Born: 1833Birthplace: Stockholm Improved explosive compound: dynamite—Accidents in the manufacturing and handling of nitroglycerin made Nobel aware of its danger in the fluid state. After much…
(Encyclopedia) Busch, Wilhelm, 1832–1908, German cartoonist, painter, and poet. After studying at the academies of Antwerp, Düsseldorf, and Munich, he joined the staff of the Fliegende Blätter, to…
(Encyclopedia) Michelson, Albert AbrahamMichelson, Albert Abrahammīˈkəlsən [key], 1852–1931, American physicist, b. Strelno, Prussia, grad. Annapolis, 1873, and studied at Berlin, Heidelberg, and…
The Question: What states other than New Jersey do not allow customers to pump their own gas at gas stations? The Answer: New Jersey and Oregon are the…
(Encyclopedia) LambethLambethlămˈbəth [key], inner borough (1991 pop. 220,100) of Greater London, SE England, on the Thames River. It is largely residential but is important as an area of…
(Encyclopedia) Fitzgerald, George Francis, 1851–1901, Irish physicist. Fitzgerald was born in Dublin and studied and taught at Trinity College there. He is best known for suggesting how the ether, by…
The Britannic The supposedly "safer" sister ship of the Titanic by Gerry Brown The HMS (His Majesty's Hospital Ship) Britannic, sister ship of the Titanic, was launched by White Star…
SCHEUER, James Haas, a Representative from New York; born in New York, New York, February 6, 1920; graduated from the Fieldston School, Riverdale, N.Y., 1938; A.B., Swarthmore College,…
