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Thomas White FERRY, Congress, MI (1827-1896)

Senate Years of Service: 1871-1883Party: RepublicanFERRY, Thomas White, a Representative and a Senator from Michigan; born in the old mission house of the Astor Fur Co. on Mackinac Island,…

Zachariah CHANDLER, Congress, MI (1813-1879)

Senate Years of Service: 1857-1875; 1879-1879Party: Republican; RepublicanCHANDLER, Zachariah, (nephew of John Chandler and Thomas Chandler, grandfather of Frederick Hale and great-great-…

Samuel JOHNSTON, Congress, NC (1733-1816)

Senate Years of Service: 1789-1793Party: Pro-AdministrationJOHNSTON, Samuel, a Delegate and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Dundee, Scotland, December 15, 1733; immigrated to the United…

John Percival JONES, Congress, NV (1829-1912)

Senate Years of Service: 1873-1895; 1895-1901; 1901-1903Party: Republican; Silver; RepublicanJONES, John Percival, a Senator from Nevada; born at ‘The Hay,’ Herefordshire, England, January…

Weather: Prediction by Numbers

Prediction by NumbersWeatherPrediction by NumbersRichardson's ExperimentPutting the Machines to Work The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries really began to put weather on the map. In 1600, Galileo…

Ghiberti, Lorenzo

(Encyclopedia) Ghiberti, LorenzoGhiberti, Lorenzolōrĕnˈtsō gēbĕrˈtē [key], c.1378–1455, Florentine sculptor. He received his early training in the workshop of Bartoluccio. In 1401 he entered the…

DK Science: Dynamics

LAWS OF MOTIONINERTIAMOMENTUMFIND OUT MOREDynamics is the study of how objects move when forces act on them. Normally objects stay still or move along at a steady pace. They resist changes in…