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Electromagnet
electromagnet, device in which magnetism is produced by an electric current. Any electric current produces a magnetic field, but the field near an ordinary…
(Encyclopedia) Verschaffelt, Pieter AntonVerschaffelt, Pieter Antonpēˈtər änˈtôn vĕrskhäfˈəlt [key], 1710–93, Flemish rococo sculptor. He spent about 10 years in Rome, where he executed a monument to…
(Encyclopedia) Diodati, GiovanniDiodati, Giovannijōvänˈnē dyōdäˈtē [key], 1576–1649, Swiss Calvinist scholar and theologian, of a family of Italian Protestant refugees. He succeeded (1609) Theodore…
(Encyclopedia) Gage, Lyman Judson, 1836–1927, American banker and cabinet member, b. Madison co., N.Y. He moved to Chicago in 1855 and from 1868 was associated with the First National Bank of Chicago…
(Theodore Scott Glenn)actorBorn: 1/26/1942Birthplace: Pittsburgh Severe looking actor who started on the stage in 1965 and appeared in The Edge of Night (1968) before his film debut in The Baby…
(Robert Brian Keith, Jr.)actorBorn: 11/14/1921Birthplace: Bayonne, New Jersey After appearing in silent films as a child actor and trying his hand at a stage career, Brian Keith made his film debut…
(Encyclopedia) Lewis, Sir Arthur (Sir William Arthur Lewis), 1915–91, British economist, b. St. Lucia. A graduate (1940) of the London School of Economics, he was later a professor of economics at…
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Leslie Mortier, 1848–1932, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1902–7), b. Morristown, Vt. Admitted to the Iowa bar in 1876, he organized (1880) a banking firm that specialized in…
(Encyclopedia) Cortelyou, George BruceCortelyou, George Brucekôrˈtəly&oomacr; [key], 1862–1940, American public official and business executive, b. New York City. He taught school, and after…
ARNOLD, Jonathan, (father of Lemuel Hastings Arnold and great-great-grandfather of Theodore Francis Green), a Delegate from Rhode Island; born in Providence, R.I., December 3, 1741; studied…
