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(Encyclopedia) bearing, machine part designed to reduce friction between moving parts or to support moving loads. There are two main kinds of bearings: the antifriction type, such as the roller…Gass, Patrick
(Encyclopedia) Gass, Patrick, 1771–1870, American explorer, member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, b. Perry co., Pa. His journal of the trip across the continent first appeared in 1807 and was…Washington, University of
(Encyclopedia) Washington, University of, at Seattle; state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1861 as the Territorial Univ. of Washington, renamed 1889. There are noted schools of…London School of Economics and Political Science
(Encyclopedia) London School of Economics and Political Science, at London, England; founded 1895, recognized as a school of the Univ. of London (see London, Univ. of) in 1900. It publishes many…Higginson, Francis
(Encyclopedia) Higginson, Francis, 1586–1630, American colonial clergyman, b. Leicestershire, England, M.A. Cambridge, 1613. Admitted (1614) to the ministry of the Church of England, he later became…Maclay, William
(Encyclopedia) Maclay, WilliamMaclay, Williamməklāˈ [key], 1734–1804, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (1789–91), b. Chester co., Pa. A lawyer and a provincial and state official before serving as…Small, Albion Woodbury
(Encyclopedia) Small, Albion Woodbury, 1854–1926, American sociologist, b. Buckfield, Maine, grad. Colby College, 1876, and further educated in Germany. He was made president of Colby in 1889, but…McAlister, Linda Lopez
(Encyclopedia) McAlister, Linda Lopez, 1939-2021, American feminist philosopher, b. Los Angeles, Ca., as Linda Lee McAlister, Barnard College (B.A…Mitchel, John
(Encyclopedia) Mitchel, John, 1815–75, Irish revolutionist and journalist. A practicing lawyer, Mitchel contributed articles to the Nation (Dublin) and the United Irishman, which he founded in 1848,…Nemser, Cindy
(Encyclopedia) Nemser, Cindy, 1937-2021, American feminist art critic, b. Brooklyn, NY, as Cecille Heller, Brooklyn College (BA, MA), NYU Institute…Trending
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