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Garnet, Henry Highland
(Encyclopedia) Garnet, Henry HighlandGarnet, Henry Highlandgärˈnĭt [key], 1815–82, American abolitionist clergyman, b. Kent co., Md. Born a slave, he escaped in 1824 and was educated at the Oneida…garnet
(Encyclopedia) garnet, name applied to a group of isomorphic minerals crystallizing in the cubic system. They are used chiefly as gems and as abrasives (as in garnet paper). The garnets are double…Garnett, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Garnett or Garnet, HenryGarnett or Garnet, Henrygärˈnət [key], 1555?–1606, English Jesuit. He was converted to Roman Catholicism and in 1575 became a Jesuit. After some years on the…Garnet, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Garnet, Henry: see Garnett, Henry.Garnet (Ace) Bailey 2001 Deaths
Garnet (Ace) BaileyAge: 53 L.A. Kings director of pro scouting who was a passenger aboard hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 that crashed into the World Trade Center; in his eighth season as…Swakopmund
(Encyclopedia) SwakopmundSwakopmundsfäˈkôpmənt [key], municipality (1991 pop. 17,681), W Namibia, on the Atlantic at mouth of Swakop River. A rail terminus and seaside resort surrounded by the Namib…Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount
(Encyclopedia) Wolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st ViscountWolseley, Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscountw&oobreve;lzˈlē [key], 1833–1913, British field marshal. He fought in Burma (present-day…dragon's blood
(Encyclopedia) dragon's blood, name for a red resin obtained from a number of different plants. It was held by early Greeks, Romans, and Arabs to have medicinal properties; Dioscorides and other…gneiss
(Encyclopedia) gneissgneissnīs [key], coarse-grained, imperfectly foliated, or layered, metamorphic rock. Gneiss is characterized by alternating light and dark bands differing in mineral composition…month
(Encyclopedia) month, in chronology, the conventional period of a lunation, i.e., passage of the moon through all its phases. It is usually computed at approximately 29 or 30 days. For the…Trending
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