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Weather: What About the Five-Day Forecast?

What About the Five-Day Forecast?WeatherLet's See How It's DoneNow for the Real WorkGoing Into the Upper AirBring on the MachinesWhat About the Five-Day Forecast? Check out the following figure,…

Babbitt metal

(Encyclopedia) Babbitt metal, an antifriction metal first produced by Isaac Babbitt in 1839. In present-day usage the term is applied to a whole class of silver-white bearing metals, or “white metals…

Blériot, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Blériot, LouisBlériot, Louislwē blārēōˈ [key], 1872–1936, French aviator and inventor. He devoted the fortune acquired by his invention of an automobile searchlight to the invention…

Southington

(Encyclopedia) SouthingtonSouthingtonsŭᵺˈĭngtən [key], town (1990 pop. 38,518), Hartford co., central Conn.; settled 1696, inc. 1779. Manufacturing began in Southington in the 1770s, and its thriving…

Arthur, Chester Alan

(Encyclopedia) Arthur, Chester Alan, 1829–86, 21st President of the United States (1881–85), b. Fairfield, Vt. He studied law and before the Civil War practiced in New York City. In the war he was (…

Thomas John Watson, Jr.

computer industry executiveBorn: 1/8/1914Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio Though he won a deferment by serving in the Air Force in World War II, Watson was destined to follow in his father's footsteps as…

Robert Sterling Clark

art collectorBorn: 1877 Clark and his wife, Francine Clary Clark, became well-known collectors of Old Masters and 19th century paintings. As heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune (his…

Thomas John Watson, Sr.

business executiveBorn: 2/17/1874Birthplace: Cambell, N.Y. Having begun his career at National Cash Register in Dayton, Ohio (1896–1911), where he learned about punch cards and worked his way up to…

Gloria Estefan

(Gloria Fajardo)musicianBorn: 9/1/1957Birthplace: Havana, Cuba Cuban-American singer, founder of the Miami Sound Machine, and perhaps the most successful performer to cross over from Latin music to…

Billy Corgan

musicianBorn: 3/17/1967Birthplace: Elk Grove, Illinois Lead singer of the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, which rose to popularity during the heyday of the grunge era. After playing with a band in…