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Blume, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Blume, PeterBlume, Peterbl&oomacr;m [key], 1906–92, American painter, b. Russia. Blume immigrated to the United States in 1911. In his early work, such as The Parade (1930; Mus. of…Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Encyclopedia) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological…half-timber house
(Encyclopedia) half-timber house, type of construction of the Middle Ages in N Europe, used chiefly for dwellings. Some French examples date from the 12th cent., and by the 13th cent. the building…Scapa Flow
(Encyclopedia) Scapa FlowScapa Flowskăpˈə [key], area of water, 15 mi (24 km) long and 8 mi (12.9 km) wide, in the Orkney Islands, off N Scotland. It is bounded by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay,…Pine Barrens
(Encyclopedia) Pine Barrens, coastal plain region, c.3,000 sq mi (7,770 sq km), S and SE N.J.; composed chiefly of sandy soils, swamp-edged streams, pine stands, and tracts of cranberries and…cork, in botany
(Encyclopedia) cork, protective, waterproof outer covering of the stems and roots of woody plants. Cork is a specialized secondary tissue produced by the cork cambium of the plant (see meristem, bark…gallic acid
(Encyclopedia) gallic acid or 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acidgallic acidtrīˌhīdrŏkˈsēbĕnzōˈĭk [key], C6H2(OH)3CO2H, colorless crystalline organic acid found in gallnuts, sumach, tea leaves, oak bark,…tannin
(Encyclopedia) tannin,&sp;tannic acid, or gallotannic acid, astringent vegetable product found in a wide variety of plants. Sources include the bark of oak, hemlock, chestnut, and mangrove; the…sweet cicely
(Encyclopedia) sweet cicelysweet cicelysĭsˈəlē [key], name for the European herb Myrrhis odorata and for closely related American and Asian plants of the genus Osmorhiza, all of the family…Oak Lawn (Village), IL Census Data
People QuickFactsOak LawnIllinoisPopulation, 2003 estimate 55,13612,653,544Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 -0.2%1.9%Population, 2000 55,24512,419,293Population,…Trending
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