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George Howard WILLIAMS, Congress, MO (1871-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1925-1926 Party: Republican WILLIAMS George Howard , a Senator from Missouri; born in California, Moniteau County, Mo., on December 1, 1871; attended the public schools…

James Montgomery BECK, Congress, PA (1861-1936)

BECK James Montgomery , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 9, 1861; attended the public schools and was graduated from Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa., in 1880;…

Arlen SPECTER, Congress, PA (1930)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-2011 Party: Republican; Democrat SPECTER Arlen , a Senator from Pennsylvania; born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kans., February 12, 1930; attended the public schools;…

musical notation

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Musical notation musical notation, symbols used to make a written record of musical sounds. Two different systems of letters were used to write down the instrumental and the…

metric system

(Encyclopedia) CE5 metric system, system of weights and measures planned in France and adopted there in 1799; it has since been adopted by most of the technologically developed countries of the…