Atwood

Atwood

Atwood may refer to:

Places

In the United States of America:
* Atwood, Placentia, California
* Atwood, Colorado
* Atwood, Illinois
* Atwood, Indiana
* Atwood, Kansas
* Atwood, Kentucky
* Atwood, Michigan
* Atwood, Oklahoma
* Atwood, Pennsylvania
* Atwood, Tennessee

In Canada:
*Atwood, Ontario

People

* Brett Atwood, a journalist, online editor and academic
* J. Leland Atwood, a pioneer aviator
* Casey Atwood, an American NASCAR driver
* Colleen Atwood, an Academy Award-winning costume designer
* Donald J. Atwood Jr., a US Deputy Secretary of Defense
* Donna Atwood, an American figure skater
* Duncan Atwood, an American javelin thrower
* George Atwood, an English mathematician, inventor of the Atwood machine
* Harry Atwood, (1884-1967) a pioneer American aviator, landed Wright aeroplane on White House South Lawn, 1911. Given gold medal by President Taft for this feat
* Jane Evelyn Atwood, American photographer
* Jeanette Atwood, American animator
* Margaret Atwood, a Canadian novelist and literary critic
* Wallace Walter Atwood, an American geographer and geologist

;Fictional
* Ryan Atwood, a character on the television series "The O.C."

Physics

* Atwood machine
* Swinging Atwood's machine
* Atwood number

Other

* Atwood (crater), a crater on the moon named after George Atwood
* Atwood Oceanics, a firm
* Atwood Stadium, an athletic facility in Flint, Michigan


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  • Atwood, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 1279 Housing Units (2000): 708 Land area (2000): 1.040055 sq. miles (2.693729 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.061188 sq. miles (0.158475 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.101243 sq. miles (2.852204 sq. km) FIPS code …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Atwood — (George) (1746 1807) physicien anglais; la machine d Atwood permet de mesurer le déplacement vertical des masses …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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