(Encyclopedia) aircraft carrier, ship designed to carry aircraft and to permit takeoff and landing of planes. The carrier's distinctive features are a upper deck (flight deck) that is flat and…
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Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Date of Information: 8/3/2022 Pres. Alberto Angel Fernandez Vice Pres. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Chief of Cabinet Juan Luis…
WATTERSON, Henry, (son of Harvey Magee Watterson and nephew of Stanley Matthews), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Washington, D.C., February 16, 1840; completed preparatory studies…
WHAT KINDS OF PAINTS DO ARTISTS USE? HOW AND WHEN DID PAINTING BEGIN? WHAT SUBJECTS DO ARTISTS PAINT? WHAT IS ILLUSIONISM? PERSPECTIVEFIND OUT MOREPainting is the art of creating pictures by…
(Encyclopedia) citterncitternsĭtˈərn [key], stringed musical instrument of the guitar family having an oval body, a flat back, and a fretted neck. Its strings, made of wire and varying in number,…
(Encyclopedia) fiberglass, thread made from glass. It is made by forcing molten glass through a kind of sieve, thereby spinning it into threads. Fiberglass is strong, durable, and impervious to many…
(Encyclopedia) silt, predominantly quartz mineral particles that are between sand size and clay size, i.e., between 1&fslsh;16 and 1&fslsh;256 mm (1&fslsh;406 –1&fslsh;6502 in.) in…
