• Gordon Thompson Danby (November 8, 1929 – August 2, 2016) was a Canadian-American physicist notable (together with Dr. James R. Powell) for his work on...
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  • landowner Francis Danby (1793–1861), Irish painter Gordon Danby, American physicist Graeme Danby (born 1962), English operatic bass Herbert Danby (1889–1953)...
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  • application of electromagnetic propulsion. In 1966 James R. Powell and Gordon Danby patented the superconducting maglev transportation system, and after...
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    Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. CC OOnt (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success...
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    shows 6-axis stable levitation. 1961 James R. Powell and BNL colleague Gordon Danby electrodynamic levitation using superconducting magnets and "Null flux"...
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    using magnetically levitated transportation. Powell and BNL colleague Gordon Danby worked out a maglev concept using static magnets mounted on a moving...
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    Seymour Lyon, won the gold medal in golf for Canada at the 1904 Olympics Gordon Danby, coinventor with James R. Powell of the Null Flux Superconducting Maglev...
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    invented the superconducting maglev concept in the 1960s with a colleague, Gordon Danby, also at Brookhaven National Laboratory, which was subsequently developed...
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  • James R. Powell was an American physicist, notable – together with Gordon Danby – for his work on superconducting maglev, for which he shared the Franklin...
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  • producer (born 1952) Jim Northrup, Ojibwe writer (born 1943) August 2 Gordon Danby, physicist (born 1929) David Huddleston, actor (born 1930) Ahmed Zewail...
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