179 (number)

179 is the natural number following 178 and preceding 180.

List of numbers — Integers << 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 >>
Cardinal	One hundred [and] seventy-nine
Ordinal	179th
Factorization	prime number
Roman numeral	CLXXIX
Binary	10110011
Hexadecimal	B3

In mathematics

• 179 is an odd number
• 179 is a deficient number, as 1 is less than 179
• 179 is a Gaussian number
• 179 is an odious number
• 179 is a square-free number
• 179 is the difference of two square numbers: 90² - 89²
• 179 is a prime number
  • 179 is a Chen prime
  • 179 is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part, since it is 1 less than a multiple of 3
  • 179 is a full reptend prime
  • 179 is a safe prime
  • 179 is a Sophie Germain prime
  • 179 is a strong prime
  • 179 is a twin prime that differs from another prime, 181, by two
• 179 is a strictly non-palindromic number
• 179 = (17 x 9) + (17 + 9)

In amusement parks

• The Grizzly at California's Great America ranked #179 in a poll of 179 wooden roller coasters
• The Rattler is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It was the tallest wooden coaster in the world, at 179 feet (55 m), when it was opened in 1992

In geography

• 179th meridian east and 179th meridian west
• The Andover Canal in Hampshire, England had a fall of 179 feet (55 m) through 24 locks
• Luxembourg is located 179 miles (288 km) from Paris
• The Maribyrnong River Viaduct is 179 feet (54.6 m) above the riverbed at its highest point and is the second tallest bridge in Victoria, Australia
• The Nickajack Dam's reservoir in Marion County, Tennessee has 179 miles (288 km) of shoreline and 10,370 acres (42.0 km²) of water surface
• The Saint Louis River in Minnesota flows into Lake Superior is 179 miles (288 kilometers) long
• Wayne Trace High School in Haviland, Ohio, Wayne Trace District's only public high school, has a district of 179 square miles (460 km²)

In the military

• 179th Airlift Wing is a United States Air Force military airlift unit assigned to the Ohio Air National Guard at Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport
• 179th Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I
• 179th Fighter Squadron is a unit of the Minnesota Air National Guard
• USS Faribault (AK-179) was a United States Navy Alamosa-class cargo ship during World War II
• USS Howard (DD-179) was a United States Navy Wickes class destroyer during World War II
• USS Lauderdale (APA-179) was a United States Navy Haskell-class attack transport during World War II
• USS McAnn (DE-179) was a United States Navy Cannon-class destroyer escort during World War II
• USS Merrimack (AO-179) was a United States Navy Cimarron-class fleet replenishment oiler from 1981–1998
• USS Plunger (SS-179) was a United States Navy Porpoise-class submarine during World War II
• XV179 was a Royal Air Force Hercules shot down in Iraq in 2005
• USNS Havenford (T-AG-179) was to be acquired by the United States Navy in 1966, however, the program was canceled and not acquired

In movies

• Cousin Wilbur is the 179th Our Gang short comedy film, released on April 29, 1939
• Guns a Poppin! is the 179th short starring the Three Stooges released June 13, 1957
• Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) was the 179th film featuring actor John Wayne

In music

• The song Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980) by the Joy Division ranked #179 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
• The Anthology 1961–1977 (1992) by Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions ranked #179 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time

In population

• Guam ranks #179 in world population
• Estonia ranks #179 in world population density
• Bardfield Saling, England has a population of 179 (as of 2001)
• Collegiove, Italy has a population of 179 (according to the 2004 census)
• Vovousa, Ioannina Prefecture, Greece has a population of 179
• Molise, Italy has a population of 179 (according to the 2004 census)
• United States towns with a population of 179 in the 2000 census include:
  • Alma, Colorado
  • Bazile, Nebraska
  • Bogue, Kansas
  • Bruno, Minnesota
  • Brunswick, Nebraska
  • Carl, Iowa
  • Clifton, Ohio
  • Colebrook, Pennsylvania
  • Council Hill, Illinois
  • Delia, Kansas
  • Dundee, Iowa
  • Echo, Minnesota
  • Everetts, North Carolina
  • Hardy, Nebraska
  • Hendricks, Kansas
  • Hillview, Illinois
  • Holyoke, Minnesota
  • Junction City, Georgia
  • Midland, South Dakota
  • Moffett, Oklahoma
  • Neosho Falls, Kansas
  • New Castle, Virginia
  • Stony River, Minnesota
  • Upland, Nebraska

