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Signs of the Zodiac (table)

(Encyclopedia)Signs of the Zodiac

Spectral Classes for Main Sequence Stars (table)

(Encyclopedia)Characteristics of Spectral Classes for Main Sequence Stars ...

Canadian Prime Ministers since Confederation (table)

(Encyclopedia)Canadian Prime Ministers since Confederation ...

Sanger, Frederick

(Encyclopedia)Sanger, Frederick săngˈər [key], 1918–2013, British biochemist, grad. Cambridge (B.A., 1939; Ph.D., 1943). He continued his research at Cambridge after 1943. He won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Chemis...

Major Planets of the Solar System (table)

(Encyclopedia)Major Planets of the Solar System ...

Formulas for the Volumes of Some Common Solids (table)

(Encyclopedia)Formulas for the Volumes of Some Common Solids 1 Abbreviations: B = area of base; h = height; r = radius; l = length; w = width. ...

Hereditary Western European Titles of Nobility (table)

(Encyclopedia)HEREDITARY WESTERN EUROPEAN TITLES OF NOBILITY ...

Sites of the Modern Olympic Games (table)

(Encyclopedia)Sites of the Modern Olympic Games Summer Games Winter Games ...

Libby, Willard Frank

(Encyclopedia)Libby, Willard Frank, 1908–80, American chemist, b. Grand Valley, Colo., grad. Univ. of California (B.S., 1931; Ph.D., 1933). He taught (1933–45) at the Univ. of California and was a chemist (1941...

Prime Ministers of Great Britain (table)

(Encyclopedia)Prime Ministers of Great Britain 1 The modern party system did not evolve until the end of the 18th cent. ...