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Magenta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Magenta , town (1991 pop. 23,667), Lombardy, N Italy, near Milan. Manufactures...the Austrians, which opened the way to Milan. General MacMahon was made duke of Magenta by Napoleon III for his leading role in the battle.
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magenta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
magenta see fuchsin .
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Mellon, Annie Fairlamb (Mrs. J. B. Mellon) (ca. 1850-ca. 1938)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...experiments to obtain spirit molds (see plastics ). Unknown to Fairlamb, he mixed magenta dye with the paraffin. The molds were found to be tinted with magenta, which proved that they were not smuggled in ready-made. After touring the Continent...
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Marie Edmé Patrice de MacMahon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Algerian campaign, in the Crimean War, and in the Italian war of 1859. For his victory at Magenta (1859), Napoleon III created him duke of Magenta. He was governor-general (1864-70) of Algeria and a commander in the Franco-Prussian...
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Red Clover
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
...green leaves often have a splash of a pale green or white on each leaflet. The leaf margins are toothed. The red-purple or magenta-hued blossoms comprise numerous florets that form a globe-shaped flower on the end of the stalk. Red clover blooms throughout...
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George Segal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...painted with a white finish. Segal at times painted the surface of his sculptures, first in The Costume Party (1965), and more frequently in the mid-1970s—Couple on Black Bed (1976), Red Girl in Blanket (1975), and Magenta
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Risorgimento
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1858) and promised military aid against Austria. War broke out in 1859. The French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians at Magenta and caused them to retreat at Solferino. These victories were so costly, however, that Napoleon signed a separate armistice...
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Pierre Louis Charles de Failly
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pierre Louis Charles de Failly , 1810-92, French general. He fought in Algeria, in the Crimean War, and at Magenta and Solferino (1859) in the Italian War. Heading the French expeditionary forces to protect the Papal States, he defeated...
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buckminsterfullerene
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...are prepared in helium by passing about 150 amps through a carbon rod and extracting the soot with benzene; the resulting magenta solution contains C 60 and C 70 . See fullerene . Bibliography: See J. Baggot, Perfect Symmetry: The Accidental Discovery...
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Plastics (Spirit Markings)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...Davenport Brothers, William Eglinton, and Annie Fairlamb around the same time. T. P. Barkas of Newcastle, England, mixed magenta dye in the paraffin wax during experiments with Fairlamb in 1876. The gloves had traces of the dye. The psychical researcher...
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