Search

Search results

Displaying 41 - 50

November 2006

WorldTaiwanese President Accused of Corruption (Nov. 3): Prosecutors indict Wu Shu-chen, the wife of President Chen Shui-ban, charging that she spent $450,000 in public funds on personal…

Lewis Howard Latimer

inventorBorn: 1848Birthplace: Chelsea, Mass. Born in Chelsea, Mass., Latimer learned mechanical drawing while working for a Boston patent attorney. He later invented an electric lamp and a carbon…

George H. Babcock

Born: 1832 Water tube steam boiler—Thomas Edison once proclaimed it to be “…the best boiler God has permitted man yet to make.” Even today, nearly half of the electricity produced in the United…

Stephen Wilcox

Born: 1830 Water tube steam boiler—Babcock and WilcoxThomas Edison once proclaimed it to be “…the best boiler God has permitted man yet to make.” Even today, nearly half of the electricity produced…

Farmer, Moses Gerrish

(Encyclopedia) Farmer, Moses Gerrish, 1820–93, American inventor, b. Boscawen, N.H. He helped build and maintain some of the pioneer telegraph lines of Massachusetts and experimented in multiple…

Taiwan

(Encyclopedia) CE5 TaiwanTaiwantīˈwänˈ [key], Portuguese Formosa, officially Republic of China, island nation (2015 est. pop. 23,486,000), 13,885 sq mi (35,961 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean,…

China Chiefs of State & Cabinet Members

Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign GovernmentsDate of Information: 7/5/2022 Pres. Xi Jinping Vice Pres. Li Yuanchao Premier, State Council Li Keqiang Executive Vice…