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For other uses, see H (disambiguation).Look up H, h in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.See the discussion below on the two pronunciations.See alphabet
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, this symbol is used to represent two sounds.History
2 Usage in English
2.Usage in French
4 Usage in German
5 Usage in other languages
6 In computing
6.The form of the letter probably stood for a fence.In Northern Ireland it is a shibboleth as Protestant schools teach aitch and Catholics haitch.The pronunciation affects the choice of indefinite article before initialisms beginning with H: for example "an HTML page" or "a HTML page".Authorities disagree about the history of the letter's name.Romance origin:
Initially in heir, honest, honour, hour; for American English usually also herb, and sometimes homage.For some speakers, also in an initial unstressed syllable, as "an historic occasion"; to retain the "an" and pronounce the H may be considered affected.For many speakers, after a stressed vowel and before an unstressed, as annihilate, vehicle (but not vehicular).At the end of a word, as cheetah, verandah.H, including had, has, have, he, her, him, his.The French language classifies words that begin with this letter in two ways that must be learned to use French properly, even though it is a silent letter either way.The h muet, or "mute h", is considered as though the letter were not there at all, so masculine nouns get the article le replaced by the sequence l'.Similarly, words such as un, whose pronunciation would elide onto the following word would do so for a word with h muet.Hence masculine nouns get the le, separated from the noun with a bit of a glottal stop.There is no elision with such a word; the preceding word is kept separate by similar means.European languages (harem, hamac, haricot).As is generally the case with French, there are numerous exceptions.In the German language, this letter is used in the digraph "ch" and the trigraph "sch" to indicate completely different sounds.This is the origin of the spelling (or pronunciation) of the English utterance "Eh?"English pronunciation of the letter "e".In Unicode the capital H is codepoint U+0048 and the lowercase h is U+0068.The ASCII code for capital H is 72 and for lowercase h is 104; or in binary 01001000 and 01101000, correspondingly.The EBCDIC code for capital H is 200 and for lowercase h is 136.Hexadecimal
Some programming languages use "h" or "H" to mark Hexadecimal numbers.This can either be as a suffix, such as 05h, or as a prefix, such as H'46' in Microchip MPASM assembly.However, there are also other standards that use different letters, such as "0x" in C.Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "aitch," op.This page was last modified 03:46, 23 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.VIA's New Centaur Designed Isaiah CPU ArchitectureIf you would have told me last year that I would be able to sit down and play Crysis on a VIA low power CPU, well, I think I would have to had called BS on that, but I did just that yesterday.HD 3600 SeriesAMD moves their new ATI product line further down the spectrum, right before they move up it again.Inside you will find AMD's full presentation of its new graphics cards that reach a very affordable price point.SilverStone Strider ST400 400w Power SupplySilverStone updates its mainstream Strider ST400 computer power supply.Last time SilverStone failed our low voltage test, critical in the USA.We find out whether or not this new version is up to our quality standards.GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB video cards from 3 of today's biggest video card makers to see which has the better value in terms of gameplay experience!Centaur Have a Winner CPUVIA has what looks to be the "next big thing" in terms of ultra mobile PC (UMPC) devices.Stronger than expected Vista sales and profits in its office and gaming divisions are responsible for the better than expected results.Why the company waited so long to admit that is a bit odd."It's really no surprise to anybody that the PS3 was definitely a contributing factor to that," Barerra told MTV."Now, we're neck and neck.That's not an issue anymore.But back then that was something we were taking into account."Apple fell 11 percent, the biggest drop since July 2002.Pod sales were little changed in the U.Without a doubt, what was most impressive was seeing a 1.GHz CN processor running Crysis.Comments
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Symbol: H
Atomic number: 1
Atomic weight: 1.Group number: 1
