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    George Wallace Melville (January 10, 1841 – March 17, 1912) was a United States Navy officer, engineer and Arctic explorer. He joined the U.S. Navy in...
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  • George Melville may refer to: George W. Melville (1841–1912), engineer, Arctic explorer and author George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636–1707), Scots...
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  • Melville in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Melville may refer to: Cape Melville (South Shetland Islands) Melville Peak, King George Island Melville...
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    George John Whyte-Melville (19 June 1821 – 5 December 1878) was a Scottish novelist much concerned with field sports, and also a poet. He took a break...
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    under the command of Chief Engineer George W. Melville, reached the Lena Delta and its crew were rescued. Melville later found and brought to the U.S....
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    Simon Newcomb, Lord Kelvin, and the chief engineer of the US Navy, George W. Melville, the latter of whom described flying machines as "wholly unwarranted...
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    launched on 2 March 1913, sponsored by Miss Helen W. Neel, granddaughter of Rear Admiral George W. Melville; and was first commissioned on 3 December 1915...
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    1881. The one led by engineer George W. Melville was rescued by native Tungus huntsmen. Of the group led by Captain George W. De Long, only two of the men...
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    Charles W. Chipp, who had served with him on the Little Juniata adventure. Another veteran of the Polaris rescue mission, George W. Melville, was appointed...
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    Robert Peary after Chief Engineer George W. Melville (1841 – 1912), Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. The Melville Glacier discharges from the Greenland...
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