ARE ALGAE AND SEAWEED THE SAME THING? DO ALGAE LIVE ONLY IN WATER? ALGAE CLASSIFICATIONFIND OUT MOREAlgae are plantlike organisms that make food by photosynthesis. All algae contain chlorophyll,…
HUGHES, James Frederic, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Green Bay, Brown County, Wis., August 7, 1883; attended the public schools and was graduated from West Green Bay High School in…
MANNING, James, a Delegate from Rhode Island; born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), N.J., October 22, 1738; attended Hopewell Academy and was graduated from the College of New Jersey (now…
film directorBorn: 2/6/1949Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland Sheridan's movies most often deal with the realities of Irish working-class life and the human consequences of Northern Ireland's troubles. In…
(Encyclopedia) Driver, Samuel Rolles, 1846–1914, English clergyman and biblical scholar. He was regius professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and from 1876 to 1884 was a member of…
(Encyclopedia) Wittig, Georg, 1897–1987, German chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Marburg, 1926. During his career, Wittig was a professor at the universities of Braunschweig, Freiburg, Tübingen, and…
(Encyclopedia) bitumenbitumenbĭty&oomacr;ˈmən [key] a generic term referring to flammable, brown or black mixtures of tarlike hydrocarbons, derived naturally or by distillation from petroleum. It…
(Encyclopedia) Bartlett, John, 1820–1905, American compiler and publisher, b. Plymouth, Mass. While he worked in his university book store in Cambridge, he compiled the invaluable Familiar Quotations…
(Encyclopedia) grizzly bear or grizzly, large, powerful North American brown bear, characterized by gray-streaked, or grizzled, fur. Grizzlies are 6 to 8 ft (180–250 cm) long, stand 31&fslsh;2 to…
(Encyclopedia) yak, bovine mammal, Bos grunniens, of the Tibet region of China and adjacent areas. It is oxlike in build, with short, thick legs, humped shoulders, large upcurved horns, and a thick…
