LYMAN, Joseph Stebbins, a Representative from New York; born in Northfield, Franklin County, Mass., February 14, 1785; attended the common schools; was graduated from Dartmouth College,…
DUNCAN, William Addison, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Cashtown, Franklin Township, Adams County, Pa., February 2, 1836; attended the public schools; was graduated from Franklin…
(Encyclopedia) diffusion, in chemistry, the spontaneous migration of substances from regions where their concentration is high to regions where their concentration is low. Diffusion is important in…
SPENCER, James Bradley, a Representative from New York; born in Salisbury, Conn., April 26, 1781; received a limited education; moved to Franklin County, N.Y., and settled in Fort Covington;…
DAVIS, George Thomas, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Sandwich, Mass., January 12, 1810; was graduated from Harvard University in 1829; studied law at Cambridge and Greenfield,…
(Encyclopedia) Hale, Edward Everett, 1822–1909, American author and Unitarian clergyman, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1839. He was the nephew of Edward Everett. The pastor of a church in Worcester, Mass…
(Encyclopedia) Ford, Paul LeicesterFord, Paul Leicesterlĕsˈtər [key], 1865–1902, American historian and novelist, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. His father, Gordon L. Ford, then possessed probably the best…
(Encyclopedia) Flynn, Edward Joseph, 1892–1953, American political leader, b. New York City. He practiced law in New York City and served (1917–21) in the New York state legislature. Flynn became…
(Encyclopedia) deistsdeistsdēˈĭsts [key], term commonly applied to those thinkers in the 17th and 18th cent. who held that the course of nature sufficiently demonstrates the existence of God. For…
(Encyclopedia) Charles, Jacques Alexandre CésarCharles, Jacques Alexandre Césarzhäk älĕksäNˈdrə sāzärˈ shärl [key], 1746–1823, French physicist. He confirmed Benjamin Franklin's electrical…
