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Beer's law

(Encyclopedia) Beer's law [for August Beer], physical law stating that the quantity of light absorbed by a substance dissolved in a nonabsorbing solvent is directly proportional to the concentration…

light

(Encyclopedia) light, visible electromagnetic radiation. Of the entire electromagnetic spectrum, the human eye is sensitive to only a tiny part, the part that is called light. The wavelengths of…

Lights! Camera! Learning!

The best school movies ever made Sir Laurence Olivier's classic Hamlet With school bells set to ring in only a matter of days, it's time for students to shift into back-to-school mode. What…

Next Stop, Wonderland

Director: Brad Anderson Writers: Brad Anderson and Lyn Vaus Miramax; R; 111 minutes Release: 8/98 Cast: Hope Davis, Alan Gelfant, Holland Taylor, Robert Klein, Cara Buono,…

Aquila, in astronomy

(Encyclopedia) Aquila [Lat.,=the eagle], equatorial constellation located N of Sagittarius and Capricornus, lying partly in the Milky Way. It is sometimes depicted as an eagle. It contains the bright…

Sander, August

(Encyclopedia) Sander, AugustSander, Augustouˈg&oobreve;st zänˈdər [key], 1876–1964, Austrian photographer. During his long life Sander made a remarkable composite portrait of the German people.…

Light Heavyweight

1903 Jack Root,George Gardner1903–05 Bob Fitzsimmons1905–12 Philadelphia Jack O'Brien11912–16 Jack Dillon1916–20 Battling Levinsky1920–22 Georges Carpentier1923 Battling Siki1923–25 Mike…

Brewer's: Light

Life. Othello says, “Put out the light and then put out the light.” In May, 1886, Abraham Harper, a market-gardener, of Oxford, hit his wife in the face, and threatened to “put her light…

The Blue Light

The Blue Light There was once upon a time a soldier who for many years had served the king faithfully, but when the war came to an end could serve no longer because of the many wounds which…