About the sedimentary rock File Flint.jpg thumb A flint nodule from the Onondaga geological formation ... beach made up of flint nodules eroded out of the nearby chalk cliffs, Cape Arkona , R gen File Feuersteinaxt.jpg thumb Neolithic flint axe, about 31 cm long File Flint Wall Wiltshire.JPG thumb Detail of flint used in a building in Wiltshire, England. Flint or flintstone is a hard, sedimentary rock sedimentary ... ref ref http www.quartzpage.de flint.html Flint and Chert quartzpage.de ref categorized as a variety ... Portsdown Hill ref ref http www.theaaca.com Learning Center flintvs.htm Flint vs Chert Authentic Artefacts Collectors Assn. ref Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown ... point of view, flint refers specifically to the form of chert which occurs in chalk or marly limestone ... mode of formation of flint is not yet clear but it is thought that it occurs as a result of chemical ... shapes of flint nodules that are found. The source of dissolved silica in the porous media could arise from the spicules of silicious sponges. ref name Flints Certain types of flint, such as that from ... have been found preserved like amber inside the flint. Thin slices of the stone often reveal this effect. Puzzling giant flint formations known as paramoudra and flint circles are found around ... Museums.norfolk.gov.uk ref Uses Tools or cutting edges Flint was used for the manufacture of flint tools during the Stone Age as it splits into thin, sharp splinters called flakes or blades ... material . This process is referred to as knapping . In Europe , some of the best toolmaking flint has come from Belgium Obourg, flint mines of Spiennes , ref http www.minesdespiennes.org en.html Neolithic Flint Mines of Petit Spiennes Official web site ref the coastal chalks of the English Channel , the Paris Basin geology Paris Basin , Thy district Thy in Jutland flint mine at Hov , the Sennonian ... in Poland . Flint mining is attested since the Palaeolithic , but became more common since the Neolithic ... more details
Flint station may refer to Flint Amtrak station , Flint, Michigan, United States Flint railway station , Flint, Wales, United Kingdom dab ... more details
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Flint Hill can refer to Flint Hill, County Durham , England Flint Hill, Missouri , United States Scottville, North Carolina , United States, formerly called Flint Hill Flint Hill School , in Virginia, United States geodis de Flint Hill ... more details
Charles Flint may refer to Charles Ranlett Flint 1850&ndash 1934 , American businessman, founder of a company which later became IBM Charles Wesley Flint , American bishop in the Methodist Church Charles L. Flint , President of the University of Massachusetts hndis Flint, Charles ... more details
wiktionarypar flintFlint is a type of rock. Flint may also refer to TOC right People Austin Flint 1812 1886 , American physician Austin Flint 1836 1915 , American physician Bob Flint born 1941 , American Hawaiian ceramicist Bruiser Flint born 1968 , American basketball coach Caroline Flint born 1961 , British Member of Parliament for the Don Valley Charles Ranlett Flint 1850 1934 , American merchant and banker Eric Flint , American science fiction and fantasy author and editor F. S. Flint 1885 1960 , English poet Henry Flynt born 1940 , American philosoph and avantgarde musician James Flint merchant , 18th century British merchant and diplomat Jeremy Flint 1928 1989 , English contract bridge player Katja Flint born 1960 , German actress Keith Flint born 1969 , member of the British band The Prodigy Kenneth C. Flint , American fantasy novelist Larry Flynt born 1942 , American magazine publisher commonly misspelled Flint Robert Flint 1838 1910 , Scottish theologian and philosopher Roland Flint 1934 2001 , American poet Valerie Flint 1936 2009 , British historian William Russell Flint 1880 1969 , Scottish artist Fictional characters Flint comics , a character in the Wildstorm universe see StormWatch Flint G.I. Joe , the code name of Dashiel R. Faireborn, a member of the fictional G.I. Joe anti terrorist team Flint Mother 3 , a playable character in Nintendo s Mother 3 Flint Fireforge , a dwarf in the Dragonlance chronicles Flint Hammerhead from Flint the Time Detective Sandman Marvel Comics , aka Flint Marko Captain Flint , the legendary captain of a Pirate ship, the Walrus , in the novel Treasure Island by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson Derek Flint, the title character of Our Man Flint 1966 and In Like Flint 1967 , a hipster spy played by James Coburn Marcus Flint ... Flint, the immortal antagonist in the episode Requiem for Methuselah of the original Star Trek series. Flint, the protagonist in the Cluster novels Cluster series, by Piers Anthony Flint Lockwood, the main ... more details
James Flint is the name of James Flint British novelist , born 1968 , British novelist James Flint merchant , 18th century , British diplomat and merchant Captain James Flint , fictional character in the Swallows and Amazons series of books Bruiser Flint James Bruiser Flint , the head men s basketball coach at Drexel University hndis Flint, James ... more details
