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duplication of the cube

(Encyclopedia)duplication of the cube: see geometric problems of antiquity. ...

Weller, Thomas Huckle

(Encyclopedia)Weller, Thomas Huckle, 1915–2008, American microbiologist and physician, b. Ann Arbor, Mich., B.A. Univ. of Michigan, 1936, M.D. Harvard, 1940. In 1936 he began teaching at Harvard, and as a special...

Treasury, United States Department of the

(Encyclopedia)Treasury, United States Department of the, federal executive department established in 1789. It is charged with advising the president on fiscal policy and acting as fiscal agent for the federal gover...

Cambridge, University of

(Encyclopedia)Cambridge, University of, at Cambridge, England, one of the oldest English-language universities in the world. Originating in the early 12th cent. (legend places its origin even earlier than that of t...

McCarthy, Cormac

(Encyclopedia)McCarthy, Cormac, 1933–2023, American novelist, b. Providence, R.I. He grew up in Knoxville, Tenn., moved to the Southwest in 1974, and since then mai...

obliquity of the ecliptic

(Encyclopedia)obliquity of the ecliptic: see inclination. ...

Maccabees, Feast of the

(Encyclopedia)Maccabees, Feast of the: see Hanukkah. ...

Church of the Brethren

(Encyclopedia)Church of the Brethren: see Brethren. ...

cock of the plains

(Encyclopedia)cock of the plains: see grouse.

cock-of-the-rock

(Encyclopedia)cock-of-the-rock: see cotinga.