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Mantle, Mickey
(Encyclopedia)Mantle, Mickey (Mickey Charles Mantle), 1931–95, American baseball player, b. Spavinaw, Okla. In 1951, he joined the New York Yankees of the American League; eventually he replaced Joe DiMaggio in c...Newman, Arnold Abner
(Encyclopedia)Newman, Arnold Abner, 1918–2006, American portrait photographer, b. New York City. He is known for his environmental portraiture, photographs that capture their sitters in characteristic settings, o...mantle
(Encyclopedia)mantle, portion of the earth's interior lying beneath the crust and above the core. No direct observation of the mantle, or its upper boundary, has been made; its boundaries have been determined solel...chloral hydrate
(Encyclopedia)chloral hydrate klr´l h´drt [key], central nervous system depressant that is widely used as a hypnotic, or sleep-inducing drug. Chloral hydrate is the common ingredient, along with alcohol, ...Spillane, Mickey
(Encyclopedia)Spillane, Mickey (Frank Morrison Spillane), 1918–2006, American mystery writer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. After contributing stories to comic books and pulp magazines, Spillane wrote his first novel, I, the...Disney, Walt
(Encyclopedia)Disney, Walt (Walter Elias Disney)dz´n [key], 1901–66, American movie producer and pioneer in animated cartoons, b. Chicago. He grew up in Missouri, in the small town of Marceline and in Kansas...squid
(Encyclopedia)squid, carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusk. The squid is one of the most highly developed invertebrates, well adapted to its active, predatory life. The characteristic molluscan shell is reduced to ...lithosphere
(Encyclopedia)lithosphere lth´sfr [key], brittle uppermost shell of the earth, broken into a number of tectonic plates. The lithosphere consists of the heavy oceanic and lighter continental crusts, and the...Welsbach mantle
(Encyclopedia)Welsbach mantle or Welsbach burner [for C. A. von Welsbach], cylindrical framework of gauze impregnated with oxides of thorium and cerium. When heated in a gas flame, it produces a very bright light b...Pyramus and Thisbe
(Encyclopedia)Pyramus and Thisbe pr´ms, thz´b [key], in classical mythology, youth and maiden of Babylon, whose parents opposed their marriage. Their homes adjoined, and they conversed through a crevice...Browse by Subject
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