom of page

[[Mark J. Green|Green, Mark J.]]

[[Duff_Green|Green, Duff]] described connections with Crédit Mobilier of America and New Mexican Railway Company

[[James Gregory (mathematician)|Gregory, James]] added "Mathematics" section, blockquoting from ''Pantologia'' 

[[Gregory of Nyssa]] added section [[Gregory_of_Nyssa#Commentary_on_Gregory|"Commentary on Gregory"]] with quote from Osborn's ''From the Greeks to Darwin''

[[Hugo Grotius|Grotius, Hugo]] added section "[[Hugo_Grotius#Commentary_on_Grotius|Commentary on Grotius]]" with Andrew Dickson White commentary

[[Guiot de Provins]] added section "Commentary on Guiot" with excerpt from Taylor's ''Mediaeval Mind''

[[James_Henry_Hammond|Hammond, James Henry]] added sections "Slavery": ''The Pro-Slavery Argument'' & "Commentary on Hammond":Kirby Page excerpt

[[William_Harper_(South_Carolina)|Harper, William (South Carolina)]] added section [[William_Harper_(South_Carolina)#Commentary_on_Harper|"Commentary on Harper"]] with 2 Kirby Page excerpts

''[[The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox]]'' by Stephen Jay Gould (added the section - Four Historic Stages)

[[Hendrik Hertzberg|Hertzberg, Hendrik]]

[[History of electricity]] added "Timeline", "See also", & "External Links" sections

[[History of entropy]] clarified intro and [[History_of_entropy#Classical_thermodynamic_views|Classical thermodynamic views]] section

[[History of evolutionary thought]] under section [[History_of_evolutionary_thought#Augustine_of_Hippo|"Augustine of Hippo"]] added description from White's Hist Science/Theology & under [[History_of_evolutionary_thought#External_links|"External links"]] added Osborn's [http://books.google.com/books?id=ONYKAAAAIAAJ& ''From the Greeks to Darwin'']

[[John_A._Hobson|Hobson, John A.]] added section "Commentary on Hobson" quoting Tawney's "The Acquisitive Society" and linked numerous public domain Hobson works @GoogleBooks

[[Robert Hooke|Hooke, Robert]] added quote from Charles Lyell's ''Principles of Geology'' under section on [[Robert_Hooke#Palaeontology|Palaeontology]].

[[Edwin_J._Houston|Houston, Edwin J.]] uploaded image of Houston to WikiCommons and added photo to article, plus additional information from 1911 article in ''Electrical Review and Western Electrician'' subcategorized Works section for clearer presentation

[[Ferrante Imperato|Imperato, Ferrante]] added section "Commentary on Imperato" with quote from ''Principles of Geology'' by Charles Lyell

[[Intelligence]] Disambiguation

[[Interstitial condensation]] cleaned up article and introduced vapor barrier & structural damping

[[Inverse-square law]] added [[John Dumbleton]] info to "History" section followed by Johannes Kepler.

[[Johannes Kepler|Kepler, Johannes]], section  [[Johannes_Kepler#Astronomiae_Pars_Optica|Astronomiae Pars Optica]]: added projective geometry information, citing Morris Kline.

[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus, Carl]] added section "Commentary on Linnaeus" with White's quote

[[Tullio Levi-Civita|Levi-Civita, Tullio]]

[[Martin_Lister|Lister, Martin]] excerpt from Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology

[[Denis_Jean_Achille_Luchaire|Luchaire, Denis Jean Achille]] added "Commentary on Luchaire" with Kirby Page excerpt

[[Jan Marek Marci|Marci, Jan Marek]] Newton foreshadowing in color/refraction from Westfall & Boyer under "Work" section

[[Gaston_Maspero|Maspero, Gaston]] listed Maspero's public domain e-books @GoogleBooks

[[Pietro Andrea Mattioli|Mattioli, Pietro Andrea]] argument against Fracastoro's theory of fossils

[[Metal]] extensive additions to [[Metal#History|"History"]] section with ancient through medieval information from [[John Maxson Stillman|Stillman's]] ''The Story of Early Chemistry'' and quoted definition of metal from [[Georgius Agricola|Agricola's]] ''De Natura Fossilium'' 

[[Mithra]] appended blurb on Mithraic Mysteries to "Intro"

[[George Foot Moore|Moore, George Foot]] added "[[George_Foot_Moore#Works|Works]]" section & additional edits/citations; removed citation alarm post

[[Nicholas of Cusa]] added section [[Nicholas_of_Cusa#Science_and_Mathematics|"Science and Mathematics"]] with quote from 1905 Fitz-Patrick Lecture by [[Sir Norman Moore, 1st Baronet]], M.D.