White Flint may refer to White Flint Washington Metro , a metro station in Montgomery County, Maryland White Flint Mall , a shopping mall in Montgomery County, Maryland disambig ... more details
USS Flint may refer to USS Flint CL 64 , was renamed Vincennes CL 64 on 16 October 1942 USS Flint CL 97 , was commissioned 31 August 1944 and decommissioned 6 May 1947 USS Flint AE 32 , was commissioned 20 November 1971, decommissioned 4 August 1995 and is currently in service with Military Sealift Command Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Flint Category United States Navy ship names ... more details
Image Flintlogo.jpg right thumb Logo for the Flint Automobile, 1923 1927 Image Flint B 40 Touring 1925 2.jpg right thumb 300px Flint B 40 Touring 1925 Image Flint B 40 Touring 1925.jpg right thumb 300px Flint B 40 Touring 1925 Image 1926 Flint Jr. Z18 Deluxe Coupe 001.jpg right thumb 300px 1926 Flint Jr. Z18 Deluxe Coupe located in Stratford, Iowa, USA The Flint was an automobile marque that was assembled by the Flint Motors Division, Flint, Michigan between 1923 and 1927. Flint Motors was a wholly owned subsidiary of Durant Motors Company USA . Assembly The Flint was considered an assembled car because Durant Motors used components manufactured by outside suppliers to build its automobile lines. The cars were powered by a 6 cylinder Continental Motors Company Continental engine , and its body stampings were made by Budd in Philadelphia . Design origin The origins of the Flint can be traced back to the Willys car company, which had been working on a prototype for a proposed 6 cylinder car .... Once acquired, this prototype was further modified to create the Flint. Company demise Following financial troubles at Durant Motors, the Flint was discontinued in 1927. The Flint was priced to compete with Buick , which was also assembled in Flint, Michigan. Production model specifications Flint Six 55 Four Door Brougham Flint Automobile Company Automobiles produced by Flint should not be confused with those manufactured by the Flint Automobile Company, founded by A. B. C. Hardy in 1901, and which ... range. See also Durant Motors References http www.flintjournal.com flint150 1902manuftdcar.pdf Flint 1901 03 history http www.flint.lib.mi.us timeline autohistory 0798 autoshardy.html Flint 1901 03 http forums.detnews.com joyrides story index.cfm?id 84 Sloan Museum traces Flint s rich automotive history Durant Motors DEFAULTSORT Flint Automobile Category Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United ... Defunct companies based in Michigan de Flint Automarke ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The Flint Flyers were a professional baseball team in Flint, Michigan from 1889 1890. They played in the Michigan State League. Category Sports in Flint, Michigan Category Defunct minor league baseball teams US baseball team stub ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 The Flint Vehicles were a professional baseball team in Flint, Michigan from 1921 1926. They were a part of the Michigan Ontario League . Category Sports in Flint, Michigan US baseball team stub ... more details
ABA team color1 black color2 CD0000 logo FlintFire.PNG pixels 200px founded 2010 league American Basketball Association 2000 ABA history Flint Fire 2011 present arena TBA city Flint, Michigan Flint , Michigan colors Red, black, white owner Sean Woodruff coach championships 0 titles 0 cheerleaders dancers mascot The Flint Fire is an expansion franchise of the American Basketball Association 2000 American Basketball Association which will begin play in the 2011 season. The Fire is based in Flint, Michigan Flint , Michigan . External Links http www.flintfirebasketball.com Flint Fire website ABA Teams Michigan Sports Michigan basketball team stub Category American Basketball Association 2000 present teams Category Basketball teams in Michigan Category Sports in Flint, Michigan Category American Basketball Association 2000 present teams ... more details
orphan date October 2008 The Flint Flashes was a weekly paper published by the Socialist Party of America Socialist Party in Flint, Michigan during the early 20th Century, quite possibly started around 1907. G. W. Starkweather was its manager and G. N. Lawrence its editor. In 1911, the Flint Flashes had a circulation of over 3,000 copies. External links http www.spmichigan.org Socialist Party of Michigan DEFAULTSORT Flint Flashes, The Category Weekly newspapers published in the United States Category Newspapers published in Michigan ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Flint Gems were a professional baseball team in Flint, Michigan in 1940. The Gems were part of the Michigan State League, and played their home games at Atwood Stadium . Their overall record was 67 41, and they won the 1940 MSL Championship. The team was renamed Flint Indians for the 1941 MSL season. Category Sports in Flint, Michigan US baseball team stub ... more details
