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Helkath-hazzurim

(Encyclopedia)Helkath-hazzurim hĕlˈkăth–hăzhˈo͝orĭm [key], in the Bible, field, where 12 champions of David fought 12 champions of Ish-bosheth. ...

Callirrhoë

(Encyclopedia)Callirrhoë kəlĭrˈōē [key]: see Alcmaeon. ...

Frederick III, Holy Roman emperor and German king

(Encyclopedia)Frederick III, 1415–93, Holy Roman emperor (1452–93) and German king (1440–93). With his brother Albert VI he inherited the duchies of Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola. He became head of the hous...

electret

(Encyclopedia)electret, solid electrically insulating, or dielectric, material that has acquired a long-lasting electrostatic polarization. Electrets are produced by heating certain dielectric materials to a high t...

Perrine

(Encyclopedia)Perrine pərīnˈ [key], uninc. town (1990 pop. 15,576), Dade co., SE Fla., a growing residential suburb of Miami, in a fruit- and vegetable-packing area. ...

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

(Encyclopedia)South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, at Rapid City; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1887 as Dakota School of Mines, renamed 1943. Of note are an engineering and mining e...

Friedmann, Meir

(Encyclopedia)Friedmann, Meir mīˈər frētˈmän [key], 1831–1908, Hungarian Jewish scholar. He made important contributions in the field of scientific criticism of rabbinical texts. Friedmann's editions of the...

Folger Shakespeare Library

(Encyclopedia)Folger Shakespeare Library fōlˈjər [key]: see under Folger, Henry Clay. ...

Scunthorpe

(Encyclopedia)Scunthorpe, city (1991 pop. 79,043), in the Parts of Lindsey, North Lincolnshire, E England. Situated on an ironstone field, Scunthorpe was a center of iron and steel manufacture from the early 1900s,...

tesla

(Encyclopedia)tesla tĕsˈlə [key], unit of magnetic flux density: see under weber. ...