Senate Years of Service: 1851-1855; 1855-1857Party: Whig; OppositionJONES, James Chamberlain, a Senator from Tennessee; born near the line between Davidson and Wilson Counties, Tennessee,…
(Encyclopedia) Lansing. 1 Village (1990 pop. 28,086), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago, near the Ind. line; inc. 1893. Among the city's industries are meatpacking, food processing, and the…
(Encyclopedia) Klug, Sir AaronKlug, Sir Aaronkl&oomacr;g [key], 1926–2018, British biochemist, b. Lithuania. Raised and educated in South Africa, he moved to England and completed his doctorate…
Hagler, Marvelous Marvin
(Encyclopedia) Hagler, Marvelous Marvin (Marvin Nathaniel Hagler), 1954-2021, African American champion middle-weight boxer, b. Newark, N.J. Raised…
(Encyclopedia) oscilloscopeoscilloscopeəsĭlˈəskōpˌ [key], electronic device used to produce visual displays corresponding to electrical signals. Displays of such nonelectrical phenomena as the…
Where will the Sun first rise on January 1, 2000? Whether the millennium begins in 2000 or 2001 is not the only debate surrounding the New Year's Eve party of the century. Just exactly where the…
WHAT IS THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM? WHAT ARE PRIMARY COLORS? HOW MANY COLORS CAN WE SEE? DISPERSIONCOLOR TREEFIND OUT MORELight has different wavelengths, which we see as colors. The range of wavelengths…
(Encyclopedia) King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–68, American clergyman and civil-rights leader, b. Atlanta, Ga., grad. Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), Boston…
MANSUR, Charles Harley, a Representative from Missouri; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 6, 1835; attended Lawrence Academy, Groton, Mass.; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Richmond…
GREENE, Enid, a Representative from Utah; born in San Rafael, Calif., June 5, 1958; graduated from East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1976; B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah…
