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Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson
(Encyclopedia) Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, English chemist and physicist. He made an incandescent lamp using a carbon filament (1860), 20 years before Edison's lamp. Noted for important…inlaying
(Encyclopedia) inlaying, process of ornamenting a surface by setting into it material of different color or substance, usually in such a manner as to preserve a continuous plane. Inlay is employed in…decay of organic matter
(Encyclopedia) decay of organic matter or putrefaction, process whereby heterotrophic organisms, including some bacteria, fungi, saprophytic plants, and lower animals, utilize the remains of once-…dry cleaning
(Encyclopedia) dry cleaning, process of cleaning fabrics without water. Special solvents and soaps are used so as not to harm fabrics and dyes that will not withstand the effects of ordinary soap and…Slaughterhouse Cases
(Encyclopedia) Slaughterhouse Cases, cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873. In 1869 the Louisiana legislature granted a 25-year monopoly to a slaughterhouse concern in New Orleans for the…Ertl, Gerhard
(Encyclopedia) Ertl, GerhardErtl, Gerhardgĕrˈhärt ârˈtəl [key], 1936– German chemist, b. Stuttgart, grad. Univ. of Stuttgart (1961), Technical Univ., Munich (Ph.D 1965). After holding a number of…taxidermy
(Encyclopedia) taxidermytaxidermytăkˈsĭdûrˌmē [key], process of skinning, preserving, and mounting vertebrate animals so that they still appear lifelike. The fur or feathers are cleaned, and the skin…mitosis
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Mitosis in a body cell of an animal mitosismitosismītōˈsĭs, mĭ– [key], process of nuclear division in a living cell by which the carriers of hereditary information, or the…De Morgan, William Frend
(Encyclopedia) De Morgan, William Frend, 1839–1917, English artist and novelist; son of Augustus De Morgan. A famous potter, he designed glass and tiles and rediscovered an old process of making…carbon disulfide
(Encyclopedia) carbon disulfide, CS2, liquid organic compound; it is colorless, foul-smelling, flammable, and poisonous. It can be prepared by direct reaction of carbon, e.g., as charcoal, with…Trending
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