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Mason and Slidell Affair

(Encyclopedia)Mason and Slidell Affair: see Trent Affair. ...

Rhoden, Ausser and Inner

(Encyclopedia)Rhoden, Ausser and Inner: see Appenzell, Switzerland. ...

Central Provinces and Berar

(Encyclopedia)Central Provinces and Berar: see Madhya Pradesh. ...

Wages and Hours Act

(Encyclopedia)Wages and Hours Act: see Fair Labor Standards Act. ...

Franklin and Marshall College

(Encyclopedia)Franklin and Marshall College, at Lancaster, Pa.; United Church of Christ (Evangelical-Reformed); coeducational; est. 1787 as Franklin College, reorganized 1853 when it merged with Marshall College (c...

Sedgwick, Adam

(Encyclopedia)Sedgwick, Adam, 1785–1873, English geologist. He was a professor at Cambridge from 1818. His most important work was a study, made with R. I. Murchison, of the rock formation of Devonshire, which th...

Amphiaraüs

(Encyclopedia)Amphiaraüs ămˌfēərāˈəs [key], in Greek mythology, a prophet, one of the ill-fated Seven against Thebes. He foresaw the disaster of the expedition, but Polynices bribed his wife, Eriphyle, with...

Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitreyevich

(Encyclopedia)Skobelev, Mikhail Dmitreyevich mēkhəyĕlˈ dəmēˈtrēəvĭch skôˈbĭlyĭf [key], 1843–82, Russian general, one of the military commanders responsible for the Russian conquests in Turkistan. He...

Pend Oreille Lake

(Encyclopedia)Pend Oreille Lake pŏnˌdərāˈ [key], 148 sq mi (383 sq km), 65 mi (105 km) long, and 1,200 ft (366 m) deep, N Idaho; largest lake in Idaho and one of the largest and deepest lakes in the United Sta...

Lockwood, James Booth

(Encyclopedia)Lockwood, James Booth, 1852–84, American arctic explorer, b. Annapolis, Md. In 1873 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the U.S. army. In 1881, Lockwood joined the arctic expedition of Adolphus...