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(Encyclopedia) Angelico, FraAngelico, Frafrä änjĕlˈĭkō [key], c.1400–1455, Florentine painter, b. Vicchio, Tuscany. He was variously named Guido (his baptismal name), or Guidolino, di Pietro; and…
(Encyclopedia) Saramago, JoséSaramago, Josézh&oomacr;zĕˈ särˌämäˈg&oomacr; [key], 1922–2010, Portuguese novelist and short-story writer. He became a member of the Communist party in 1969 and…
(Encyclopedia) Field, Cyrus West, 1819–92, American merchant, promoter of the first Atlantic cable, b. Stockbridge, Mass.; brother of David Dudley Field and Stephen J. Field. As head of a paper…
(Encyclopedia) Ascension Ascension əsĕnˈchən [key], island, 34 sq mi (88 sq km), in the S Atlantic, NW of Saint Helena and belonging to the British St. Helena overseas…
(Encyclopedia) Wilderness Road, principal avenue of westward migration for U.S. pioneers from c.1790 to 1840, blazed in 1775 by the American frontiersman Daniel Boone and an advance party of the…
(Encyclopedia) Bronzino, IlBronzino, Ilēl brōntsēˈnō [key], 1503–72, Florentine painter, an important mannerist (see mannerism), whose real name was Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano. Bronzino was a pupil…
(Encyclopedia) Amazon, Port. AmazonasAmazon,ämäzōˈnəs [key], world's second longest river, c.3,900 mi (6,280 km) long, formed by the junction in N Peru's Andes Mts. of two major headstreams, the…
HOW DO WE MEASURE TIME? DOES TIME BEGIN AND END? BIOGRAPHY: ALBERT EINSTEIN German, 1879–1955 RELATIVITY FIND OUT MORE
We use time to say when an event happened or how long it lasted.…
