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blueprint
blueprint white-on-blue photographic print, commonly of a working drawing used during building or manufacturing. The plan is first drawn to scale on a special paper or tracing cloth through which light can penetrate. The drawing is then placed over blueprint paper, prepared with a mixture of potass...
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Three Emperors' League
Three Emperors' League informal alliance among Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia, announced officially in 1872 on the occasion of the meeting of emperors Francis Joseph, William I, and Alexander II. The chief architects of the alliance were Julius Andrássy, Otto von Bismarck, and Prince G...
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Alexander
Alexander 1888-1934, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34), son and successor of Peter I . Of the Karadjordjević family, he was educated in Russia and became crown prince of Serbia upon the renunciation (1909) of the succession by his brother George. He led Serbian forces in the Balkan War of 1912, be...
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Leopold III
Leopold III 1901-83, king of the Belgians (1934-51), son and successor of Albert I . In 1936, Leopold announced a fundamental change in foreign policy; Belgium abandoned its military alliance with France in favor of a return to neutrality. In May, 1940, Germany—which in 1937 had guaranteed B...
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Triple Alliance
Triple Alliance in European history, any of several coalitions. 1 The Triple Alliance of 1668 was formed by the Netherlands, England, and Sweden against France after Louis XIV had invaded the Spanish Netherlands in the War of Devolution . Largely because of the initiative of the Dutch statesman ...
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citric acid
citric acid or 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, HO 2 CCH 2 C(OH)(CO 2 H)CH 2 CO 2 H, an organic carboxylic acid containing three carboxyl groups ; it is a solid at room temperature, melts at 153°C, and decomposes at higher temperatures. It is responsible for the tart taste of var...
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William II
William II 1859-1941, emperor of Germany and king of Prussia (1888-1918), son and successor of Frederick III and grandson of William I of Germany and of Queen Victoria of England.
Early Life
William was early alienated from his liberal-minded parents by his belief in the divine nature of ...
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League of Augsburg
League of Augsburg defensive alliance formed (1686) by Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I with various German states, including Bavaria and the Palatinate, and with Sweden and Spain so far as their German interests were concerned. It was an acknowledgment of a community of German feeling against French e...
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Richard Neville Warwick, earl of
Richard Neville Warwick, earl of , 1428-71, English nobleman, called the Kingmaker. Through his grandfather, Ralph Neville, 1st earl of Westmorland , he had connections with the house of Lancaster; he was also the nephew of Cecily Neville, wife of Richard, duke of York . Through his wife, Anne de ...
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Smithson Tennant
Smithson Tennant 1761-1815, English chemist. In 1796 he proved, by burning a diamond, that the diamond consists solely of carbon. In 1804 he announced his discovery of osmium and iridium.
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