(Encyclopedia) Wyeth, Andrew NewellWyeth, Andrew Newellwīˈəth [key], 1917–2009, American painter, b. Chadds Ford, Pa. Wyeth's work has been enormously popular, critically acclaimed, and sometimes…
inventorBorn: 21 July 1906Best Known as: co-creator of the silicon solar cell Daryl Chapin with Bell Labs colleagues Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson developed the…
(Encyclopedia) jellyfish, common name for the free-swimming stage (see polyp and medusa), of certain invertebrate animals of the phylum Cnidaria (the coelenterates). The body of a jellyfish is shaped…
An hour is 60 minutes.The hours between 12 midnight and 12 noon are A.M. (ante “before” meridiem).The hours between 12 noon and 12 midnight are P.M. (post “after” meridiem)Sailor time is used on a…
The Breaking of the Bells American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) was the target of a suit filed under the Sherman Antitrust Act and faced charges of operating a nationwide monopoly on…
(Encyclopedia) Hewish, Antony, 1924–, British astrophysicist, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1952. Hewish spent his entire career as a faculty member at Cambridge, retiring in 1989. He shared the 1974 Nobel Prize…
(Encyclopedia) Gray, Elisha, 1835–1901, American inventor, b. Barnesville, Ohio. He patented many electrical devices, most of them having to do with the telegraph. His telautograph (1888) for…
MASCARA, Frank R., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Belle Vernon, Fayette County, Pa., January 19, 1930; graduated from Belle Vernon High School, Belle Vernon, Pa.; B.A., California…
(Encyclopedia) Lancaster, Joseph, 1778–1838, English educator. In 1801 he founded a free elementary school, using a type of monitorial system for which he acknowledged his debt to Andrew Bell. The…
(Aspen, Colo., Jan. 23–27, 2008) These are the winners of the men's and women's Winter Extreme Games at Aspen, Colorado in 2008. Snowboard: Nate Holland (men's X…
