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Free State

(Encyclopedia) Free State, formerly Orange Free State, province, 50,126 sq mi (129,825 sq km), E central South Africa. It was renamed Free State…

Irish Free State

(Encyclopedia) Irish Free State: see Ireland; Ireland, Republic of.

Orange Free State

(Encyclopedia) Orange Free State, former province, South Africa: see Free State.

free fall

(Encyclopedia) free fall, in physics, the state of a body moving solely under the influence of gravitational forces (see gravitation). A body falling freely toward the surface of the earth undergoes…

free energy

(Encyclopedia) free energy or Gibbs free energy, quantity derived from the relationships between heat and work studied in thermodynamics and used as a measure of the relative stability of a physical…

Brand, Sir John Henry

(Encyclopedia) Brand, Sir John Henry, or Jan Hendrik BrandJan Hendrik Brandyän hĕnˈdrək bränt [key], 1823–88, South African politician, president of the Orange Free State, b. Capetown. He was called…

Bloemfontein

(Encyclopedia) BloemfonteinBloemfonteinbl&oomacr;mˈfŏntānˌ [key], city, judicial capital of South Africa, capital of Free State prov., and seat of Mangaung metropolitan municipality. It is a…

Brewer's: Free

A free and easy. A social gathering where persons meet together without formality to chat and smoke. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Free BenchFre'a A B C…

Alfred Free

Alfred FreeBorn: 1913 COMPOSITION OF MATTER. Free revolutionized urinalysis by devising a dip-and-read test, CLINISTIX®, for detecting glucose in urine. Working at Miles Laboratories, he also…

Things To Do in Texas With Kids

Top of Page Source: iStockTexas is enormous, and it’s filled with fun things for the entire family. Whether your bunch are nature lovers, city folk, or out to enjoy the pleasures of the country, you’…