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(Encyclopedia)Viminal, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome. ...Caelian
(Encyclopedia)Caelian, hill: see Rome before Augustus under Rome. ...Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902–74, American aviator
(Encyclopedia)Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1902–74, American aviator who made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight, b. Detroit; son of Charles A. Lindbergh (1859–1924). He left the Univ. of Wisconsin (1...Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3d duke of
(Encyclopedia)Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3d duke of, 1735–1811, British statesman. After serving as a secretary of state (1765–66), he became first lord of the treasury in Lord Chatham's administration (1...Heathfield, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Heathfield, 1st Baron: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar. ...Esquiline
(Encyclopedia)Esquiline, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome. ...Palatine, hill, Rome
(Encyclopedia)Palatine, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome. ...Campus Martius
(Encyclopedia)Campus Martius: under Rome see Rome before Augustus; Roman Empire; Renaissance and Modern Rome. ...emperor
(Encyclopedia)emperor [Lat. imperator=one holding supreme power, especially applied to generals], the sovereign head of an empire. In the Roman republic the term imperator referred to the chief military commander a...Colorado School of Mines
(Encyclopedia)Colorado School of Mines, at Golden; state supported, coeducational; chartered 1874. It was one of the first mineral engineering schools in the United States. It owns extensive experimental and resear...Browse by Subject
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