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Five-Power Treaty
(Encyclopedia)Five-Power Treaty: see naval conferences. ...Four-Power Treaty
(Encyclopedia)Four-Power Treaty: see naval conferences. ...power, in mathematics
(Encyclopedia)power, in mathematics: see exponent. ...power, in physics
(Encyclopedia)power, in physics, time rate of doing work or of producing or expending energy. The unit of power based on the English units of measurement is the horsepower, devised for describing mechanical power b...balance of power
(Encyclopedia)balance of power, system of international relations in which nations seek to maintain an approximate equilibrium of power among many rivals, thus preventing the preponderance of any one state. Crucial...Nine-Power Treaty
(Encyclopedia)Nine-Power Treaty: see naval conferences. ...Biggs, E. Power
(Encyclopedia)Biggs, E. Power (Edward George Power Biggs), 1906–77, Anglo-American organist. Biggs studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He emigrated to the United States in 1930. Through many recitals, ...Keller, Helen Adams
(Encyclopedia)Keller, Helen Adams, 1880–1968, American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put under the charge of Anne Sullivan (...Moody, Helen Wills
(Encyclopedia)Moody, Helen Wills: see Wills, Helen Newington. ...Lynd, Helen Merrell
(Encyclopedia)Lynd, Helen Merrell: see under Lynd, Robert Staughton. ...Browse by Subject
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