Frank Lewis

Frank Lewis may refer to:

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Frank Lewis (wrestler)

Frank Lewis (December 6, 1912 – August 16, 1998) was an American wrestler and olympic champion. He competed at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where he received a gold medal in freestyle welterweight.

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Frank Lewis (broadcaster)

Harry Frank Lewis, OPEI (born 1939) is a Canadian broadcaster and the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. He is the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of Prince Edward Island.

Born in 1939 in York, Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Lewis started working at CFCY-FM in Charlottetown in 1966 and retired in 2004 when he was a Vice President and General Manager. Since his retirement, he worked as a senior advisor for Newcap Radio. He was appointed the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island on July 28, 2011 by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper. He was sworn in by David Jenkins, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, on August 15, 2011 at Province House. As Lieutenant Governor, Lewis is Chancellor of the Order of Prince Edward Island.

In 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Lewis (lifting appliance)

A lewis (sometimes called a lewisson) is one of a category of lifting devices used by stonemasons to lift large stones into place with a crane, chain block, or winch. It is inserted into a specially prepared hole, or seating, in the top of a stone, directly above its centre of mass. It works by applying principles of the lever and utilises the weight of the stone to act on the long lever-arms which in turn results in a very high reaction force and friction where the short lever-arms make contact with the stone inside the hole and thereby prevents slipping.

Etymology

The name lewis may come from the Latin levo -avi, -atum meaning to levitate or lift, but the Oxford English Dictionary Online states, "the formation and the phonology are not easily explained on this hypothesis", preferring "origin obscure", and speculating that the term may derive from a personal name. The Romans used the lewis. The specially shaped hole that is shaped to fit the device is known as a lewis hole. Lewis holes in the uppermost masonry coursings are neatly repaired with matching indented plugs after the stone has been set in place.

Lewis (Middlesex cricketer)

Lewis (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who was associated with Middlesex and made his first-class debut in 1830.

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Lewis (crater)

Lewis is a crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies along the western edge of the Montes Cordillera mountains that surround the Mare Orientale impact basin. This crater has been heavily disrupted by the formation of the basin, and it is covered by ejecta from the impact leaving only an uneven depression in the surface. The outer rim is roughly circular, and the interior is uneven.

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