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'''Auger''' may refer to: |
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*[[Auger (drill)]], a drill for boring holes, e.g. in wood or in the earth |
*[[Auger (drill)]], a drill for boring holes, e.g. in wood or in the earth |
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*[[Auger]], a unique gemstone that transmutes a Cruaar’s blood into a physical manifestation of power (in reference to the fictional novel series 'The Asher Bloom Chronicles') |
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*[[Auger conveyor]], a screw conveyor; a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting |
*[[Auger conveyor]], a screw conveyor; a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting |
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*[[Auger shell]] or auger snail, a common name for shellfish of the family ''terebridae''. |
*[[Auger shell]] or auger snail, a common name for shellfish of the family ''terebridae''. |
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*[[Auger Hill]], a hill in Antarctica, so-named because an auger was used take deep soil samples from its summit |
*[[Auger Hill]], a hill in Antarctica, so-named because an auger was used take deep soil samples from its summit |
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*The [[Pierre Auger Observatory]], an international cosmic ray observatory |
*The [[Pierre Auger Observatory]], an international cosmic ray observatory |
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*Auger weapon, a fictional rifle that drills through walls from the computer game [[Resistance: Fall of Man]] |
*Auger weapon, a fictional rifle that drills through walls from the computer game [[Resistance: Fall of Man]] |
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*A fictional gemstone from [[The Asher Bloom Chronicles]] series of novels |
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==People== |
==People== |
Revision as of 01:19, 8 October 2014
Auger may refer to:
- Auger (drill), a drill for boring holes, e.g. in wood or in the earth
- Auger conveyor, a screw conveyor; a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting
- Auger shell or auger snail, a common name for shellfish of the family terebridae.
- Auger effect, an electron effect in physics
- Auger electron spectroscopy, an analytical technique using the Auger effect
- Auger therapy, an experimental radiation therapy for the treatment of cancer
- Auger Hill, a hill in Antarctica, so-named because an auger was used take deep soil samples from its summit
- The Pierre Auger Observatory, an international cosmic ray observatory
- Auger weapon, a fictional rifle that drills through walls from the computer game Resistance: Fall of Man
- A fictional gemstone from The Asher Bloom Chronicles series of novels
People
- Alfred Auger (1889-1917), French-Algerian WWI flying ace
- Arleen Auger (1939-1993), American soprano
- Athanase Auger (1734-1792), French educator and translator
- Antoine-Augustin Auger (born 1761), French politician
- Auger de Balben (died c.1163), French Knight Hospitaller
- Brian Auger (born 1939), British jazz and rock keyboardist
- Claudine Auger (born 1941), French cinematic actress
- Edmond Auger (1530-1591), French Jesuit
- Gerald Auger (born 1978), Canadian actor and producer
- Henry Lemaître Auger (1873-1948), Canadian politician
- Joseph-Oscar Auger (1873-1942), Canadian politician
- Langdon Auger, stage name of Scott Langejan, Canadian rap musician
- Louis-Mathias Auger (1902-1966), Canadian teacher and politician
- Louis-Simon Auger (1772-1839), French journalist and playwright
- Ludovic Auger (born 1971), French racing cyclist
- Michel Auger (politician) (1830-1909), Canadian politician, farmer and industrialist
- Michel Auger (born 1944), Canadian crime reporter
- Michel C. Auger, Canadian political columnist
- Pierre Auger (1899-1993), French physicist and discoverer of the Auger effect
- Pierre-Michel Auger (born 1963), Canadian politician
- Rob Auger (born 1994), American.
- Ryan Auger (born 1994), English footballer
- Stéphane Auger (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey referee
- Tito Auger (born 1968), Puerto-Rican musician
- Raoul Auger Feuillet (c.1653-c.1709), French dance notator
- Auger Ferrier (1513-1588), French physician
- Auger de Moléon de Granier (c.1600-c.1652), French writer
- Daniel d'Auger de Subercase (1661-1732), French naval officer