Constitution Of The Stars
Constitution Of The Stars Density.—when The Mass And Radius Of A Star Are Known, The Mean Density Of The Material Can Be Calculated Immediately. Direct Determinations Of The Mass Are Only Available For Double Stars; But For Other Stars The Mass May With Some Confidence Be Inferred From The Absolute ...
Constitution Of The Sun
Constitution Of The Sun Modern View Of The Sun's Constitution.—the Chief Facts Con Cerning The Sun Which Have So Far Been Brought To Light Are Now Before Us, And The Question Arises: What Idea Of The Sun Do They Lead Us To Form? Following The Independent Investigations Of Arthur Stanley ...
Constitution Of The Union
Constitution Of The Union Of South Africa In Accordance With The Provisions Of An Act Of The British Parliament (south Africa Act, 1909), Cape Colony, Natal, The Transvaal And Orange River Colony Were United Under One Government In A Legislative Union Under The British Crown. The Union Of South Africa, ...
Contemporary Literature 1910 1928
Contemporary Literature (1910-1928) The Dominant Feature Of Contemporary Spanish Literature May Be Found In A More Conscious Realization Of The Creative Element Of The Race By Its Critical Element And In A Tendency Towards The Fusion Of Both These Elements Into A Complete Whole. With The Death Of Gald6s, The ...
Cornelius Tacitus
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Cose
Cose= And The Resultant-amplitude Is Or 2a, When When The Observed Sound-distribution Due To Two Or More Wave-trains Of Sound Is Not Found To Be Equal To The Sum Of The Separate Wave-trains, The Latter Are Said To Have Inter Fered With Each Other And The Phenomenon Is Described As ...
Count Mikhail Mikhailovich 1772 1839
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Crusades
Crusades (q.v.). Of Their Wealth Was Expended By Conrad Of Montferrat In The Defence Of Tyre; But, When This Prince Refused To Admit Guy To His City, Both The Templars And The Hospitallers From The Neigh Bouring Parts Flocked To The Banner Of Their Released Zing And Accompanied Him To ...
David Friedrich Strauss
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David Teniers
David Teniers, The Younger (1610-169o), His More Celebrated Son, Was Born In Antwerp And Was Baptized On Dec. 15, 161o. Through His Father, He Was Indirectly Influenced By Elsheimer And By Rubens. We Can Also Trace The Influence Of Adrian Brouwer At The Outset Of His Career. In 1637 Teniers ...
Dentistry
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Development Of Steam Generators
Development Of Steam Generators When Steam Units Were First Used Industrially The Boiler Was Purchased, A Brickmason Employed To Set The Boiler In Place And A Labourer Indiscriminately Secured To Shovel Fuel Under The Boiler To Generate Enough Steam For The Process In Question. Fuel, Labour And Material Were Cheap. ...
Dispersion And Resolving Power
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Donald Alexander Smith Strathcona
Strathcona And Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, Baron (182o-1914) , Canadian Statesman And Financier, Was Born At Forres, Scotland, On Aug. 6, 1820, The Second Son Of Alexander Smith (d. 185o), A Highland Merchant. His Mother, Barbara Stewart, Of Abernethy, Was The Sister Of John Stewart (d. 1847), A Famous ...
Double Stars
Double Stars About The Year 165o Jean Baptiste Riccioli Made The First Dis Covery Of A Double Star, Viz., Mizar Or Ursae Majoris, The Middle Star In The Tail Of The Great Bear. Looking At Mizar With The Naked Eye, We See A Fainter Star, Alcor, Very Close To It ...
E G J G
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Earldom Of Surrey
Surrey, Earldom Of. This Earldom Is Of Uncertain But Unquestionably Early Origin. A Norman Count, William De Warenne (c. 1030-1088), Is Generally Regarded As Its First Holder And Is Thought To Have Been Made An Earl By William Ii. About Io88. William And His Successors Were Styled Earls Of Surrey ...
Earls And Dukes Of
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Earls Of G E
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Echinoderma
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Economic Conditions And Trade
Economic Conditions And Trade And Commerce Not Quite One-third Of The Population Live In The Towns. About 44% Now Earn Their Living By Agriculture Compared With 7o% Fifty Years Ago. Within The Same Period The Industrial Population Has Increased From 15% To 35% And The Population Living By Trade And ...
Edmund 1552 1599 Spenser
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Edmund Clarence Stedman
Stedman, Edmund Clarence An American Poet And Critic, Was Born Of Puritan Stock At Hartford (conn.), Oct. 8, 1833. He Was Rusticated After Two Years At Yale, And Was Not Allowed To Return. In 1871, However, The College Conferred On Him The B.a. And M.a. Degrees, And In 1895 The ...
Eduard Franz Joseph Von
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Educa Tion Of Subnormal
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Education Of T L
Supernormal Children, Education Of. T. L. Terman Calls Children "superior" If They Have Intelligence Quotients Of More Than Iio--i.e., If They Mature, Mentally, More Than O% Faster Than The Average. He Designates As "gifted" Those With Intelligence Quotients Of More Than 135. The Educa Tion Of "superior" Children Does Not ...
Edward James 1831 1897 Stone
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Edwin Stanton
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Ellen Alicia 1848 1928 Terry
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Elmer Ambrose Sperry
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Emanuel Swedenborg Or Swedberg
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Ernest Henry Starling
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Esaias 1782 1846 Tegner
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Europe
Europe Increased Interest In Telephone Communication Has Been Mani Fest In Europe, Also, Since The War. Particular Attention Has Been Directed To The Extension And Improvement Of Long Distance Facilities, Especially As Regards The Circuits Linking Up The Various Countries On The Continent. Much Of The Impressive Progress That Has ...
Ezra Stiles
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Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ferdinando Soto
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Flavius Stilicho
Stilicho, Flavius (?-4o8), Roman General And States Man, Was The Son Of A Vandal Who Had Served As An Officer In The Army Of The Emperor Valens (364-378). He Himself Entered The Imperial Army At An Early Age And Speedily Attained High Pro Motion. He Had Already Become Master Of ...