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Volcanoes
Mount Vesuvius and other volcanoes of the world by Ben Snowden Mount Vesuvius' 1944 eruption Other Volcanoes Mount St. Helens (Washington State) Mount Etna (Sicily) Mount…Disaster Survival Guide
You never know when disaster will strike. If it does, it’s important to be prepared. Your life—or the lives of others—may depend on knowing how get…Genetic Variation and Natural Selection: Natural Selection
Natural SelectionGenetic Variation and Natural SelectionIntroductionNatural SelectionPost-Mendelian Inheritance Factors As discussed in Specialized Cell Structure and Function, sexual reproduction…Brewer's: Arrow
The broad arrow, thus =17=. A mark used by the British Board of Ordnance, and placed on their stores. (See Broad Arrow.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…trespass
(Encyclopedia) trespass, in law, any physical injury to the person or to property. In English common law the action of trespass first developed (13th cent.) to afford a remedy for injuries to…Brewer's: Elf-arrows
Arrow-heads of the neolithic period. The shafts of these arrows were reeds, and the heads were pieces of flint, carefully sharpened, and so adjusted as to detach themselves from the shaft…extradition
(Encyclopedia) extraditionextraditionĕkstrədĭshˈən [key], delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over…Worst U.S. Forest Fires
Great Balls of Fire 1871 Oct. 8-14, Peshtigo, Wis: over 1,500 lives lost and 3.8 million acres burned in nation's worst forest fire. 1889 June 6, Seattle, Wash.: fire destroyed 64 acres of the…Internet, the
(Encyclopedia) Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations,…weather vane
(Encyclopedia) weather vane or wind vane, instrument used to indicate wind direction. It consists of an asymmetrically shaped object, e.g., an arrow or a rooster, mounted at its center of gravity so…Trending
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