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Geometry: The Next Dimension: Surfaces and Solids

The Next Dimension: Surfaces and SolidsGeometryThe Next Dimension: Surfaces and SolidsPrismsPyramidsCylinders and ConesPolyhedraSpheresPlatonic Solids Although you might be able to name a few two-…

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment 5

by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment 4Fragment 6Fragment 5 'Twas at this season that Prince Athanase Passed the white Alps—those eagle-baffling mountains[1] Slept in their shrouds of snow;—…

Recorded Weather Extremes, U.S. and Worldwide

Highest average annual mean temperature (world): Dallol, Ethiopia (Oct. 1960–Dec. 1966), 94° F (34.4° C). (U.S.): Key West, Fla. (30-year normal), 78.2° F (25.7° C).Lowest average annual mean…

Redfield PROCTOR, Congress, VT (1831-1908)

Senate Years of Service: 1891-1908 Party: Republican PROCTOR Redfield , a Senator from Vermont; born in Proctorsville, Windsor County, Vt., June 1, 1831; graduated from Dartmouth College,…

The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio: Canto X

Purgatorio: Canto IXPurgatorio: Canto XIPurgatorio: Canto X When we had crossed the threshold of the door Which the perverted love of souls disuses, Because it makes the crooked way…

Khakass Republic

(Encyclopedia) Khakass RepublicKhakass Republickhəkäsˈ, kəkăsˈ [key] or KhakassiaKhakassiakhəkäsˈēə [key], constituent republic (1990 est. pop. 573,000) 23,900 sq mi (61,900 sq km), S central…

Pisano, Nicola

(Encyclopedia) Pisano, NicolaPisano, Nicolanēkôˈlä [key]Pisano, Nicola pēzäˈnō [key], b. c.1220, d. between 1278 and 1287, major Italian sculptor, believed to have come from Apulia. He founded a new…

Rajasthan

(Encyclopedia) RajasthanRajasthanräˈjəstän [key], state (2001 provisional pop. 56,473,122), 132,150 sq mi (342,269 sq km), NW India, bordered on the west by Pakistan. The capital is Jaipur; other…

Alfred Lord Tennyson: Hero to Leander

Hero to Leander Oh go not yet, my love, The night is dark and vast; The white moon is hid in her heaven above, And the waves climb high and fast. Oh! kiss me, kiss me, once…

Michelangelo Buonarroti

(Encyclopedia) Michelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo Buonarrotimīkəlănˈjəlō, Ital. mēkālänˈjālō bwōnär-rôˈtē [key], 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, b. Caprese, Tuscany.…