In sports

• The Boston Bruins scored a league leading 179 goals during the 1929-1930 season
• NHL star Brett Sutter was the 179th overall pick for the Calgary Flames in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft
• Major League Baseball teams play 162 regular season games, with the potential of 17 post-season games (5, 7, and 7), for 179 total games
• MLB Pitcher Mark Langston had 179 career wins

In transportation

• The Alfa Romeo 179
• 178th-179th Street Tunnels are defunct vehicular tunnels in Upper Manhattan
• The Jamaica–179th Street terminal at 179th Street and Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, Queens of the IND Queens Boulevard E and F lines of the New York City Subway
• Orland Park-179th Street station on Metra's SouthWest Service in Orland Park
• A proposed 179th Street bus station on the upcoming Minnesota's Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Line bus rapid transit line
• U.S. Route 521 runs for 179 miles (288 km) from Charlotte, North Carolina to Georgetown, South Carolina
• Highways and routes numbered 179 include:
  • Arizona State Route 179
  • California State Route 179
  • Connecticut Route 179
  • K-179 (Kansas)
  • Maryland Route 179
  • M-179 (Michigan)
  • Missouri Route 179
  • New Jersey Route 179
  • New York State Route 179
  • Pennsylvania Route 179
  • Rhode Island Route 179
  • Texas State Highway 179
  • Virginia State Route 179
  • Wisconsin Highway 179
  • Mexican Federal Highway 179
  • Route 179 connects Himeji, Hyōgo and Yurihama, Tottori, Japan
  • Persiaran Jubli Emas Federal route 179, Perlis, Malaysia

In TV and radio

• Charmed ran on the WB Network from 1998 to 2006 with 179 episodes (including an unaired pilot)
• I Love Lucy ran on CBS for 179 episodes. (Additionally there were the "lost" Christmas episode, the original pilot, plus 13 episodes of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour)
• Pedra Sobre Pedra was a Brazilian telenovela in 1992 with 179 episodes
• The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson, the 179th episode of the Fox animated television series The Simpsons, originally aired on September 21, 1997
• The Finale, Part 2, the 179th episode of the NBC sitcom Seinfeld is the next-to-the last episode which originally aired on May 14, 1998
• Mutual of Omabwah, the 179th episode of the Fox animated television series King of the Hill, originally aired on March 6, 2005
• About Last Night…, the 179th episode of the Comedy Central animated television series South Park, originally aired on November 5, 2008
• Matlock aired a total of 195 episodes over nine seasons. 179 episodes were hour-long, and four 2-hour long
• Channel 179 on The Dish Network is Discovery Kids
• Channel 179 on XM Satellite Radio is MLB Home Plate Info

In other fields

179 is also:

• The year AD 179 or 179 BC
• 179 AH is a year in the Islamic calendar that corresponds to 795 – 796 CE
• The atomic number of an element temporarily called Unseptennium
• 179 (of 365) days of the year are even numbered. Eleven months each have 15 even days (165), and February has 14 in non-leap years
• Section 179 of the United States Internal Revenue Code allows taxpayers operating a trade or business to deduct the entire cost of certain types property as an expense on income taxes in the year of purchase (as opposed to requiring capitalization and depreciation of the asset over time)
• 179 Klytaemnestra is a large S-type Main belt asteroid
• Chess master Bobby Fischer laid out a 14-page proposal, with 179 demands, for the World Chess Federation prior to a 1975 match against Anatoly Karpov. All but one were accepted, and Fischer forfeited his title to Karpov
• Minuscule 179 is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament

See also

• List of highways numbered 179
• United Nations Security Council Resolution 179
• United States Supreme Court cases, Volume 179
• Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 179
• Section 179 depreciation deduction
• Burnie Port Authority v General Jones Pty Ltd (1994) 179 CLR 520
• Doe v. Bolton, 410 U.S. 179 (1973)
• United States v. Drescher 179 F.2d 863 (2nd Cir.1950)

External links

• Number Facts and Trivia: 179
• The Number 179
• The Positive Integer 179
• Prime curiosities: 179
• Number Gossip: 179
• International Association of Firefighters Local 179, Hutchinson, Kansas
• Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry Local 179, Saskatchewan, Canada