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Ag
Ag symbol for the element silver . ... Read more
silver nitrate
silver nitrate , chemical compound, AgNO 3 , a colorless crystalline material that is very soluble in water. The most important compound of silver, it is used in the preparation of silver salts for photography , in chemical analysis, in silver plating, in inks and hair dyes, and to silver mirrors. ... Read more
silver
silver metallic chemical element; symbol Ag [Lat. argentum ]; at. no. 47; at. wt. 107.8682; m.p. 961.93°C; b.p. 2,212°C; sp. gr. 10.5 at 20°C; valence +1 or +2. Pure silver is nearly white, lustrous, soft, very ductile, malleable, and an excellent conductor of heat and electricity. In ... Read more
free silver
free silver in U.S. history, term designating the political movement for the unlimited coinage of silver. Origins of the Movement Free silver became a popular issue soon after the Panic of 1873, and it was a major issue in the next quarter century. The hard times of 1873-78 stimulated adv... Read more
German silver
German silver name for various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, sometimes also containing lead and tin. They were originally named for their silver-white color, but use of the term silver is now prohibited for alloys not containing that metal. German silver varies in composition, the percentag... Read more
amalgam
amalgam , alloy containing mercury . The alloy may be liquid or solid, depending on the proportion of mercury, although all naturally occurring amalgams, i.e., those of gold and silver, are solid. Amalgams are widely used. Silver, gold, and copper amalgams are used in dentistry, and tin amalgam i... Read more
amalgamation process
amalgamation process , in particular, a method to extract gold and silver from ores. The ore is crushed and treated with mercury , in which the metal dissolves. The amalgam is heated and the mercury evaporates, leaving pure gold or silver. The process has been criticized as an environmental and occ... Read more
Bland-Allison Act
Bland-Allison Act 1878, passed by the U.S. Congress to provide for freer coinage of silver. The original bill offered by Representative Richard P. Bland incorporated the demands of the Western radicals for free and unlimited coinage of silver. This was passed by the House but was unacceptable to th... Read more
coronet
coronet , head attire of a noble of high rank, worn on state occasions. It is inferior to the crown. British peers wear their coronets at the coronation of their sovereign. Although dukes wore coronets to mark their rank by the 14th cent., it was in the reign of Elizabeth I that individual patterns ... Read more
Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard , 1524-1585, French poet. As page, then squire, Ronsard seemed destined for a career at court both in France and abroad. However, deafness turned him to a more secluded and studious life at the Collège de Coqueret where he became leader of the Pléiade (see under Plei... Read more

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Horace Austin Warner Tabor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Horace Austin Warner Tabor Horace Austin Warner Tabor (1830-1899...great benefactor of Colorado. Horace Tabor was born in Orleans County...opening of the Leadville, Colo., silver mines. A fortunate grubstake...1934), and David Karsner, Silver Dollar: The Story of the Tabors...Additional ... Read more
Leadville
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1877, when the discovery of carbonates of lead with a high silver content again transformed Oro City into a boomtown. By...incorporation, Leadville had become one of the greatest silver camps in the world. In 1893, with the repeal of the Sherman Silver Act, silver mining collapsed; but in the late ... Read more
Latin literature
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Metamorphoses of Ovid , the Aeneid of Virgil , the lyrics of Horace , and the prose histories of Livy . The writings of Pliny...Elder) marked the reign of Trajan . The so-called ‘Silver Age’ (ad 98–138) saw the tragedies of Seneca... Read more
Pierre de Ronsard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...love, and death: sonnets on Petrarch, odes after Pindar and Horace, elegies, eclogues, and songs. Of his love poems the best-known...Ronsard (tr. 1924); biography by M. Bishop (1940); studies by I. Silver (1961 and 1971) and B. R. Leslie (1979). Read more
Cleveland, Grover
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...1893, Cleveland persuaded Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which he believed undermined the government's economic stability. In 1894, he vetoed a compromise silver measure, led an inept attempt at tariff reform, and sent...Foreign Relations: U.S. Relations with Latin America ; Free ... Read more
dentistry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body ...their teeth with cloth or sponges, and some even had gold or silver toothpicks. These were often hung round the owner's neck as...night. Took laudanum .’ In 1844, an American dentist, Horace Wells, was the first person to experience tooth extraction under... Read more
Mobility
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Destiny ” to settle the continent, Americans followed Horace Greeley's advice, “Go west, young man,” and sought...settlers bound for Oregon and California . Discovery of gold and silver stimulated further mobility, most notably the 1849 California... Read more
Mark Twain
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...traveled to Nevada, where he speculated carelessly in timber and silver mining. He settled down to newspaper work in Virginia City...the Holy Land, sending accounts to the California paper and to Horace Greeley's New York Tribune. They were fresh and racy, alert... Read more