Eastside , sometimes known as the State Streets, is a large neighborhood in Flint, Michigan. It is not to be confused with East Flint in which it resides. The neighborhood is bounded on the west by University Park, Flint University Park and Buick City , the north by the Northeast Side , the east by Thrift City , and the south by East Village, Flint East Village ref name sph.umich.edu http www.sph.umich.edu yvpc evaluation yvis block.pdf Flint Block Clubs and Neighborhood Organizations, College and Cultural ... Schools, and formerly Homedale Elementary. Image Flint kearsleypark.jpg thumb right 57 Acre Kearsley Park anchors the southern boundary of Flint s Eastside, and it is considered to be Flint s showpiece ... given boundaries, established by the Olde Eastside Neighbors ref name sph.umich.edu , are the Flint River Michigan Flint River to the west, M 54 Michigan highway Dort Highway to the east, Whaley Park ... has been located adjacent to General Motors North Flint facilities, including Buick City. While subdivisions such as Civic Park and East Village, Flint The East Village were originally designed as bedroom ... by the Flint River and, later, I 475 and Delphi East. Even in Flint s halcyon decades of the 1940s ... day While the Eastside is unquestionably Flint s most racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood ref US Census, 2000 Place Flint, Michigan Tracks 22, 23, and 26 comparative ref , it has been continually plagued by gang related violence and racial tension. Today, the Eastside is one of Flint ... of housing stock, the Eastside is one of the few neighborhoods in Flint where the majority ... of Flint as a whole, have reduced property values to new lows. There are some assets in the Eastside ..., essentially unprecedented in Flint, has had its most visible impact on Davison Road, as seen by such businesses as Luigi s Restaurant and the Flint Judo Club. Other well known local institutions ... Flint, Michigan s 3rd Ward http www.ci.flint.mi.us clerk vote loc4.asp Flint, Michigan s 4th Ward ... more details
otheruses File Lens6b en.svg thumb An achromatic doublet , which combines crown glass optics crown glass and flint glass . Flint glass is optical glass that has relatively high refractive index and low Abbe number . Flint glasses are arbitrarily defined as having an Abbe number of 50 to 55 or less. The currently known flint glasses have refractive indices ranging between 1.45 and 2.00. A Lens optics Types of simple lenses concave lens of flint glass is commonly combined with a Lens optics Types of simple lenses convex lens of Crown glass optics crown glass to produce an achromatic doublet lens because of their compensating optical properties, which reduces chromatic aberration color defects . With respect to glass, the term flint derives from the flint nodules found in the chalk deposits of southeast England that were used as a source of high purity silica by George Ravenscroft , circa 1662, to produce a potash lead glass that was the precursor to English lead crystal . Traditionally, flint glasses were lead glass es containing around 4 60 lead oxide however, the manufacture and disposal of these glasses are sources of pollution . In many modern flint glasses, the lead can be replaced with other additives such as titanium dioxide and zirconium dioxide without significantly altering the optical properties of the glass. Flint glass can be fashioned into rhinestone s which are used as diamond simulant s. See also Crown glass optics Chromatic aberration Cup plate References Kurkjian, Charles R. and Prindle, William R. 1998 . Perspectives on the History of Glass Composition. Journal of the American Ceramic Society , 81 4 , 795 813. Category Glass compositions Category Diamond simulants de Flintglas eo Flinto fr Verre flint it Vetro Flint nl Flintglas pl Flint optyka ru zh ... more details
subject Dungeons & Dragons category Dungeons & Dragons date October 2009 DL character name Flint Fireforge image caption Flint bottom left with Sturm Brightblade homeland List of Dragonlance locations ... Weis and Tracy Hickman debut Dragons of Autumn Twilight 1984 Flint Fireforge January 11, 203 Dragonlance ... are not known, but they are referred to as Mama and Father by Flint. Early life One day a Qualinesti elf messenger appears to Flint in his home in Solace. The Speaker of the Suns has recently purchased some of Flint s metalwork and is so impressed by it he wants more. He has asked Flint to come to Qualinesti in order to make some for him. Flint agrees to travel there. Tanis Half Elven is residing in Qualinost when Flint arrives. He and Flint become friends almost instantly. Flint teaches Tanis some metalworking, and in addition he builds up a bond with Solastaran. Flint regularly returns to Qualinost ... to Qualinost, he is waylaid by a Tylor, and in their rush to escape Flint and Fleetfoot accidentally ... and a hunt is organized to find and kill the Tylor. Flint and Tanis go on the trip to kill the Tylor .... Flint