(Encyclopedia) New School University, in New York City; coeducational; chartered and opened 1919 as the New School for Social Research, a center for adult education, renamed 1997. Founded by Charles…
(Encyclopedia) Stiles, Ezra, 1727–95, American theologian and educator, b. North Haven, Conn., grad. Yale, 1746. He studied theology, was ordained in 1749, and tutored (1749–55) at Yale. Resigning…
(Encyclopedia) radiator, device used to heat an area surrounding it or to cool a fluid circulating within it. The familiar radiators of steam and hot water heating systems in buildings are misnamed,…
Smallest Follow this slideshow to learn about the smallest creatures on Earth, from the bumblebee bat to the fairyfly. Prev Next Land mammal The bumblebee bat tips the scales at about…
(Encyclopedia) dynedynedīn [key], unit of force in the cgs system of units, which is based on the metric system; an acceleration of 1 centimeter per second per second is produced when a force of 1…
(Encyclopedia) Avogadro, Amedeo, conte di QuaregnaAvogadro, Amedeo, conte di Quaregnaämādāˈō kônˈtā dē kwärāˈnyä ävōgäˈdrō [key], 1776–1856, Italian physicist, b. Turin. He became professor of…
Senate Years of Service: 1801-1801Party: Democratic RepublicanMUHLENBERG, John Peter Gabriel, (father of Francis Swaine Muhlenberg, brother of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, uncle of…
(Encyclopedia) Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000…
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