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midsummer day and midsummer night
midsummer day and midsummer night names given to the feast of the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) and the preceding night (St. John's Eve, June 23). Because midsummer is about the time of the solstice, it has been associated with solar ceremonies since long before Christianity. Relics of... Read more |
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Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (in German folklore) the night of April 30 (May Day's eve), when witches meet on the Brocken mountain and hold revels with the Devil. It is named after St Walburga, an English nun who in the 8th century helped to convert the Germans to Christianity; her feast day coincided with an... Read more |
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Night vision devices
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A Midsummer Nights Dream
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Night of the Long Knives
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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht [Ger.,=night of crystal], in German history, the night of Nov. 9, 1938, a night of violence against Jews and of destruction of the businesses and other property belonging to them. The name is a reference to the broken glass that resulted from the destruction. Using the pretext of the... Read more |
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Allan Rex Sandage
Allan Rex Sandage Astronomer Allan Rex Sandage (born 1926) took it as his life's work to find out how old and how large the universe is. His work led him to conclude the universe is 15 billion to 20 billion years old. Sandage is credited with the discovery of quasars, small blue cosmic objects... Read more |
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Valhalla
Valhalla or Walhalla , in Norse mythology, Odin's hall for slain heroes. This martial paradise was one of the most beautiful halls of Asgard . The dead warriors, brought to Valhalla by the Valkyries, fought during the day and feasted at night.... Read more |
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Barnaby
Barnaby male forename.Barnaby bright, Barnaby bright, The longest day and the shortest night traditional rhyme marking the feast of St Barnabas, recorded from the mid 17th century. In the Old of Chancery calendar St Barnabas' Day, 11 June, was reckoned the longest day on the year.Barnaby Rudge... Read more |
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sidereal time
sidereal time (ST), time measured relative to the fixed stars; thus, the sidereal day is the period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis so that some chosen star appears twice on the observer's celestial meridian . Because the earth moves in its orbit about the sun, the... Read more |
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