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Seaman Asahel Knapp Seaman Asahel Knapp
Seaman Asahel Knapp Seaman Asahel Knapp (1833-1911), American educator and agricultural pioneer, was the founder of the Farmers Cooperative Work Division of the Department of Agriculture. Seaman Knapp was born at Schroon Lake, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1833. He graduated from Troy Academy in 1853... Read more
artesian well artesian well
artesian well deep drilled well through which water is forced upward under pressure. The water in an artesian well flows from an aquifer, which is a layer of very porous rock or sediment, usually sandstone, capable of holding and transmitting large quantities of water. The geologic conditions... Read more
Mohawk Valley Mohawk Valley
MOHAWK VALLEY MOHAWK VALLEY. Situated in east central New York State, the Mohawk Valley runs 148 miles (east-west) and is created by the Mohawk River. The Mohawk Valley has played an influential historical role in human settlement, migration, and transportation. Home to many nations of the... Read more
Zambezi Zambezi
Zambezi , river, c.1,700 mi (2,740 km) long, rising in NW Zambia, S central Africa, and flowing in an S-shaped course generally E through E Angola, along the Zambia-Zimbabwe border, and through central Mozambique to the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean, near Chinde. The upper Zambezi flows... Read more
Plattsburgh Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh city (1990 pop. 21,255), seat of Clinton co., NE N.Y., on Lake Champlain; settled 1767, inc. 1902. It is a trade and distribution point, with plants making transportation equipment, paper, and plastics. The city is also a summer vacation center, attracting Canadians as well as... Read more
Palm Beach Palm Beach
Palm Beach town (1990 pop. 9,814), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on a barrier beach between the Atlantic Ocean and Lake Worth (a lagoon); inc. 1911. It is a well-known resort of the wealthy, with many fine estates, luxurious hotels, and yachting facilities. In the winter its population expands to much... Read more
Court of Arches Court of Arches
Arches, Court of. This was one of the ecclesiastical courts. Before and after the Reformation, appeal from the consistory court of the diocese lay to the court of one of the two archbishops, York or Canterbury. The Court of Arches was the court of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It sat in the church... Read more
missionary activity missionary activity
missionary activity. Along with evangelical zeal, an element often present in missionary work has been rivalry between Christian sects. Perhaps the first missionary to post-Roman Britain was Germanus, sent over in 429 by Pope Celestine I to combat the Pelagian heresy. Nor was rivalry long in... Read more
Clement Clarke Moore Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore 1779-1863, American educator and poet, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1798. A biblical scholar, he was professor of Asian and Greek literature at the Episcopal General Theological Seminary, erected in New York City on land that he had donated. He is remembered for the... Read more
Sara Sara
Sara ETHNONYM: Kirdi Orientation Identification. "Sara" is the term employed by outsiders to refer to a group of non-Muslim tribes in southern Chad, all of whom speak mutually intelligible dialects. Each tribe is a distinct geographic, political, and endogamous entity. Major tribes are... Read more

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