Ginkgophyta
Ginkgophyta The division of
gymnosperms that includes only the extant
Ginkgo biloba (maidenhair tree) and its extinct relatives. The first undoubted maidenhairs occur in
Triassic rocks, and in the subsequent
Jurassic Period their distribution was practically worldwide. The surviving species is restricted (in the wild) to China, and its leaves are strikingly similar to fossil
Ginkgo leaves from the Triassic. The restricted geographical range, the unchanged appearance of the leaves, and the
motile male sperms (otherwise known only in living seed plants in the
Cycadales) have together led to the maidenhair being referred to as a ‘living fossil’.
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Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/11/1987; 400 words
; Q. Years ago the expression "Coxey's Army" was often heard. I...meaning. B.W., West Roxbury A. Coxey's Army was a group of unemployed...stirred by the impassioned pleas of Jacob Sechler Coxey, marched on Washington in 1894...
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Coxey, Jacob Sechler
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
COXEY, JACOB SECHLER Jacob Sechler Coxey (1854 – 1951) was a successful manufacturer and...Illustrated , 29, March/April 1994. Howson, Embrey Bernard. Jacob Sechler Coxey: A Biography of a Monetary Reformer . New York: Arno Press...
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Jacob Sechler Coxey
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jacob Sechler Coxey The American reformer and eccentric Jacob Sechler Coxey (1854-1951) was a well-to-do businessman who, distressed...
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The 1950s: Lifestyles and Social Trends: Deaths
Book article from: American Decades
...K. Coulter, 80, founder of the Big Brother movement to guide and protect boys, 1 May 1952. Jacob Sechler Coxey, 97, "general" who led "Coxey's Army" of unemployed in a march on Washington from Massillon, Ohio, in 1894, 18 May 1951...
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