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Inverness, town, Scotland

(Encyclopedia) Inverness Inverness ĭnˌvərnĕsˈ [key], town, Highland, N Scotland, on the Moray Firth at the mouth of…

Edward Campbell LITTLE, Congress, KS (1858-1924)

LITTLE, Edward Campbell, a Representative from Kansas; born in Newark, Licking County, Ohio, December 14, 1858; moved to Kansas in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Olathe; attended the…

fjord

(Encyclopedia) fjord or fiordfjordfyôrd [key], steep-sided inlet of the sea characteristic of glaciated regions. Fjords probably resulted from the scouring by glaciers of valleys formed by any of…

Horatio SEYMOUR, Congress, VT (1778-1857)

Senate Years of Service: 1821-1833Party: Democratic Republican; Adams-Clay Republican; Adams; Anti-JacksonianSEYMOUR, Horatio, (uncle of Origen Storrs Seymour), a Senator from Vermont; born in…

Bellerophon

(Encyclopedia) BellerophonBellerophonbəlĕrˈəfŏn, –fən [key], in Greek mythology, son of Glaucus (3;) originally called Hipponoüs. He changed his name after he murdered a countryman and was forced to…

2010 Olympics: Bobsleigh

Offspring of the toboggan by John Gettings and Christine Frantz Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient…

Geometry: Dilations

DilationsGeometryTransformationsIsometriesDilationsSymmetry A dilation is a transformation that changes the length of all line segments by the same proportion. A dilation does not change the shape…

N-Q

George NakashimaNampeyoCrown Prince NaruhitoEliot NessBenjamin NetanyahuHuey NewtonElvia NieblaThelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan NixonCarlos NoriegaGale A. NortonAntonia Coello NovelloBarack ObamaEllen…

Baskin, Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Baskin, Leonard, 1922–2000, American sculptor, graphic artist, and teacher, b. New Brunswick, N.J. In sculptural and graphic works that are figurative in style, Baskin's images of a…