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Orest Kiprensky
Kiprensky, Orest (b Oranienbaum district, Petersburg province, 24 Mar. 1782; d Rome, 24 Oct. 1836). Russian painter, active for much of his career in Italy. He was the leading Russian portraitist of the Romantic era, combining the then fashionable attitude of ‘Byronic’ melancholy with... Read more |
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2 4-D (Herbicide)
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) See AUXIN.... Read more |
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pony express
pony express in U.S. history, relay mail service. At its inception in Apr., 1860, the pony express operated between St. Joseph, Mo., the western end of a telegraph line, and Sacramento, Calif. Riders carried the mail a distance of nearly 2,000 mi (3,200 km) in about eight days, often traveling... Read more |
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day
day period of time for the earth to rotate once on its axis. The ordinary day, or solar day, is measured relative to the sun, being the time between successive passages of the sun over a stationary observer's celestial meridian . The length of a solar day varies during the course of a year, so... Read more |
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Achille-Etna Michallon
Michallon, Achille-Etna (b Paris, 22 Oct. 1796; d Paris, 24 Sept. 1822). French landscape painter, the first artist to win the Prix de Rome in the historical landscape category that was established in 1817. He was a pupil of David and Valenciennes and in his turn taught Corot, who was influenced by... Read more |
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Slipknot
SLIPKNOT Formed: 1995, Des Moines, Iowa Members: Paul Grey, bass (born Los Angeles, California, 2 October 1974); Craig Jones, keyboards (born Des Moines, Iowa, 5 July 1972); Corey Taylor, vocals (born Des Moines, Iowa, 8 December 1976); Joey Jordison, drums (born Des Moines, Iowa, 26 April... Read more |
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Damiana
Damiana Description Damiana, of the Turneraceae plant family, is an aromatic shrub with small yellow flowers that grows on dry, sunny, rocky hillsides in south Texas, Southern California, Mexico, and Central America. The two species used in herbal healing, both of which are referred to as damiana,... Read more |
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Lillehammer
Lillehammer , town (1995 pop. 24,170), capital of Oppland co., S Norway, at the northern end of Lake Mjøsa. It is a commercial center for the fertile Gudbrandsdalen valley and is a popular summer and winter resort. Its open-air museum, Maihaugen (founded 1887), features complete farms,... Read more |
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John Harrison
Harrison, John (b. Foulby, Yorkshire, England, 24 March [?] 1693; d. London, England, 24 March 1776) horology. Harrison Read more |
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Prenatal diagnosis
Antepartum testing Definition Antepartum testing involves the use of electronic fetal monitoring(EFM) or ultrasound (US) to assess fetal well-being as determined by the fetal heart rate (FHR) and other characteristics during the antepartal period, which is the period ... Read more |
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