Senate Years of Service: 1795-1801Party: FederalistBINGHAM, William, a Delegate and a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 8, 1752; was graduated from Philadelphia…
(Encyclopedia) Soufrière, volcano, 4,048 ft (1,234 m) high, on St. Vincent island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On May 7, 1902, the day before the great eruption of Pelée on Martinique island,…
(Encyclopedia) Beauharnais, Alexandre, vicomte deBeauharnais, Alexandre, vicomte deälĕksäNˈdrə vēkôNtˈ də bōärnāˈ [key], 1760–94, French general, b. Martinique. He fought with the colonials in the…
(Encyclopedia) Esnambuc or Énambuc, Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc or Énambuc, Pierre Belain d'both: pyĕr bəlăN dānäNbükˈ [key], 1585–1636, French pioneer in the West Indies. Seeking to recoup his family…
Date Location Magnitude 1 Jan. 12 East of the Kuril Islands 8.1 Jan. 21 Molucca Sea 7.5 April 1 Solomon Islands 8.1 Aug. 15 Peru 8.0 Sept. 13 Sumatra,…
(Encyclopedia) PeléePeléepəlāˈ [key], volcano, 4,429 ft (1,350 m) high, on N Martinique, in the West Indies. On May 8, 1902, the day after the eruption of Soufrière on St. Vincent, Pelée also erupted…
(Encyclopedia) Montgomery, Richard, 1738?–1775, American Revolutionary general, b. Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland. After entering the British army, he was sent (1757) to Canada in the French and Indian…
(Encyclopedia) pyroclastic flow, turbulent, fluidized mixture of rock, volcanic ash, and hot gas that moves like an avalanche away from a volcanic eruption. A pyroclastic flow may contain a mix of…
