(Encyclopedia) TerminusTerminustûrˈmĭnəs [key], in ancient Rome, both the boundary markers between properties and the name of the god who watched over boundaries. Property lines were of great…
(Encyclopedia) Halayeb Triangle or Hala'ib Triangle, roughly triangular disputed territory, c.7,950 sq mi (20,590 sq km), along the Egypt-Sudan border, on the Red Sea coast. Claimed by Egypt and…
(Encyclopedia) Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st ViscountAlverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscountôlˈvərstən [key], 1842–1915, lord chief justice of England (1900–1913). He served on…
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U.S. troops engaged: 217,000 American battle deaths: 4,435 The 13 American colonies fought for independence from British rule to become the United States. Colonists were frustrated…
(Encyclopedia) Mason-Dixon Line, boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland (running between lat. 39°43′26.3″N and lat. 39°43′17.6″N), surveyed by the English team of Charles Mason, a mathematician…
McINTIRE, Rufus, a Representative from Maine; born in York, York County, Maine, December 19, 1784; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., in 1809;…
PARKER, James, (grandfather of Richard Wayne Parker), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bethlehem, N.J., March 3, 1776; moved to Perth Amboy, N.J., after the Revolution; was graduated…
PARKER, James, (grandfather of Richard Wayne Parker), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Bethlehem, N.J., March 3, 1776; moved to Perth Amboy, N.J., after the Revolution; was graduated…
(Encyclopedia) Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Aug., 1842, agreement concluded by the United States, represented by Secretary of State Daniel Webster, and Great Britain, represented by Alexander Baring,…
FRACTURED CRUST PLATE BOUNDARIES SUPERCONTINENT SEA-FLOOR SPREADING FIND OUT MORE
Scientists believe that the Earth’s outer crust is made up of about huge fragments, called tectonic plates…
