(Encyclopedia) SchiehallionSchiehallionshĭhălˈyən [key], mountain, 3,547 ft (1,081 m) high, Perth and Kinross, central Scotland, near Loch Rannoch. In 1774, Nevil Maskelyne experimented there to…
Dinosaur News Fossil finds from the miniature to the monstrous by Holly Hartman and Borgna Brunner Recent years have been a news bonanza for dinosaur fans. With the discovery of…
ALEXANDER, William Vollie (Bill), Jr., a Representative from Arkansas; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., January 16, 1934; graduated from Osceola High School, Osceloa, Ark., 1951; attended…
ALEXANDER, William Vollie (Bill), Jr., a Representative from Arkansas; born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., January 16, 1934; graduated from Osceola High School, Osceloa, Ark., 1951;…
(Encyclopedia) Macon, BayouMacon, Bayoubīˈō [key]Leven, Loch māˈkən, māˈkŏn [key], c.145 mi (230 km) long, rising in SE Ark. and flowing S into NE La. to the Tensas River. It was used as a rendezvous…
(Encyclopedia) Hydra, in astronomy, southern constellation lying S of Corvus, Crater, Virgo, Leo, and Cancer. It is a long, slender, winding constellation traditionally depicted as a snake and known…
(Encyclopedia) Ghor, the, Arabic Al Ghawr, region of the Jordan Valley, c.70 mi (110 km) long, between the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias) and the Dead Sea, on the border of Jordan and Israel and the…
(Encyclopedia) Bronx, the, borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx co. (2020 pop. 1,472,654), land area 42 sq mi (106 sq km), SE N.Y. The name…
(Encyclopedia) South, the, region of the United States embracing the southeastern and south-central parts of the country. Traditionally, all states S of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Ohio River (…
