(Encyclopedia) Logan, John Alexander, 1826–86, American politician, Union general in the Civil War, b. Murphysboro, Ill. He fought in the Mexican War and practiced law in Illinois. A Democrat who…
(Encyclopedia) Brownell, Herbert, Jr.Brownell, Herbert, Jr.brounĕlˈ [key], 1904–96, U.S. attorney general (1953–57), b. Peru, Nebr. A lawyer in private practice in New York City (1927–53, 1957–89),…
(Encyclopedia) Thomas, George Henry, 1816–70, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Southampton co., Va. He served in the Seminole War and in the Mexican War. Later he taught at West Point and…
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(Encyclopedia) découpagedécoupagedāˌk&oomacr;päzhˈ [key], any process of decorating surfaces in which paper cutouts made of new materials completely cover the surface. These cutouts are attached…
(Encyclopedia) encaustic, painting medium in which the binder for the pigment is wax or wax and resin. Examples of encaustic tomb portraits from Roman Egypt bear witness to the durability of the…
(Encyclopedia) freezing, change of a substance from the liquid to the solid state. The temperature at which freezing occurs for a pure crystalline solid is called the freezing point and is a…
(Encyclopedia) absorption [Lat.,=sucking from], taking of molecules of one substance directly into another substance. It is contrasted with adsorption, in which the molecules adhere only to the…
