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Clairaut, Alexis Claude
(Encyclopedia) Clairaut, Alexis ClaudeClairaut, Alexis Claudeälĕksĕsˈ klōd klĕrōˈ [key], 1713–65, French mathematician. He assisted P. L. M. de Maupertuis in measuring (1736) a degree of an arc of a…East Siberian Sea
(Encyclopedia) East Siberian Sea, Rus. Vostochno-Sibirskoye More, part of the Arctic Ocean N of NE Siberia, Russia, bounded on the W by the New Siberian Islands and on the E by Wrangel Island. The…Duhamel du Monceau, Henri Louis
(Encyclopedia) Duhamel du Monceau, Henri LouisDuhamel du Monceau, Henri LouisäNrēˈ lwē düämĕlˈ dü môNsōˈ [key], 1700–1782, French agriculturist and tree expert. He did experimental work on plant…Visé
(Encyclopedia) ViséVisévēzāˈ [key], commune (1991 pop. 17,019), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Meuse River and on the Albert Canal, near the Dutch border. It is a center of cement manufacture. The…Julian, George Washington
(Encyclopedia) Julian, George WashingtonJulian, George Washingtonj&oomacr;lˈyən [key], 1817–99, American abolitionist, U.S. Representative from Indiana (1849–51, 1861–71), b. Wayne co., Ind.…Coxe, Tench
(Encyclopedia) Coxe, TenchCoxe, Tenchkŏks [key], 1755–1824, American political economist, b. Philadelphia. He entered his father's mercantile business in 1776, but after 1790, when he became…Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
(Encyclopedia) Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand vonHelmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand vonhĕrˈmän l&oomacr;tˈvĭkh fĕrˈdēnänt fən hĕlmˈhôlts [key], 1821–94, German scientist. Although known…Mohl, Hugo von
(Encyclopedia) Mohl, Hugo vonMohl, Hugo vonh&oomacr;ˈgō fən mōl [key], 1805–72, German botanist. He is noted for his research on the nature of protoplasm and chlorophyll and on the physiology of…Culbertson, Ely
(Encyclopedia) Culbertson, ElyCulbertson, Elyēˈlē kŭlˈbərtsən [key], 1891–1955, American authority on contract bridge, b. Romania. His father was an American engineer then living in Romania, and his…Gentili, Alberico
(Encyclopedia) Gentili, AlbericoGentili, Albericoälbārēˈkō jāntēˈlē [key], 1552–1608, Italian writer on international law. Forced to leave Italy because of his Protestantism, he went to England (1580…Trending
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