Search

Search results

Displaying 51 - 60

boulder, in geology

(Encyclopedia) boulder, large rock fragment formed by detachment from its parent consolidated rock by weathering and erosion. In engineering and geology, especially in the United States, the term is…

New Hampshire Grants

(Encyclopedia) New Hampshire Grants, early name (1749–77) for Vermont, given because most of the early settlers came in under land grants from Benning Wentworth, the colonial governor of New…

Candice S. MILLER, Congress, MI (1954)

MILLER, Candice S., a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., on May 7, 1954; graduated from Lakeshore High School, St. Clair Shores, Mich.; attended Macomb County…

Clarence E. MILLER, Congress, OH (1917)

MILLER, Clarence E., a Representative from Ohio; born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, November 1, 1917; graduate of Fairfield County public schools; utility company electrical engineer,…

Daniel H. MILLER, Congress, PA (1846)

MILLER, Daniel H., a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., birth date unknown; elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress; reelected as a Jacksonian to…

Gary G. MILLER, Congress, CA (1948)

MILLER, Gary G., a Representative from California; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ark., October 16, 1948; attended California High School, Whitter, Calif.; attended Lowell High School, La…

Jesse MILLER, Congress, PA (1800-1850)

MILLER, Jesse, (father of William Henry Miller), a Representative from Pennsylvania; born near Landisburg, Perry County, Pa., in 1800; attended the common schools; first clerk to county…

John MILLER, Congress, MO (1781-1846)

MILLER, John, a Representative from Missouri; born near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va. (now West Virginia), November 25, 1781; attended the common schools; moved to Steubenville, Ohio,…

MILLER, John, Congress, NY (1774-1862)

MILLER, John, a Representative from New York; born in Amenia, Dutchess County, N.Y., November 10, 1774; attended the district school one year and a private classical school in Kent, Conn., for a…

John Ripin MILLER, Congress, WA (1938)

MILLER, John Ripin, a Representative from Washington; born in New York City, May 23, 1938; attended public schools and Friends Seminary, New York City; B.A., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa…