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Fred Gustus JOHNSON, Congress, NE (1876-1951)

JOHNSON Fred Gustus , a Representative from Nebraska; born on a farm near Dorchester, Saline County, Nebr., October 16, 1876; attended the country schools; was graduated from Dorchester (Nebr.)…

George Graham VEST, Congress, MO (1830-1904)

Senate Years of Service: 1879-1903 Party: Democrat VEST George Graham , a Senator from Missouri; born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., December 6, 1830; graduated from Centre College,…

William Arvis BLAKLEY, Congress, TX (1898-1976)

Senate Years of Service: 1957-1957; 1961-1961 Party: Democrat; Democrat BLAKLEY William Arvis , a Senator from Texas; born in Miami Station, Saline County, Mo., November 17, 1898; moved with his…

exobiology

(Encyclopedia) exobiology or astrobiology, search for extraterrestrial life within the solar system and throughout the universe. Philosophical speculation that there might be other worlds similar to…

Mediterranean Sea

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Mediterranean Sea [Lat.,=in the midst of lands], the world's largest inland sea, c.965,000 sq mi (2,499,350 sq km), surrounded by Europe, Asia, and Africa. Some of the most…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 18, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 17, 1805May 19, 1805May 18, 1805 Saturday May 18th 1805. The wind blew hard this morning from the West. we were enabled to employ our toe…

All About Oceans

by Beth Rowen Honolii Beach Park, Hawaii Source: AP Photo/Caleb Jones Related Links Profile of the World's Oceans and Seas…

Glossary of Chemical Terms - B

BA 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 balance n. Any piece of apparatus used to determine the mass of a sample of matter.v. as in balance an equation: to have equal numbers of atoms of…