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Philip the Fair

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France.

Philip the Tall

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Tall: see Philip V, king of France.

William the Conqueror

(Encyclopedia) William the Conqueror: see William I, king of England.

Philip the Handsome

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Handsome: see Philip I, Spanish king of Castile.

Water Bearer, The

(Encyclopedia) Water Bearer, The, English name for Aquarius, a constellation.

Tillman, Benjamin Ryan

(Encyclopedia) Tillman, Benjamin Ryan, 1847–1918, U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1895–1918), b. Edgefield co., S.C. A farmer, he became the leader of the backcountry whites in South Carolina and…

Text of the Constitution of the United States

(Encyclopedia) Text1 of the Constitution of the United States Preamble We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic…

Citadel, The–The Military College of South Carolina

(Encyclopedia) Citadel, The–The Military College of South CarolinaCitadel, The–The Military College of South Carolinasĭtˈədəl, –dĕlˌ [key], at Charleston; state supported; chartered (1842) as The…

Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the

(Encyclopedia) Afars and the Issas, French Territory of the: see Djibouti, republic.

precession of the equinoxes

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Precession of the equinoxes (the points at which the earth's celestial equator intersects its ecliptic) is due to the slow rotation of the earth's axis around a perpendicular to…