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arsenopyrite

(Encyclopedia)arsenopyrite mĭsˈpĭkəl [key], silver-white to steel-gray mineral with the metallic luster characteristic of a pyrite. It is a sulfarsenide of iron, FeAsS, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system ...

Heidenstam, Verner von

(Encyclopedia)Heidenstam, Verner von vĕrˈnər fən hāˈdənstäm [key], 1859–1940, Swedish lyric poet, novelist, and essayist. His first volume of poetry, Pilgrimage and Wanderyears (1888), challenged the cont...

Hesselius, Gustavus

(Encyclopedia)Hesselius, Gustavus hĕsēˈlēəs [key], 1682–1755, American portrait painter, b. Sweden, settled c.1712 in Philadelphia. He was the earliest portrait painter and organ builder in the United States...

Fürth

(Encyclopedia)Fürth fürt [key], city, Bavaria, S Germany, at the confluence of the Rednitz and Pegnitz ri...

Ingolstadt

(Encyclopedia)Ingolstadt ĭngˈgôlshtät [key], city, Bavaria, S central Germany, on the Danube River. It is a ...

Picard, Jean

(Encyclopedia)Picard, Jean, 1620–82, French astronomer, noted for having made the first accurate measurement of a degree of the earth's meridian. The figures he established were of great value to Newton in his ca...

Romsdalen

(Encyclopedia)Romsdalen ro͞omsˈdälˌĕn [key], valley, c.60 mi (100 km) long, in Møre og Romsdal co., SW Norway, flanked by the mountains of Dovrefjell. It is an ancient passage from the western coast to S Norw...

Tromp, Cornelis

(Encyclopedia)Tromp, Cornelis kôrnāˈlĭs trômp [key], 1629–91, Dutch admiral in the second and third of the Dutch Wars; son of Maarten Tromp. In 1665 he was made commander of the Dutch fleet, but he was repla...

Wolin

(Encyclopedia)Wolin or Wollin both: vôˈlēn [key], island, 95 sq mi (246 sq km), off the coast of Pomerania, in the Baltic Sea, and belonging to Poland. Wolin is separated from the mainland by the Zalew Szczeciń...

Cesis

(Encyclopedia)Cesis tsāˈsēs, –zēz [key], Ger. Wenden, town, central Latvia, on the Gauja River. It is...