is given the task of finding the killer because Flint doesn t believe Tanis has done it. Flint, after searching for days, discovers an elf named Miral, the slayer of the Tylor, is secretly Arelas Kanan, who has a plot to rule Qualinesti. Flint and Tanis stop the plot, and Tanis is free again. When Flint leaves for Solace again, Tanis travels with him, joining into the blacksmithing business. Flint takes Tika into his house for a time, after she is no longer with her parents. Tika is young at this time, and Flint often makes her toys. Otik eventually adopts her. Flint s fear of water ..., Flint was pulled from the water. The accident disturbed Flint, causing him to shun travel across bodies of water in any boat of any kind. Flint travels along with the Heroes of the Lance Companions to Karthay ... takes a liking to Flint, and Flint grows fond of her. When she is later killed by a Minotaur, Flint ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Flint Arrows were a professional baseball team in Flint, Michigan from 1948 1951. They were a part of the Central League and played their home games at Atwood Stadium . Their overall record was 169 102, and they won the Central League baseball Central League Championship in 1948, and 1950. Category Sports in Flint, Michigan US baseball team stub ... more details
Edward Sherrill Flint January 3, 1819 January 29, 1902 was the mayor of Cleveland, Ohio , from 1861&ndash 1862. Biography Although Flint was born in Warren, Ohio , he was raised by his grandparents in Vermont because of the early deaths of his parents. After local schooling, Flint started working as a bookkeeper . Flint and his family moved to Cleveland in 1851 where Flint started a real estate firm. Since he was always interested in railroads, Flint served as the superintendent of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway from 1859 to 1878. Flint became a member of the Cleveland board of schools in 1860 and was elected mayor in 1861. Flint, a Republican Party United States Republican because of the American Civil War Civil War , later realigned his views to that of a War Democrat he supported the North s cause during the Civil War. He retired after being defeated for re election, continuing the railroad business until 1878. Flint died in Cleveland and is buried in Lake View Cemetery . Flint married Caroline E. Lemen d. 1899 of Cleveland. They had three children Carolin, Fanny, and William. start box s off succession box before George B. Senter title List of Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio Mayor of Cleveland years 1861&ndash 1862 after Irvine U. Masters end box ClevelandOhioMayors References The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History by Cleveland Bicentennial Commission Cleveland, Ohio , David D. Van Tassel Editor , and John J. Grabowski Editor ISBN 0 253 33056 4 http ech.case.edu ech cgi article.pl?id FES The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History Online edition. http politicalgraveyard.com bio fleury flye.html RRZ1AES4G The Political Graveyard Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Flint, Edward S. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1819 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1902 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Flint, Edward S. Category Mayors of Cleveland, Ohio Category Burials at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland Category 1819 ... more details
orphan date October 2010 Infobox newspaper name The Flint Enquirer logo image caption type format foundation ceased publication price owners political position publisher editor staff circulation headquarters ISSN website The Flint Enquirer is a small circulation newspaper serving the African American community of Genesee County, Michigan Genesee County , Michigan . It is distributed at local college s and other locations. DEFAULTSORT Flint Enquirer, The Category Newspapers published in Michigan newspaper stub ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name The Flint Journal image caption type four times weekly newspaper format Broadsheet foundation 1876 ceased publication price owners Booth Newspapers Advance Publications publisher Matt Sharp editor Marjory Raymer execeditor John Hiner assoceditor staff language political circulation headquarters 200 E. First St. br Flint, Michigan Flint , Michigan 48502 sister newspapers The Saginaw News br The Bay City Times oclc ISSN website http www.mlive.com flint The Flint Journal is the only major newspaper in Flint, Michigan . Published Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, it serves Genesee County, Michigan Genesee , Lapeer County, Michigan Lapeer and Shiawassee County, Michigan Shiawassee Counties. The paper is headquartered at 200 East First Street Flint, Michigan. History The Flint Journal was founded in 1876 during Flint s booming lumber years by Charles Fellows and Washington Irving Beardsley as a weekly newspaper ref . cite web url http www.flinthistory.com history decades.shtml?1871 1880 title Major Events in Flint s History 1871 1880 accessdate 2008 04 08 work FlintHistory.com Dead link date November 2010 bot H3llBot ref The Journal nowiki nowiki s main competitors at the time was the Wolverine Citizen , The Genesee Democrat and The Flint Globe . The paper ... and other until the Journal was purchase by the Flint Globe nowiki nowiki owner, H. H. Fitzgerald ... City. ref http www.mlive.com news flint index.ssf 2009 03 flint journal to publish 3days.html Flint Journal Flint Journal to publish 3 days a week , 3 23 2009. ref ref http www.mlive.com baycityforward ..., bringing the number of publishing days a week to four. ref http www.mlive.com news flint index.ssf 2010 03 flint journal to return to new.html Flint Journal Flint Journal to return to Newsstands on Tuesdays ... www.flintjournal.com 125 index.html online. http www.mlive.com flint Official website Advance Publications Category Newspapers published in Michigan Category Media in Flint, Michigan Category Advance ... more details
advert date March 2009 primarysources date March 2009 Infobox company company name Flint Group company logo Image Flint Group.JPG company type Private Company slogan Rely on Us foundation location Luxembourg num employees 7.300 industry Printing & Packaging Industry products Printing Inks & Chemicals, Blankets, Sleeves, Printing Plates, Pigments revenue 2.9 billons US 2009 homepage http www.flintgrp.com Flint Group , one of the largest suppliers to the printing and packaging industry worldwide, was created by the union of XSYS Print Solutions and Flint Ink Corporation in late 2005. XSYS was the result of a 2004 union between ANI Printing Inks and BASF Printing Systems , both long standing printing industry providers with locations around the world. Flint Ink was founded in 1920 ref Hoover s Guide to Private Companies 1994 95 Profiles of 500 Major U.S. Private Enterprises William Snyder, 1994 ISBN 187875355X , p. 183 ref and grew consistently over time to become an internationally renowned supplier of printing inks and colourants. The 2007 acquisition of Day International completed the product line, substantially increasing Flint Group s global position in the non ink pressroom consumables market As of 2000, Flint Ink was the world s second largest maker of printing inks. ref Leslie Green, Flint Ink solidifies its No. 2 spot Purchase of pair of ink companies adds to market share. , Crain s Detroit Business , June 05, 2000 http www.accessmylibrary.com article 1G1 62748272 flint ink solidifies its.html , accessed Dec. 3, 2009. ref Flint Group associates work with a variety of customers, from local businesses to multinational companies. Headquartered in Luxembourg, Flint Group employs some 7,300 people. Revenues were 2.4 billion US 3.5 billion in 2008. References reflist External links http www.flintgrp.com Official homepage Category Companies of the United Kingdom Category Companies established in 1920 ... more details
Jeremy Flint 30 August 1928 15 November 1989 , an England English contract bridge bridge player, author ... Flint was the son of a Leeds surgeon, and was educated at Radley College . He studied to be a lawyer ... Pender , he became a Life Master in eleven weeks this is still a record. They devised the Flint Pender ... . ACBL, N.Y., various editions and dates. ref Flint was bridge editor of The Times , author of some ... this view of Flint Jeremy Flint is very talented, and a beautiful dummy player and defender. If I ... in Hasenson P. British Bridge Almanack 2004. 77, London. p63 ref Flint on the Buenos Aires affair Jeremy Flint was a member of the British team at the 1964 Bermuda Bowl , held in Buenos Aires at the start ... and Boris Schapiro Schapiro . ref Flint J. 1970. Tiger bridge the game at the top . Hale, London. Chapter 8. ref The results of the BBL trials was 1 Reese Flint 2 Kenneth Konstam Konstam Schapiro 3 ... captain. Reese and Schapiro were hardly on speaking terms at the time Reese played mainly with Flint, the pair using the Little Major bidding system. Flint made two main points, over and above those made ... complicity . 2. When Flint was playing with Reese in the closed room, Geoffrey Butler BBL official and Waldemar von Zedwitz senior American master came to watch. After the session Flint said to Reese ... yet according to his accusers he continued to exchange signals for the next seven days . ref Flint J. 1970. Tiger bridge p125 ref Bibliography Flint, Jeremy and Freddie North 1970. Tiger bridge the game at the top . Hale, London. Flint, Jeremy and Freddie North 1971. Bridge in the looking glass . Cassell, London. Reese, Terence and Jeremy Flint 1979. Trick 13 . Bibliagora. A novel Flint, Jeremy and Freddie North 1980. How to win more at racing . Sphere, London. Flint, Jeremy and Richard Sharp. 1980. Competitive bidding . Cassell, London. Flint, Jeremy and David Greenwood. 1980. Instructions for the defence . The Bodley Head, London. Flint, Jeremy 1983. Bridge with The Times . Country Life ... more details
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