Congreve

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Dan Congreve and colleagues at Stanford University are working on LEDs made with perovskite crystals, a material often used in solar cells.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

Easing the actors on to Planet Congreve was movement director Francine Watson Coleman.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2019

The Way of the World, written and directed by Theresa Rebeck, adapted from the play by William Congreve.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2018

Also on hand is a model of a British Congreve rocket used in the assault.

From Reuters • Jul. 1, 2012

Con′greve-match, a kind of lucifer match, invented by Congreve.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various