(Encyclopedia) Wacker process, an industrial process for the manufacture of ethanol by oxidizing ethene. For example, bubbling ethylene and oxygen when treated by an acidified water solution of…
(Encyclopedia) Berkovits, EliezerBerkovits, Eliezerĕlˌēāˈzər brˈkōvĭts [key], 1908–92, rabbi, theologian, and educator, b. Romania. He served in the rabbinate in Berlin (1934–39), in Leeds, England (…
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The Question: On top of the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles there is a light blinking a message in Morse code. What is the message saying? The Answer…
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Atmosphere
atmosphere [Gr.,=sphere of air], the mixture of gases surrounding a celestial body with sufficient gravity to maintain it. Although some details about the…
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Rhode Island, smallest state in the United States, located in New England; bounded by Massachusetts (N and E), the Atlantic Ocean (S), and Connecticut (W).
Until well into…
(Encyclopedia) French architecture, structures created in the area of Europe that is now France.
Engineers and architects, including François Hennebique, Auguste Perret, and Tony Garnier, pioneered…
