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(Encyclopedia)Hammurabi hämo͝oräˈbē [key], fl. 1792–1750 b.c., king of Babylonia. He founded an empire that was eventually destroyed by raids from Asia Minor. Hammurabi may have begun building the tower of B...separation
(Encyclopedia)separation, in law, either the voluntary agreement of husband and wife to live apart or a partial dissolution of the marriage relation by court order. The marriage bond remains, and remarriage of eith...Cumberland, Richard, 1631–1718, English philosopher
(Encyclopedia)Cumberland, Richard, 1631–1718, English philosopher. He was bishop of Peterborough from 1691. In his De legibus naturae [on natural laws] (1672) he first propounded the doctrine of utilitarianism an...Charles's law
(Encyclopedia)Charles's law: see gas laws.Salian Law
(Encyclopedia)Salian Law: see Germanic laws.Boyle's law
(Encyclopedia)Boyle's law: see gas laws.Gay-Lussac's law
(Encyclopedia)Gay-Lussac's law: see gas laws.invariance principles
(Encyclopedia)invariance principles: see conservation laws. ...universal gas constant
(Encyclopedia)universal gas constant: see gas laws. ...van der Waals equation
(Encyclopedia)van der Waals equation: see gas laws. ...Browse by Subject
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