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Heathfield, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Heathfield, 1st Baron: see Eliott, George Augustus, 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar. ...alpha particle
(Encyclopedia)alpha particle, one of the three types of radiation resulting from natural radioactivity. Alpha radiation (or alpha rays) was distinguished and named by E. R. Rutherford in 1909, who found by measurin...Delaware, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Delaware dĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], city (2020 pop. 41,302), seat of Delaware co., central Ohio, on the ...Hoar, George Frisbie
(Encyclopedia)Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826–1904, American legislator, b. Concord, Mass. He practiced law, became a Republican in politics, and was U.S. Representative (1869–77) and U.S. Senator (1877–1904). Hoa...electron
(Encyclopedia)electron, elementary particle carrying a unit charge of negative electricity. Ordinary electric current is the flow of electrons through a wire conductor (see electricity). The electron is one of the ...Grey, Sir George
(Encyclopedia)Grey, Sir George, 1812–98, British colonial administrator. He explored the Swan River district in NW Australia (1838) and later was governor of South Australia (1841–45) and of New Zealand (1845â€...Warner, Susan Bogert
(Encyclopedia)Warner, Susan Bogert, pseud. Elizabeth Wetherall, 1819–85, American novelist, b. New York City. Of her many books the best known was The Wide, Wide World (1850), a pious, tearful tale of an orphan. ...Ashburton, John Dunning, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Ashburton, John Dunning, 1st Baron: see Dunning, John, 1st Baron Ashburton. ...druids
(Encyclopedia)druids droÍžoˈÄdz [key], priests of ancient Celtic Britain, Ireland, and Gaul and probably of all ancient Celtic peoples, known to have existed at least since the 3d cent. BC. Information about them...Atholston, Hugh Graham, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Atholston, Hugh Graham, 1st Baron ăthˈəlstən [key], 1848–1938, Canadian newspaper publisher. He was the founder and proprietor (1869) of the evening paper the Montreal Star, which became Canada'...Browse by Subject
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