John Cage is the 20th century conceptual artist who famously "composed" the piano piece titled 4' 33" (1952), which consists of the pianist(s) sitting at a piano and not playing for exactly four…
(Encyclopedia) current, electric, net movement or flow of electric charge from one point to another or across some boundary. See alternating current; direct current; electricity.
(Encyclopedia) Akhelóos or AchelousAchelousäkhĕlôˈôs [key], river, 137 mi (221 km) long, rising in the Pindus Mts., NW Greece, and flowing generally south, traversing many mountain gorges, and…
(Encyclopedia) Coco, river, c.466 mi (750 km) long, rising in S Honduras and flowing E into Nicaragua and then NE to the Caribbean Sea. Part of the Mosquito Coast region, and once the object of…
(Encyclopedia) Wye, river, c.130 mi (210 km) long, rising on Plynlimon Mt., W Wales, and flowing generally SE past Builth Wells (Wales), Hereford (England), and Monmouth (Wales) to the estuary of the…
HOUSTOUN, John, a Delegate from Georgia; born in Waynesboro, Ga., August 31, 1744; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Savannah, Ga.;…
BURROWS, Daniel, (uncle of Lorenzo Burrows), a Representative from Connecticut; born at Fort Hill, Groton, Conn., October 26, 1766; pursued preparatory studies; engaged in the manufacture of…
DE JARNETTE, Daniel Coleman, a Representative from Virginia; born at âSpring Grove Manor,â near Bowling Green, Caroline County, Va., October 18, 1822; studied under a private teacher and…
ELLICOTT, Benjamin, a Representative from New York; born at Ellicotts Mills, Md., April 17, 1765; accompanied his brothers in 1789 to upper Canada on the survey to determine the western…
Name at birth: Fred Waldron PhelpsFred Phelps, Sr. was the founder and leader of the Westboro Baptist Church, a small independent Christian sect from Kansas that became famous for staging anti-gay…
