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lignite

(Encyclopedia) lignitelignitelĭgˈnīt [key] or brown coal, carbonaceous fuel intermediate between coal and peat, brown or yellowish in color and woody in texture. It contains more moisture than coal…

2002 Intel Science Talent Search Winners

First Place: $100,000 scholarship, Ryan R. Patterson, Grand Junction, Colo., for his project entitled “The American Sign Language Translator.” Patterson devised a glove that converts American Sign…

garnet

(Encyclopedia) garnet, name applied to a group of isomorphic minerals crystallizing in the cubic system. They are used chiefly as gems and as abrasives (as in garnet paper). The garnets are double…

failed star

(Encyclopedia) failed star: see brown dwarf.

Hayes, Helen

(Encyclopedia) Hayes, Helen, 1900–1993, American actress, b. Washington, D.C., as Helen Hayes Brown. She made her New York stage debut at the age of nine. Performances in Caesar and Cleopatra (1925…

Goldstein, Joseph Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Goldstein, Joseph LeonardGoldstein, Joseph Leonardgōldˈstīn [key], 1940–, American molecular geneticist, b. Sumter, S.C., M.D. Univ. of Texas at Dallas, 1966. He worked as a biomedical…

Torrington

(Encyclopedia) Torrington, city (1990 pop. 33,687), Litchfield co., NW Conn., on the Naugatuck River; inc. 1740. It is the industrial and commercial hub of NW Connecticut and is known for its metal (…

David HOWELL, Congress, RI (1747-1824)

HOWELL, David, (father of Jeremiah Brown Howell), a Delegate from Rhode Island; born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., January 1, 1747; attended Eaton’s Academy, Hopewell, N.J., and was…

violin spider

(Encyclopedia) violin spider: see brown recluse spider.

Pembroke College

(Encyclopedia) Pembroke College, Providence, R.I.: see Brown University.