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Running

Long-distance In 1966 Robin Gibb Bingay became the first woman ever to run in the famed Boston Marathon when she entered as a man. She…

Olympics: Beijing 2008

      Marathon runners, Greece 1896 Summer Olympics History Olympic Athletes A-Z Through The Years By Country: All-Time Medal…

particle accelerator

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Linear accelerator (LINAC) CE5 Cyclotron: As the charged particles move faster, they spiral out to the edge of the Ds. particle accelerator, apparatus used in nuclear…

Callisto, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) CallistoCallistokəlĭsˈtō [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter.

generator

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Generator: The rotation of the conducting coil of wire in a magnetic field causes a current to be induced in the coil. This current is alternating and is conducted from the coil…

Thomas STERLING, Congress, SD (1851-1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1925Party: RepublicanSTERLING, Thomas, (brother of John Allen Sterling), a Senator from South Dakota; born near Amanda, Fairfield County, Ohio, February 21, 1851…

Gordon Weaver BROWNING, Congress, TN (1889-1976)

BROWNING, Gordon Weaver, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Atwood, Carroll County, Tenn., November 22, 1889; attended the public schools; B.S., Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind…

Colorado School of Mines

(Encyclopedia) Colorado School of Mines, at Golden; state supported, coeducational; chartered 1874. It was one of the first mineral engineering schools in the United States. It owns extensive…

Farrell

(Encyclopedia) Farrell Farrell fârˈəl [key], city (2020 pop. 4,472), Mercer co., W central Pa., on the Shenango…