Group name: (none).While normally shown at the top of the Group 1 elements in the periodic table, the term "alkaline metal" refers only to Group 1 elements from lithium onwards.Availability: Hydrogen is available commercially in pressurised tanks.This sample is from The Elements Collection, an attractive and safely packaged collection of the 92 naturally occurring elements that is available for sale.Hydrogen is the lightest element.Hydrogen as water (H2O) is absolutely essential to life and it is present in all organic compounds.The lifting agent for the ill fated Hindenberg ballooon was hydrogen rather than the safer helium.The image below is the scene probably in a way you have not seen it before.Nearing Zero cartoon included by kind permission of Nick Kim.Isolation
Here is a brief summary of the isolation of hydrogen.In the laboratory, small amounts of hydrogen gas may be made by the reaction of calcium hydride with water.Another very convenient laboratory scale experiment follows Boyle's early synthesis, the reaction of iron filings with dilute sulphuric acid.FeSO4 + H2
There are many industrial methods for the production of hydrogen and that used will depend upon local factors such as the quantity required and the raw materials to hand.Two processes in use involve heating coke with steam in the water gas shift reaction or hydrocarbons such as methane with steam.Uses
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Hambley, Ven.German prelate and Orientalist of the nineteenth century, b.Volkermarkt, Carinthia, Austria, 25 April, 1683; d.Jesuit missionary in the East Indies: b at Ostercappeln, near Osnabruck, in Hanover, 1681; d.Martyr and King of Norway, d.Of the Society of the Sacred Heart, who established all the convents of her order, up to the year 1883, in the eastern part of the United States, Canada, and Cuba; b.William Selby Harney, soldier, convert; b.Louis, Missouri, 9 May, 1889.John Milton Harney, brother of foregoing, b.Irish Franciscan and historical writer, d.Priest, philosopher, theologian and preacher.Anglican parents, his father being a merchant of good means in the City; d.Diocese of Lichfield, England, date unknown; d.Third and last archpriest of England, b.Diocese of Hartford, established by Gregory XVI, 18 Sept.Short biography of the English priest and martyr, who died in 1588.Neustadt, near Friedland, Bohemia , 18 July, 1812; d.Gries, Tyrol, 28 October, 1776; d.Paris early in the fourteenth century by Jeanne, wife of Etienne Haudry, a private secretary of St.The mother of the orphans', as she was familiarly styled, b.Antoine Dadin d'Hauteserre, born 1602, died 1682; a distinguished French historian and canonist, dean of the faculty of law at the University of Toulouse.Lancashire, England, 9 April, 1662; d.Plymouth 3 December, 1803, d.Raised to the peerage as Lord Brampton, eminent English lawyer and Judge, b.Hitchin, Hertfordshire, 14 September, 1817; d.Edmund Hay, jesuit, and envoy to Mary Queen of Scots, b.John Hay, kinsman and contemporary of Edmund, of the family of Hay of Dalgetti; b.Biographical article on the English priest and martyr.English Franciscan and schoolman, b.October, 1617, at Oudenarde in the Netherlands; entered the Society of Jesus, 24 Sept.An American portrait and historical painter, b.Short biography of the English Franciscan, martyred for being a priest.In the Holy Bible the term heaven denotes, in the first place, the blue firmament, or the region of the clouds that pass along the sky.In other passages it denotes the region of the stars that shine in the sky.Duchess of Silesia, aunt of St.Hedwig married Henry I, and was the mother of seven.Upon her husband's death, she entered a Cistercian monastery.Catholic statesman and writer on art, b.German poet of the fifteenth century, d.Usually called 'Frauenlob' (Woman's praise), a Middle High German lyric poet; b.German poet of knightly rank; b.Schemnitz in Hungary, 15 May, 1720; d.Usually known as Hippolyte, his name in religion.Catholic priest and the inventor of the horizontal pendulum, b.The name of the son of Cain (Gen.Jared and the father of Mathusala (Gen.Baron, French magistrate, historian, and journalist; b.Cistercian of the Spanish Congregation; b.Biography of the German king and Holy Roman Emperor, d.Catholicism, martyred at York in 1597.Friemar, a small town near Gotha in Thuringia, about the end of the thirteenth century; d.Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, between 1080 and 1085; d.Kalkar in the Duchy of Cleves in 1328; d.Hainbuch (Hembuche), near Langenstein in Hesse; d.Italian canonist, bishop of Ostia, d.Biography of this German Dominican mystic, d.John Henton, Biblical exegete, born 1499 at Nalinnes Belgium; died 10 Oct.Augustamnica Prima, mentioned by Hierocles (Synecd.Born at Lisbon, 28 March, 1810; died near Santarem, 13 Sept.An Austrian Jesuit missionary in China; born at Graz, Styria, 25 June, 1625; d.Also known as Haeresvid or Hereswyde, blood sister of St.Prefect of the Vatican Archives, b.Provincial of the German province of Dominicans; b.Fourth Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, descendant of the noble Thuringian house of Salza; b.Spanish of New Mexico and Colorado.The Roman