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Modern Movement Modern Movement
Modern Movement. C20 architectural movement (also called Modernism) that sought to sunder all stylistic and historic links with the past. While C19 theorists sought to find a style suitable for the times, the methods attempted to achieve this involved eclecticism and mingling of styles to produce... Read more
United States International Trade Commission United States International Trade Commission
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The Celestial Railroad The Celestial Railroad
Celestial Railroad, The, allegorical tale by Hawthorne, published in 1843 and collected in Mosses from an Old Manse (1846).The narrator travels the way of Christian in Pilgrim's Progress, from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City. Instead of going afoot, he finds that modern achievement has... Read more
inquest inquest
inquest in law, a body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The term also refers to the inquiry itself as well as to the findings of the inquiry. The most usual form of inquest today is that conducted by the coroner to discover the cause of a death that was sudden, violent, or... Read more
Philosophy of mind Philosophy of mind
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND The mind seems to occupy a special place in the world. It is the seat of thought and feeling, of rationality and moral concern. Is it fundamentally different from the other things we find in the natural world? Is it possible for the mind to be investigated scientifically? Can one... Read more
transmutation of elements transmutation of elements
transmutation of elements conversion of one chemical element into another. The expression has both historical and contemporary significance. The transmutation of certain metals into gold by means of a substance called the philosopher's stone was one of the two most ambitious quests of the... Read more
Herculaneum Herculaneum
Herculaneum , ancient city of S Italy, on the gulf of Naples at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius. Damaged by an earthquake in AD 63, it was completely buried, along with Pompeii , by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79. Before the earthquake, it was a popular Roman resort and residential town... Read more
Chester Floyd Carlson Chester Floyd Carlson
Chester Floyd Carlson 1906-68, American inventor; b. Seattle, Wash. A patent lawyer, he invented (1938) xerography , a method of electrostatic printing. For the next two decades he struggled to find a company that would produce his copying machine, finally finding the Haloid Co., which first... Read more

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