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whiting, powdery substance

(Encyclopedia) whiting, white, powdery substance, prepared by grinding chalk or some other source of calcium carbonate. When mixed with linseed oil it forms putty, and with water and several other…

scheelite

(Encyclopedia) scheelitescheeliteshāˈlīt, shēˈ– [key], heavy white or yellow mineral, calcium tungstate, CaWO4, crystallizing in the tetragonal system. It is found in granite pegmatites, in contact-…

Beltsville swine

(Encyclopedia) Beltsville swine, two breeds of swine developed at the agricultural research center of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, Md. The breeds are designated Beltsville No. 1…

Race Riots in the U.S.

Read about some of the most significant riots in U.S. history 1898: Wilmington, North Carolina While Democrats held power at the state level in North Carolina, a coalition of white…

daisy

(Encyclopedia) daisy [O.E.,=day's eye], name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae (aster family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis perennis, called in the United…

English sparrow

(Encyclopedia) English sparrow or house sparrow, small bird, Passer domesticus, common throughout most of the world. English sparrows are 4 to 7 in. (10–18 cm) long, with short, stout bills. The male…

Nakamura, Shuji

(Encyclopedia) Nakamura, Shuji, 1954–, Japanese physicist and electronics engineer, grad. Univ. of Tokushima (D.Eng., 1994). Nakamura joined the Nichia Corporation in 1977, and it was there that he…

Shakespeare on Film

Infoplease picks the best film adaptations of Shakespeare by Shmuel Ross Relatively Faithful Adaptations • Looser Adaptations • Shakespeare as Launching Pad   Relatively Faithful Adaptations…

Shakespeare on Film

Infoplease picks the best film adaptations of Shakespeare by Shmuel Ross Relatively Faithful Adaptations • Looser Adaptations • Shakespeare as Launching Pad   Relatively Faithful Adaptations…

Shakespeare on Film

Infoplease picks the best film adaptations of Shakespeare by Shmuel Ross Relatively Faithful Adaptations • Looser Adaptations • Shakespeare as Launching Pad   Relatively Faithful Adaptations…