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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Lewis, June 6, 1806
Day 1434 Day 1436 Lewis, June 6, 1806 Friday June 6th 1806. This morning Frazier returned having been in quest of some roots and bread which had left at the lodg of the Twisted hair when on…The Top Ten: Least Livable Countries, 2007
December 10 - 17 Least Livable Countries, 2007 The Human Development Index (HDI), published annually by the UN, ranks nations according to their citizens' quality of life rather than…The Top Ten: Most Livable Countries, 2006
December 10 - 17 Most Livable Countries The Human Development Index (HDI), published annually by the UN, ranks nations according to their citizens' quality of life rather than strictly by a…The Top Ten: Most Livable Countries, 2011
December 10 - 17 Most Livable Countries, 2011 The Human Development Index (HDI), published annually by the UN, ranks nations according to their citizens' quality of life rather than…Brewer's: Abacus
Ab′acus A small frame with wires stretched across it. Each wire contains ten movable balls, which can be shifted backwards or forwards, so as to vary ad libitum the number in two or more…Astronomical Constants
Light-year (distance traveled by light in one year) 5,880,000,000,000 miParsec (parallax of one second, or stellar distances) 3.259 light-yearsVelocity of light c. 186,282.4 mi/…Brewer's: Horse-power
A measure of force. Watt estimated the “force” of a London dray-horse, working eight hours a day, at 33,000 foot-pounds (q.v.) per minute. In calculating the horse-power of a steam-engine…Brewer's: Aganice
(4 syl.). or Aglaonice the Thessalian, being able to calculate eclipses, she pretended to have the moon under her command, and to be able when she chose to draw it from heaven. Her secret…Brewer's: Lent
(Anglo-Saxon, lencten). Lenctentid (spring-tide) was the Saxon name for March, because in this month there is a manifest lengthening of the days. As the chief part of the great fast falls…Brewer's: Gregorian Year
The civil year, according to the correction introduced by Pope Gregory XIII. in 1582. The equinox which occurred on the 25th of March, in the time of Julius Caesar, fell on the 11th of…Trending
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