(Encyclopedia) Spalding, Albert Goodwill, 1849–1915, American baseball player and business executive, b. Byron, Ill. He played as an amateur for the Rockford, Ill., Forest Citys (1866–68) and then…
(Encyclopedia) Spalding, Gilbert R., 1811?–1880, American showman, b. Albany co., N.Y. Known as “Doc” because he owned a drug and paint store in the early 1840s, he acquired a circus in the mid-1840s…
The Question:
What is gray goo?
The Answer:
"Gray goo" is a term used to describe what might happen if teeny-tiny robots were created with the ability-and imperative-to use the substances…
SPALDING, Thomas, a Representative from Georgia; born in Frederica, St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Ga., March 26, 1774; attended the common schools of Georgia and Florida and a private…
musician Although she was exposed to a variety of music throughout her childhood, both listening to her parents' vast record collection and studying classical piano, it wasn't until adulthood that…
(Joel Katz)actor, singer, dancerBorn: 4/11/1932Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio The son of renowned nightclub performer and producer Mickey Katz, Joel Grey grew up amid song, dance, and glitz. He…
SPALDING, George, a Representative from Michigan; born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, on November 12, 1836; immigrated to the United States in 1843 with his parents, who settled in…
(Encyclopedia) Gray, Stephen, 1666–1736, English physicist. Gray, a dyer by trade, cultivated science as a hobby. In 1696 he published an account of a magnifying glass that interested the Royal…
(Encyclopedia) Gray, George, 1840–1925, American jurist, b. New Castle, Del. A lawyer, he was (1879–85) attorney general of Delaware and (1885–99) a Democratic senator. Gray often served (1898–1916)…
SPALDING, Rufus Paine, a Representative from Ohio; born in West Tisbury, Mass., May 3, 1798; was graduated from Yale College in 1817; studied law and was admitted to the bar; moved to Little…
