|
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries: |
Research categories | Follow us on Twitter |
Research categories
View all topics in the newsView all reference sources at Encyclopedia.com |
|||
|
Al Green (American congressional representative)
... Read more |
|
|
Parren J. Mitchell
Parren J. Mitchell 1922–2007Congressional representative In 1970 Parren J. Mitchell became Maryland's first African-American congressman, and the first African-American congressman elected below the Mason-Dixon Line since 1898. During his sixteen years in Congress, he served as chair to the... Read more |
|
|
American Geographical Society
American Geographical Society (AGS), oldest geographical society in the United States, founded 1852 in New York City. Its purpose is to advance the science of geography through discussion and publication. The society maintains its collection in the library at the Univ. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.... Read more |
|
|
John Winthrop (scientist)
John Winthrop 1714-79, American scientist, b. Boston, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1732. Because of his study of earthquakes, he is sometimes called the founder of seismology. He made scientific observations of sunspots and other astronomical phenomena, lectured on electricity, and was the first important... Read more |
|
|
astronomical
... Read more |
|
|
review
... Read more |
|
|
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. Founded in 1701, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, sometimes called the Venerable Society, conducted the foreign mission work of the Anglican Church... Read more |
|
|
Edward Emerson Barnard
Edward Emerson Barnard 1857-1923, American astronomer, b. Nashville, Tenn., grad. Vanderbilt Univ., 1887. From 1887 to 1895 he was astronomer at Lick Observatory in California, and from 1895 he was professor of practical astronomy at the Univ. of Chicago and astronomer at Yerkes Observatory. The... Read more |
|
|
Congressional Black Caucus
BLACK CAUCUS, CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS, CONGRESSIONAL (CBC), was formed in 1971 by African American members of the U.S. House of Representatives, with the specific aim of challenging President Richard Nixon's conservative civil rights and social welfare policies. Dominated through 2002 by... Read more |
|
Project Mohole
Project Mohole program proposed in 1957 to drill a hole down to the boundary between the crust and the mantle , known as the Mohorovičić discontinuity at about 4 to 43 mi (7 to 70 km) below the earth's surface. Initiated by the American Miscellaneous Society, a loose organization of... Read more |
|
Posner, Richard A. The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy.(Book review)
...words; he calls it a "Depression...books in support of his thesis...deterioration of the American economy. The astronomical debt incurred...defects in the American political...welfare of society. Ethics...whether the congressional accords reached...culture of the ... |
|
Industry attacks Senate tobacco bill. (tobacco industry)
...attracted the support of the Clinton...to fight the congressional action. The...It will take calls, letters and...the proposed "astronomical" increase in...respect to Native Americans selling tobacco...over nonNative American retailers. The Society of Independent...contain ... |
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries:
HighBeam™ Research, Inc. © Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
The Encyclopedia.com advertising network includes:
