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Water Bearer, The

(Encyclopedia) Water Bearer, The, English name for Aquarius, a constellation.

playing cards

(Encyclopedia) playing cards, parts of a set or deck, used in playing various games of chance or skill. The origin of playing cards is unknown, and almost as many theories exist as there are…

Text of the Constitution of the United States

(Encyclopedia) Text1 of the Constitution of the United States Preamble We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic…

precession of the equinoxes

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Precession of the equinoxes (the points at which the earth's celestial equator intersects its ecliptic) is due to the slow rotation of the earth's axis around a perpendicular to…

air, law of the

(Encyclopedia) air, law of the, in the broadest sense, all law connected with the use of the air, including radio and satellite transmissions; more commonly, it refers to laws concerning civil…

Gambia, The, country, Africa

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Gambia, TheGambia, Thegămˈbēə, gämˈ– [key], officially Republic of The Gambia, republic (2015 est. pop. 1,978,000), 4,361 sq mi (11,295 sq km), W Africa. It is bordered by the…

Bel and the Dragon

(Encyclopedia) Bel and the Dragon, customary name for chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel, a passage included in the Septuagint and the Apocrypha. It was written possibly in the 1st cent. b.c. as a…