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albedo

(Encyclopedia) albedoalbedoălbēˈdō [key], reflectivity of the surface of a planet, moon, asteroid, or other celestial body that does not shine by its own light. Albedo is measured as the fraction of…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Boat on the Serchio

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Evening: Ponte Al Mare, PisaMusicThe Boat on the Serchio Published in part (lines 1-61, 88-118) by Mrs. Shelley, "Posthumous Poems", 1824; revised and enlarged by…

The Koran/Sura XXVII — The Ant

Sura XXVII — The AntMecca — 95 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful TA. SAD.[476] These are the signs (verses) of the Koran and of the lucid Book; Guidance and glad…

Rosh ha-Shanah

(Encyclopedia) Rosh ha-ShanahRosh ha-Shanahrŏsh [key]Rosh ha-Shanahhə-shäˈnə [key] [Heb.,=head of the year], the Jewish New Year, also known as the Feast of the Trumpets. It is observed on the first…

impressionism, in painting

(Encyclopedia) impressionism, in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature…

John Keats: Specimen of an Induction to a Poem

by JohnKeats"Places of nestling green for ...CalidoreSpecimen of an Induction to a Poem Lo! I must tell a tale of chivalry; For large white plumes are dancing in mine eye. Not like the…