(Encyclopedia) Saussure, Horace Bénédict deSaussure, Horace Bénédict deôräsˈ bānādēktˈ [key]Saussure, Horace Bénédict de də sōsürˈ [key], 1740–99, Swiss physicist and geologist. He was professor at…
former Secretary of State, retired generalBorn: April 5, 1937Birthplace: New York, New York Powell's parents, Luther and Maud Powell, were Jamaican immigrants who lived in the South Bronx. After…
ADAMS, Robert, Jr., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., February 26, 1849; attended Doctor Fairies Physical Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., and was graduated from the…
(Encyclopedia) aureoleaureoleôrˈēōlˌ [key], in physics, luminous circle seen when the sun or other bright light is observed through a diffuse medium, i.e., smoke, thin cloud, fog, haze, or mist. It…
(Encyclopedia) Suess, EduardSuess, Eduardāˈd&oomacr;ärt züs [key], 1831–1914, Austrian geologist, b. London. He was a professor (1857–1901) at the Univ. of Vienna and served for more than 20…
(Encyclopedia) Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859–1934, American botanist, grad. Columbia School of Mines, 1879. He taught geology and botany at Columbia, 1879–96. He was the New York Botanical Garden's…
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ACKERMAN, Ernest Robinson, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City, N.Y., June 17, 1863; moved with his parents to Plainfield, N.J., very shortly thereafter; educated at public…
Senate Years of Service: 1899-1905Party: RepublicanFOSTER, Addison Gardner, a Senator from Washington; born in Belchertown, Hampshire County, Mass., January 28, 1837; moved to Oswego, Kendall…
(Encyclopedia) Moscow State University, at Moscow, Russia, officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State Univ.; founded 1755 as Moscow Univ. by the Russian scientist M. V. Lomonosov, renamed Moscow State…
