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(Encyclopedia) kaleidoscopekaleidoscopekəlīˈdəskōp [key], optical instrument that uses mirrors to produce changing symmetrical patterns. Invented by the Scottish physicist Sir David Brewster in 1816…Mirror Image
Once, women worried about their figures while men scarfed pizza and beer with abandon. Then came Soloflex ads, male anorexia, and... platic calves? The first in a six-part series on the new male body…mirror
(Encyclopedia) mirror, in optics, a reflecting surface that forms an image of an object when light rays coming from that object fall upon it (see reflection). Usually mirrors are made of plate glass…Brewer's: Mirrors
Alasnam's mirror. The “touchstone of virtue,” showed if the lady beloved was chaste as well as beautiful. (Arabian Nights: Prince Zeyn Alasnam.) Cambuscan's mirror. Sent to Cambuscan' by…Brewer's: Alasnam's Mirror
The “touch-stone of virtue,” given to Alasnam by one of the Genii. If he looked in this mirror it informed him whether a damsel would remain to him faithful or not. If the mirror remained…Brewer's: Azor's Mirror
Zemira is the name of the lady, and Azor that of the bear, in Marmontel's tale of Beauty and the Beast. Zemira entreats the kind monster to let her see her father, if only for a few…Brewer's: Mirror of Knighthood
(The). One of the books in Don Quixote's library, a Spanish romance at one time very popular. Butler calls Hudibras “the Mirror of Knighthood” (book i. 15). “The barber, taking another…Arlington Springs Woman
In 1959 Phil C. Orr discovered three ancient human bones on Santa Rosa Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, California. At first it was thought that the remains were those of a 10,000 year old male…The Congress of Women: Woman's Sphere from a Woman's Standpoint
by Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon The Woman's National Indian AssociationA TalkWoman's Sphere from a Woman's Standpoint Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon was born in Erie County, Pa. Her parents were…The Congress of Women: Legal Condition of Woman in 1492-1892
by Miss Mary A. Greene Education of Indian Girls in the WestEthics of Social LifeLegal Condition of Woman in 1492-1892 Miss Mary Anne Greene was born at Warwick, R. I., in 1857. Her parents…Trending
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