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Periodic Table of the Elements: Xenon

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Xenon ...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Ytterbium

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Ytterbium ...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Yttrium

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Yttrium ...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Zinc

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Zinc ...

Periodic Table of the Elements: Zirconium

(Encyclopedia)Periodic Table of the Elements: Zirconium ...

Peter, epistles of the New Testament

(Encyclopedia)Peter, two letters of the New Testament, classified among the Catholic (or General) Epistles. Each opens with a statement of authorship by the apostle St. Peter. First Peter, the longer book, is addre...

Wölfflin, Heinrich

(Encyclopedia)Wölfflin, Heinrich hīnˈrĭkh völfˈlĭn [key], 1864–1945, Swiss art historian. Wölfflin's formal stylistic analysis of motifs and composition in art combined cultural history and psychological ...

Eight, the

(Encyclopedia)Eight, the, group of American artists in New York City, formed in 1908 to exhibit paintings. They were men of widely different tendencies, held together mainly by their common opposition to academism....

Downs, The

(Encyclopedia)Downs, The, roadstead, c.8 mi (13 km) long and 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, between North Foreland and South Foreland, off Deal, Kent, SE England, in the English Channel. It is protected, except from strong so...

Comoros, the

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Comoros, the kŏmˈərōs [key], officially Union of the Comoros (2020 est. pop. 869,601), 838 sq mi ...