Dictionary entries related to " Horace Silver"

golden
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...race lived in an ideal state, and which was succeeded by the silver, brazen, and iron ages. golden apple in Greek mythology, a...for death, deriving from Ecclesiastes, ‘Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher...originally as a translation of Latin aurea mediocritas ... Read more
Shorter, Wayne
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...was a jazz trumpeter with a more marginal career, Shorter began his professional life in 1956 with a stint in pianist Horace Silver's band, before being drafted into the army, which he served by playing in musical units stationed in New Jersey. Following... Read more
Brecker, Michael
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...a classical pianist. From 1973 to 1974, Michael earned mainstream jazz credits in the group helmed by jazz pianist Horace Silver, but the commercial success of the Brecker Brothers' urbane electric funk style — dubbed "heavy metal bebop... Read more
Rogers of Riverside, Richard George, The Lord
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Microprocessor Factory, Newport, Wales (1982). He refurbished Sir Horace Jones 's Billingsgate Market Building, London (1985–8). The...1996); Rogers & and Power (2000); Richard Rogers Partnership; Silver (1994); Sudjic (1986, 1995) Read more
Davis, Miles
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...to his parents' home and going cold turkey, Davis surged to the fore of the jazz scene, working with J. J. Johnson, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Milt Jackson, and others. After an acclaimed performance at the 1955 Newport Jazz... Read more
Capra, Frank
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Woods ; His Marriage Wow ; Plain Clothes ; Remember When? ; Horace Greeley Jr. ; The White Wing's Bride ; Lucky Stars ; There He...Stage (New York), 13 July 1936. "We Should All Be Actors," in Silver Screen (New York), September 1946. "Do I Make You Laugh?," in... Read more

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General Horace M. Wade.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; 1/1/2004; 529 words ; GENERAL HORACE M. WADE Retired Oct. 31, 1973. Died June 14, 2001. General Horace Milton Wade is vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force. He was...include the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished... Read more
Brigadier General Horace W. Miller.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; 1/1/2004; 652 words ; BRIGADIER GENERAL HORACE W. MILLER Retired Sep. 1, 1981. Brigadier General Horace W. Miller is commander, Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force, with...General Miller's military decorations and awards include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished... Read more
Major General Horace A. Hanes.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; 1/1/2004; 641 words ; MAJOR GENERAL HORACE A. HANES Retired Jan. 1, 1973. Major General Horace A. Hanes is vice commander, Aerospace Defense Command, Ent...military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Distinguished... Read more
Brigadier General Horace D. Aynesworth.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
Newspaper article from: U.S. Air Force Military Biographies; 1/1/2004; 469 words ; BRIGADIER GENERAL HORACE D. AYNESWORTH Retired Jan. 31, 1968. Died Oct. 22, 1995. General Aynesworth...Italy, that Colonel Aynesworth won the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star Medal, and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. Colonel... Read more
Addition to the silver story. (Letters).(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 7/1/2003; ; 97 words ; ...and save them all. Regarding the January/February column on silver, I wanted to share a story--which I assume to be true--about...name of the town of Globe, Arizona. In Apache Vengeance, by Horace T. Pierce (University of New Mexico Press, 1954), a footnote...when a prospector found a globe-shaped boulder of ... Read more
A service for wine. (Macclesfield silver)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...with the date letter for 1719/20. Massive, theatrical silver displayed in the dining room was familiar from the Middle...OMITTED]. The fountain and cistern are now on display in the silver galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London...service will be part of one of the most sumptuous arrays of ... Read more
Missouri silver.(Books about antiques)(Missouri's Silver Age: Silversmiths of the 1800s)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...indulgent reflection is by way of introducing Missouri's Silver Age: Silversmiths of the 1800s by Norman Mack, who, with his late wife Beatrice, resolved to acquire at least one piece of silver by every known Missouri silversmith. They gave what they...arranged alphabetically from Adriance, Edward, to ... Read more
Minerals of the Wolftone mine: Leadville Mining District, Lake County, Colorado.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...described in numerous publications, is one of the most famous silver mining camps in the United States. For an in-depth study...individuals millionaires, mostly from the profits of the rich silver mines that produced more than 250 million ounces of silver during the life of the Leadville camp. Possibly ... Read more
Incidental Music.(Poem)
Magazine article from: The Literary Review; 3/22/2002; ; 292 words ; Incidental Music for A. K. Ramanujan i. stylus bobbing above dark vinyl like a dragonfly, Mozart, then Horace Silver, their bright waters, onyx spun across shale; it must have been the basement used record store on Hyde Park Blvd, hubcaps and wheel-lu... Read more
Journal contributors noted at PSA conference in Tucson. (Photographic Society of America; Tucson, Arizona)
Magazine article from: PSA Journal; 10/1/1996; ; 470 words ; ...normally presented at Chapter or other appropriate gatherings. Silver Stars are awarded at the 200 and 400 point levels. A Gold...are presented at the Annual Conference whenever possible. Silver Stars Presented at the Conference: Mary Ellen Brucker...contributor of news and feature materials. This is her Second ... Read more