(Fiona Apple Maggart)musicianBorn: 9/13/1977Birthplace: New York City Her debut album Tidal (1996) has gone multiple-platinum with sales driven by the unique style of the piano-playing singer/…
WHAT DOES AN ARCHITECT DO? HOW ARE BUILDING MATERIALS CHOSEN? HOW IS A ROAD BUILT? MODULAR CONSTRUCTIONENGINEERINGFIND OUT MOREFrom houses and skyscrapers to bridges and highways, our environment…
(Encyclopedia) JinhuaJinhuajĭn-hwä [key] or Kinhwa, town (1994 est. pop. 164,000), central Zhejiang prov., SE China. A transportation hub on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi RR, Jinhua has been famous for two…
(Encyclopedia) TakasakiTakasakitäkäsäˈkē [key], city (1990 pop. 236,461), Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A transportation and industrial center, it produces computers and computer…
(Encyclopedia) Tinguely, JeanTinguely, JeanzhäN tăNglēˈ [key], 1925–91, Swiss artist. Tinguely is best known for his “metamechanics,” electromechanical sculptures that perform tasks such as painting…
(Encyclopedia) SakaiSakaisäkīˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 807,765), Osaka prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay at the mouth of the Yamato River. An industrial center, it has engineering, iron- and…
gunsmith, inventorBorn: 1/21/1855Birthplace: Ogden, Utah Raised by Mormon parents, he made his first gun from scrap iron at age 13. He founded the Browning Brothers Company, which was responsible…
actressBorn: 4/12/1979Birthplace: New York City Talented actress who made the leap to movies from her Golden Globe-winning role in the short-lived but well regarded television series, My So-Called…
Born: 1905Birthplace: (Danzig, Germany, now Gdansk Poland) Magnetic recording— Early recording machines of the 1920s were cumbersome at best. Sound was recorded magnetically on rapidly spinning…
