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Fröding, Gustaf

(Encyclopedia) Fröding, GustafFröding, Gustafgŭsˈtäv fröˈdĭng [key], 1860–1911, Swedish lyric poet. His first two volumes of poems, Guitar and Concertina (1891) and New Poems (1894), both translated…

New Year's Traditions

Auld Lang Syne and other New Year's customs by Borgna Brunner "Auld Lang Syne" Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld…

William Hickey

film, television and stage actorBorn: 19/19/1928Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Though Hickey had been acting since the 1940s, it wasn't until 1985 that he gained fame for his role as the aging,…

Arthur Tracy

(Abba Avrom Tracovutsky)singerBorn: 6/25/1899Birthplace: Kamenetz-Podolsk, Moldavia Tracy came to the United States in 1906 and began his entertainment career in vaudeville. He gained tremendous…

Slash (Virgule)

Separates successive divisions in an extended date: fiscal year 1998/99.Represents per: 35 km/hr, 1,800 ft./sec.Means or between the words and and or: Take water skis and/or fishing equipment when…

Jared Leto

actorBorn: 12/26/1971Birthplace: Bossier City, Louisiana After a nomadic childhood that included stays in Haiti, Louisiana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Virginia, Jared Leto moved to Los Angeles in 1991…

napalm

(Encyclopedia) napalmnapalmnāˈpäm [key], incendiary material developed during World War II by Harvard scientists cooperating with the U.S. army and used in bombs and flame throwers. Napalm is based…

paraffin

(Encyclopedia) paraffin, white, more-or-less translucent, odorless, tasteless, waxy solid. It melts between 47℃ and 65℃ and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether, benzene, and certain esters.…

water gas

(Encyclopedia) water gas, colorless poisonous gas that burns with an intensely hot, bluish (nearly colorless) flame. The gas is a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with very small amounts of…

DK Science: Rockets

SOYUZ LAUNCH VEHICLEHOW ROCKETS WORKSATURN V THREE-STAGE MOON ROCKETBIOGRAPHY: ROBERT GODDARD American, 1882-1945FIND OUT MOREThere would be no space exploration without rockets, but they are…