(Encyclopedia) Rasmussen, Knud Johan VictorRasmussen, Knud Johan Victorkən&oomacr;tˈ yōˈhän vĭkˈtôr räsˈm&oobreve;sən [key], 1879–1933, Danish arctic explorer and ethnologist. Born in…
(Encyclopedia) air mass, large body of air within the earth's atmosphere in which temperature and humidity, although varying at different heights, remain similar throughout the body at any one height…
(Encyclopedia) Bethmann-Hollweg, Theobald vonBethmann-Hollweg, Theobald vontāˈōbält fən bātˈmän-hôlˈvāk [key], 1856–1921, German chancellor. A career civil servant, he became minister of the interior…
Senate Years of Service: 1921-1923Party: RepublicanNICHOLSON, Samuel Danford, a Senator from Colorado; born in Springfield, Prince Edward Island, Canada, February 22, 1859; attended the public…
ALDRICH, William Farrington, (brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great, great grandfather of William J. Edwards), a Representative from Alabama; born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., March…
In Greek mythology, the face that launched a thousand ships by David Johnson Recounted in Homer's Iliad, the story of Helen of Troy and the Trojan War is a Greek heroic legend,…
May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington spews smoke, soot and ash into the sky in April, 1980. Its eruption that May devestated an area of about 150 square miles. Related Links…
by Elizabeth Olson photos by Carol M. Highsmith The U.S. National Park Service was created on August 25, 1916, by President Woodrow Wilson. In 1872, Yellowstone National Park became the…
(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Sir John, 1786–1847, British explorer in N Canada whose disappearance caused a widespread search of the Arctic. Entering the navy in 1801, he fought in the battle of…
(Encyclopedia) wind, flow of air relative to the earth's surface. A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows, e.g., a wind blowing from the north is a north wind.
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