Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology Physics Laboratory Water clocks were among the earliest timekeepers that didn't depend on the observation of celestial bodies. One of the…
songwriterDied: Feb. 15, 2007 (Los Angeles) Best Known as: songwriter Evans, who won three Oscars, collaborated with Jay Livingston to write a number of hits…
writerBorn: 7/15/1919Birthplace: Dublin important British writer whose 27 novels included The Bell (1958) and The Sea, the Sea (1978), for which she won the Booker Prize. In 1987 she was made a…
actorBorn: 6/4/1968Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts A graduate of George Washington University, Wolf did work at Stagehouse West in California and had recurring roles on television's Saved by the…
(Encyclopedia) Davisson, Clinton JosephDavisson, Clinton Josephdāˈvĭsən [key], 1881–1958, American physicist, b. Bloomington, Ill. He joined the engineering department of the Bell Telephone…
(Encyclopedia) Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, American inventor and aviation pioneer, b. Hammondsport, N.Y. He was a member of Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association (1907–9). In…
(Encyclopedia) Richter, LudwigRichter, Ludwigl&oomacr;tˈvĭkh [key]Richter, Ludwig rĭkhˈtər [key], 1803–84, German painter, illustrator, and etcher; son and pupil of the engraver Karl Richter (…
inventorBorn: 28 November 1928Best Known as: inventor of the computerized telephone switching Erna Hoover invented the first computerized telephone switching system…
