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a wedge of land

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  • Wedge (border) — The Wedge in red. The Wedge (or Delaware Wedge) is a small tract of land along the borders of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ownership of the land was disputed until 1921; it is now recognized as part of Delaware. The tract was created… …   Wikipedia

  • WEDGE, John Helder (1792-1872) — pioneer was born in England in 1792. He arrived in Tasmania in 1824 having been given a position in the survey department, and did some useful exploring, especially in the north west of the island. He joined the Port Phillip Association and in… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • Wedge prism — The wedge prism is an optical element typically made of glass ground at slight angles to refract light passing through it from the smaller width side of the prism to the thicker width side of the prism. By refracting the light, the wedge prism… …   Wikipedia

  • Wedge — This interesting and unusual surname, with variant spelling Wegg, Wege and Wegge, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may derive from two possible origins. Firstly, it may be of topographical origin, describing someone who lived on a wedge shaped (i.e …   Surnames reference

  • John Helder Wedge — (1793 – 22 November 1872) surveyor and explorer, was the second son of Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps, Cambridge, England, from whom he learned the rudiments of his profession. Losses during the post war depression in agriculture induced Wedge and… …   Wikipedia

  • Charles Wedge — was a surveyor and explorer of the North West of Western Australia. He was the eldest son of Edward Davy Wedge and the nephew of John Helder Wedge, with whom he arrived, together with his cousin John Charles Darke in 1824 in Van Diemens Land.… …   Wikipedia

  • Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle — Taxobox name = Tasmanian Wedge tailed Eagle status = EN status system = EPBC status ref = [ [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon id=64435#EPBC%20Act%20Status DEH Species Profile and Threats Database: Aquila… …   Wikipedia

  • The Wedge (surfing) — The Wedge is a world famous bodyboarding, surfing bodysurfing spot located at the extreme south end of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California. When supplied with a south swell of the proper size and direction, it can produce huge waves …   Wikipedia

  • Edward Davy Wedge — (1777 1852) colonist in Van Diemen’s Land and the Port Phillip District of Australia, and brother of John Helder Wedge. The Wedges imported sheep and a saw mill into the colony. ED Wedge obtained a 2,000 acre (8 km²) grant which he called Forton …   Wikipedia

  • William Wedge Darke — (1810 1890) was an Australian colonist and surveyor, the son of John Darke of Hereford and Elizabeth Darke, née Wedge, and younger brother of John Charles Darke and a nephew of John Helder Wedge from whom he learnt his profession. He arrived in… …   Wikipedia

  • John Wedge — (1744 1816). Agriculturalist, born 10 December 1744, the son of Francis Wedge (1714 1784)and Elizabeth Knock (1713 1788) of Fernhill House, near Forton, Staffordshire, a prosperous farmer, and brother of Thomas Wedge of Chester and Charles Wedge… …   Wikipedia

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