WITTE, William Henry, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Columbia, Morris County, N.J., October 4, 1817; moved to Springtown, Bucks County, Pa., and attended the common schools; moved…
ROSS, Sobieski, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Coudersport, Potter County, Pa., May 16, 1828; attended the common schools and Coudersport Academy; engaged in civil engineering and…
(Encyclopedia) Gray, John Chipman, 1839–1915, American lawyer and teacher, b. Brighton, Mass. A graduate of Harvard Law School (1861), he served in the Civil War and then entered law practice in…
(Encyclopedia) epicureanismepicureanismĕpˌĭky&oobreve;rēˈənĭzˌəm [key], philosophy that follows the teachings of Epicurus, who held that pleasure is the end of all morality and that real pleasure…
(Encyclopedia) Krusenstern, Adam Johann vonKrusenstern, Adam Johann vonäˈdäm yōˈhän fən kr&oomacr;ˈzənshtĕrn [key], 1770–1846, Russian navigator. From 1803 to 1806 he circumnavigated the globe.…
(Encyclopedia) Pitcher, Molly, 1744–1832, American Revolutionary heroine whose real name was Mary Ludwig Hays or Heis, b. near Trenton, N.J. As the wife of John Hays or Heis, she carried water for…
(Encyclopedia) Cecco d'AscoliCecco d'Ascolichĕkˈkō däsˈkōlē [key], 1269?–1327, Italian astrologer, mathematician, poet, and physician, whose real name was Francesco degli Stabili, b. Ascoli. A…
(Encyclopedia) Carmona, António Oscar de FragosoCarmona, António Oscar de Fragosoəntôˈnyō əshkärˈ dĭ frəgôˈs&oobreve; kərmôˈnə [key], 1869–1951, Portuguese general. One of the leaders of the…
(Encyclopedia) scalar, quantity or number possessing only sign and magnitude, e.g., the real numbers (see number), in contrast to vectors and tensors; scalars obey the rules of elementary algebra.…
