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Boyle's law
(Encyclopedia)Boyle's law: see gas laws.Meagher, Thomas Francis
(Encyclopedia)Meagher, Thomas Francis mär [key], 1823–67, Irish revolutionary and Union general in the American Civil War, b. Waterford, Ireland. A leader of the Young Ireland movement, he was arrested and conde...fallacy
(Encyclopedia)fallacy, in logic, a term used to characterize an invalid argument. Strictly speaking, it refers only to the transition from a set of premises to a conclusion, and is distinguished from falsity, a val...Gay-Lussac's law
(Encyclopedia)Gay-Lussac's law: see gas laws.invariance principles
(Encyclopedia)invariance principles: see conservation laws. ...alienation
(Encyclopedia)alienation, in property laws: see tenure. ...universal gas constant
(Encyclopedia)universal gas constant: see gas laws. ...van der Waals equation
(Encyclopedia)van der Waals equation: see gas laws. ...no-fault insurance
(Encyclopedia)no-fault insurance, type of indemnity plan, usually applied to automobile coverage, in which those injured in an accident receive direct payment from the company with which they themselves are insured...Altgeld, John Peter
(Encyclopedia)Altgeld, John Peter ältˈgĕlt [key], 1847–1902, American politician, governor of Illinois (1892–96), b. Germany. He was taken by his immigrant parents to Ohio, where he grew up with little forma...Browse by Subject
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