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Pamplona Pamplona
Pamplona , city (1990 pop. 183,525), capital of Navarre , N Spain, on the Arga River. An older spelling is Pampeluna. It is an important communications, agricultural, and industrial center, manufacturing crafts, paper, and chemicals. The Univ. of Navarre (1952) is there. An ancient city of the ... Read more
Carlsbad Carlsbad
Carlsbad . 1 City (1990 pop. 63,126), San Diego co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast; settled in the 1880s, inc. 1952. Carlsbad is a booming San Diego suburb; its population more than tripled from 1970 to 1990. It has electronic and aircraft industries, machine shops, and a silica quarry. Major... Read more
California Gold Rush California Gold Rush
GOLD RUSH, CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, CALIFORNIA. When James Marshall looked into the American River and saw gold alongside John Sutter's sawmill on 24 January 1848, he unintentionally initiated a set of events that dramatically transformed both California and the United States.... Read more
John Hamilton 1st marquess of Hamilton John Hamilton 1st marquess of Hamilton
Hallé Orchestra. Manchester's prin. sym. orch., founded 1858 by Charles Hallé, after success of series of orch. concerts at 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition. Hallé remained cond. (and proprietor and prin. pf. soloist) until death in 1895. In interregnum Frederic Cowen was cond. until... Read more
spas spas
spas were places with springs or wells containing salts which were claimed to improve the physical, mental, and spiritual health of people drinking or bathing in the waters. The term became current during the 17th cent. to describe towns which emulated Spa in the Ardennes in Belgium which had just... Read more
Jakob Philipp Hackert Jakob Philipp Hackert
Hackert, Jakob Philipp (b Prenzlau, 15 Sept. 1737; d San Pietro di Carreggio, nr. Florence, 24 Apr. 1807). German landscape painter, active in Italy from 1768. In 1786 he became court painter to Ferdinand IV of Naples. He was a sensitive upholder of the ideal landscape tradition of Claude, which... Read more
Ball-of-Light International Data Exchange Ball-of-Light International Data Exchange
Ball-of-Light International Data Exchange (BOLIDE) A now-defunct project that shared and disseminated information relating to balls of light, with a wide scope of inquiry including ball-lightning, marsh lights, will o' the wisp, and séance room phenomena. The project coordinator was Hilary... Read more
Francesco Trevisani Francesco Trevisani
Trevisani, Francesco (b Capodistria, nr. Trieste [now Cape of Istra, Slovenia], 9 Apr. 1656; d Rome, 30 July 1746). Italian painter, trained in Venice and active in Rome from about 1678. After the death of Maratta in 1713, he succeeded him as ‘the most famous, prosperous and prolific painter... Read more
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country houses. The country house was the focal point and symbol of the ascendancy of the gentry and aristocracy in the period between the Glorious Revolution and the First World War. It no longer had military significance. It was not a castle, did not need moats or peel towers, and had no... Read more
Brook Farm Brook Farm
Brook Farm 1841-47, an experimental farm at West Roxbury, Mass., based on cooperative living. Founded by George Ripley , a Unitarian minister, the farm was initially financed by a joint-stock company with 24 shares of stock at $500 per share. Each member was to take part in the manual labor in an... Read more

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