Martyrology includes for 18 August Roman martyrs Hermas, Serapion, and Polyaenus.Ten days later a Roman martyr Hermes and Alexandrian martyrs Polienus and Serapion are commemorated.The son of an Arian Visigothic king.His mother and wife were Catholic, and he converted to Catholicism, and resisted Arianism.Mathematician, born at Dieuze, Lorraine, 24 December, 1822; d.Herod was the name of many rulers mentioned in the N.Spanish Jesuit and famous philologist; b.Priest and second Superior General of the Institute of St.Jasper Heywood, poet and translator; born 1535 in London; died 1598 at Naples.John Heywood, father of Jasper, dramatist and epigrammatist; born probably c.In the fourth century, certain Roman ladies, following St.Paula, embraced the religious life in Bethlehem, putting themselves under the direction of St.As an archdeacon, he had acted as one of Pope St.Leo the Great's legates at the 'Robber Synod.As an archdeacon, he had acted as one of Pope St.Leo the Great's legates at the 'Robber Synod.Biographical article on this bishop, a staunch opponent of Arianism, who died in 368.Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours, and celebrated medieval poet; b.Castle of Lavardin near Montoir on the Loire; d.Seer and prophet, Sibyl of the Rhine, d.Died 22 November, 840
Hill, Ven.Yorkshireman and priest, executed in 1590.Article about the spiritual writings of this Augustinian mystic, d.Canadian physician and surgeon, b.Hinchinbrook near Huntingdon, Quebec, June 29, 1829; d.Several mentions of a saint or saints named Hippolytus occur in the Roman Martyrology.Several mentions of a saint or saints named Hippolytus occur in the Roman Martyrology.Leonhard in Passeyrthale, Tyrol, 22 Nov.Him as our Beginning and as the End towards which we daily unflinchingly tend
Holland, Ven.As suggested by its Greek origin (holos 'whole', and kaustos 'burnt') the word designates an offering entirely consumed by fire, in use among the Jews and some pagan nations of antiquity.German novelist, poet, and dramatist; b.The Emperor Francis I of Austria, King Frederick William III of Prussia, and the Tsar Alexander I of Russia, signed a treaty on 26 September, 1815, by which they united in a 'Holy Alliance.Peacock, a native of Philadelphia, U.Amance, France, in 1855, by John Joseph Begel (b.John Timon, the first Bishop of Buffalo.Fairly long article on these children, and the commemoration of their martyrdom.Formerly the second Sunday after Epiphany, no longer on the Roman Calendar.Article's value is mostly historical.Reverence for the name of Jesus is not optional for believers.Oil is a product of great utility the symbolic signification of which harmonizes with its natural uses.The sacrament by which grace and spiritual power for the discharge of ecclesiastical offices are conferred.In the early Church this was the only Saturday on which fasting was permitted (Constit.James the Apostle and representing St.Helena as invested with the habit by St.King David I for the Canons Regular of St.Augustine, probably brought from St.Signifies, in general, the killing of a human being.An auxiliary Bishop of Trier; born at Trier, 27 January, 1701; died at Montquentin, near Orval, 2 Sept.July, 1812, at Great Marlow, Berkshire, England; d.Mesme and Comte d'Entremont, French mathematician; b.On the Jewish altar there were four projections, one at each corner, which were called the horns of the altar.The general opinion is that of St.Jerome, that the word originated from two Hebrew words of Psalm cxvii (cxviii), 25.This psalm, was recited by one of the priests every day during the procession round the altar, during the Feast of Tabernacles, when the people were commanded to 'rejoice before the Lord' (Lev.During the Middle Ages, among the hospitals established throughout, religious of both sexes lived under one roof, following the Rule of St.These sisters are established in religion under the Rule of St.Oratorian, one of the ablest Biblical scholars of his time.Preacher and writer on ascetics; b.Friar Minor, lector in theology and exegete; b.An Austrian statesman, born 26 Nov.Monk of the Order of St.Franciscan historian and theologian, born at Neustadt on the Danube; died 12 Feb.Fourth bishop and first Archbishop of New York, born at Annaloghan, Co.His family name was Cook; Faringdon is his probable birthplace.When he refused to surrender the abbey, he was condemned to death.Biography of this Augustinian and later a Carthusian, d.Benedictine monk and ecclesiastical writer; d.Biographical article on the distinguished and influential Abbot of Cluny, d.Biographical article on 'Germany's greatest poetess.The word humility signifies lowliness or submissiveness an it is derived from the Latin humilitas or, as St.Thomas says, from humus, i.The most popular German preacher of the early part of the eighteenth century, b.September, 1746, at Trier
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