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Glossary of Chemical Terms - I

IA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z immiscible Two liquids that do not dissolve in each other. incineration Burning of wastes under controlled high temperatures and oxygen levels…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 2, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 1, 1806July 3, 1806July 2, 1806 Wednesday July 2ed 1806. We sent out the hunters early this morning, they returned not so succesfull as…

Brewer's: Stock

From the verb to stick (to fasten, make firm, fix). Live stock. The fixed capital of a farm. Stock in trade. The fixed capital. The village stocks, in which the feet are stuck or…

Brewer's: Mark Banco

An hypothetical quantity of fine silver, employed as a money-valuer in the old Bank at Hamburg, and used by the Hanseatic League. Deposits in gold and silver coins were credited in Marco…

Brewer's: Jonathan's

A noted coffee-house in Change Alley, described in the Tatler as the general mart of stock-jobbers. What is now called the Stock Exchange was called Jonathan's. “Yesterday the brokers and…

Brewer's: Lame Duck

(A.), in Stock Exchange parlance, means a member of the Stock Exchange who waddles off on settlement day without settling his account. All such defaulters are black-boarded and struck off…

Origin of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Protists

ProtistsOrigin of Prokaryotes and EukaryotesIntroductionOrigin of ProkaryotesEukaryote EvolutionProtistsSlime Molds Protists represent in excess of 100,000 species and are so varied in their…

October 2008 Current Events

Here are the key news events of the month organized into three categories: World News, U.S. News, and Business, Society, and Science News. World | Nation | Business/Science/Society Iraq Takes…

Lewis & Clark: With Faces turned Homeward

by NoahBrooks Camping by the PacificThe Last Stage of the ColumbiaWith Faces turned Homeward The officers of the expedition had decided to begin their homeward march…