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Mexico Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments Date of Information: 10/30/2022[source] Pres. Andrés Manuel López Obrador Sec. of the Interior Adán Augusto Lopez…

Hall effect

(Encyclopedia) Hall effect, experiment that shows the sign of the charge carriers in a conductor. In 1879 E. H. Hall discovered that when he placed a metal strip carrying a current in a magnetic…

U-V

U2Tracey UllmanLiv UllmannSkeet UlrichAmber VallettaAbigail Van BurenLee Van CleefJean-Claude Van DammeJames Van Der BeekAmy VanderbiltLuther VandrossMona Van DuynDick Van DykeVan HalenMelvin Van…

Oberth, Hermann Julius

(Encyclopedia) Oberth, Hermann Julius, 1894–1989, Austro-German astronautical pioneer, b. Hermannstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Sibiu, Romania). Beginning his studies in astronautics before World War I…

Lenau, Nikolaus

(Encyclopedia) Lenau, NikolausLenau, Nikolausnēˈkōlous lāˈnou [key], pseud. of Nikolaus Niembsch Edler von StrehlenauNikolaus Niembsch Edler von Strehlenaunēmpsh ādˈlər fən shtrāˈlənou [key], 1802–50…

Tristram and Isolde

(Encyclopedia) Tristram and IsoldeTristram and Isoldetrĭsˈtrəm, ĭsōlˈdə, ĭzōlˈ– [key], medieval romance. The earliest extant version (incomplete) was written (c.1185) by Thomas of Britain in Anglo-…

John Hipple MITCHELL, Congress, OR (1835-1905)

Senate Years of Service: 1873-1879; 1885-1897; 1901-1905Party: Republican; Republican; RepublicanMITCHELL, John Hipple, a Senator from Oregon; born John Mitchell Hipple in Washington County,…

Siebold, Philipp Franz van

(Encyclopedia) Siebold, Philipp Franz vanSiebold, Philipp Franz vanfēˈlĭp fränts fen zēˈbôlt [key], 1796–1866, German naturalist and physician; son of A. E. von Siebold. He was noted for his studies…

Süss, Hans

(Encyclopedia) Süss, Hans: see Kulmbach, Hans von.