[[George Nicholls (commissioner)|Nicholls, George (commissioner)]] added "Works" section with his & others: ''History of the English Poor Law''

[[Occam's razor]] added Aristotle and Robert Grosseteste quotes to "[[Occam's_razor#Formulations_before_Ockham|Formulations before Ockham]]" section

[[Olive]] under [[Olive#History|"History" section]] added quote from Vitruvius' ''De Architectura''

[[The Origin and Development of Moral Ideas]] by Edvard Westermarck: added section "Westermarck's Description" with his description from the Intro & Preface to Vol.1 with linked reference.

[[Francisco_Perea|Perea, Francisco]]

[[Nicolas Pino|Pino, Nicolas]] ~4,800

[[William Pitt the Younger|Pitt, William the Younger]] added section [[William_Pitt_the_Younger#Commentary_on_Pitt|"Commentary on Pitt"]] with excerpt from Nicholls-Mackay & Kirby Page

[[Ptolemy]] earliest air to water table of refraction from Boyer under "Optics" section

[[Magnus_Pyke#The_Science_Myth|Pyke, Magnus]] added "The Science Myth" section

[[Sanguine]]

[[Santa Fe Trail]] extensive additions to section [[Santa_Fe_Trail#The_importance_of_Santa_Fe|"The importance of Santa Fe"]] from books by Marc Simmons, Ray John de Aragon and George Wilkins Kendall

[[Archibald_Sayce|Sayce, Archibald]] appended "[[Archibald_Sayce#Commentary_on_Works|Commentary on Works]]" section with ref Mencken's Treatise on the Gods

[[Carl Wilhelm Scheele|Scheele, Carl Wilhelm]] added sections "Biography" & "Published Papers" with info from  [http://books.google.com/books?id=XNIAAAAAYAAJ ''American Druggist'' Vol.15, August, 1886]

[[Joseph Seligman|Seligman, Joseph]] conributed to section "J. & W. Seligman & Co. and railroads"

[[René François Walter de Sluse|Sluse, René François Walter de]] info from G. Donald Allen & blockquote  Augustus De Morgan, ref: Leibniz–Newton calculus controversy

[[Smith's Prize]]

[[Strabo]] added "[[Strabo#Geology|Geology]]" section

[[Strato of Lampsacus]] added "[[Strato_of_Lampsacus#Geology|Geology]]" section

[[Theodore the Studite]] added 1st recorded stand against slavery to Intro & added [[Theodore_the_Studite#Commentary_on_Theodore|"Commentary on Theodore" section]] with additional slavery info & Links

[[James_Westfall_Thompson|Thompson, James Westfall]] added sections "Life" & "[[James_Westfall_Thompson#Commentary_on_Thompson|Commentary on Thompson]]" with 2 Kirby Page excerpts

[[James_Henley_Thornwell|Thornwell, James Henley]] split Intro into section "Life" and cited [http://books.google.com/books?id=MqARAAAAIAAJ& ''The Rights and the Duties of Masters''] in "Slavery" section

[[Tiguex War]] major contribution & ref's for previous one-sentence article

[[Anne-Robert-Jacques_Turgot,_Baron_de_Laune|Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques]] added section "[[Anne-Robert-Jacques_Turgot,_Baron_de_Laune#Commentary_on_Turgot|Commentary on Turgot]]" with White's description from  History of Warfare of Science/Theology

[[Giovanni_Battista_Venturi|Venturi, Giovanni Battista]] added bigraphical information and Venturi's publications with references from Kent, Frazier, Cajori, Dauben & Scriba.

[[Water cycle]]

[[White lead]] added [[White_lead#History|"History"]] section with Stillman & Holley quotes from Theophrastus. Also added "Paints" section and moved paint pigment information to it.

== Wikipedia Articles: minor contributions ==

[[Mortimer Adler|Adler, Mortimer]]

[[Anabolic]]

[[James S. Calhoun|Calhoun, James S.]]

[[Complex systems]]

[[John Fitch (inventor)|Fitch, John]] (1743-1798) added links to Henry Voight and speeds obtained

[[History of molecular theory]] included alternative ancients' views to elements fire, air, water, air

[[History of music]] several external links added

[[History of New Mexico]] minor edits/links to "[[History_of_New_Mexico#Mexican-American_War|Mexican American War]]" section

[[David_R._Porter|Porter, David R.]] New Mexican Railway Company associate

[[Supraventricular_tachycardia|Supraventricular tachycardia]]: [[Supraventricular_tachycardia#Physical_maneuvers|Physical maneuvers]] - added pressing down gently on closed eyes, reducing coffee, alcohol & tobacco, and increasing rest, citing American Heart Asociation article, [http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Arrhythmia/AboutArrhythmia/Tachycardia_UCM_302018_Article.jsp Tachycardia | Fast Heart Rate] 

[[Topology]] (See also & External links)

== Wiktionary articles contributed to ==

* [[wiktionary:aperture|aperture]] expanded to include [[wiktionary:aperture#Noun|usage in mathematics]] as applied to the right circular cone

== References ==
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