Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…
(Encyclopedia) Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E.Erlenmeyer, Richard A. C. E.ĕrˈlənmīˌər [key], 1825–1909, German chemist. He studied at Giessen under Justus von Liebig and at Heidelberg under Friedrich…
The devil. (See Harry.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Old HumphreyOld Hands A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…
(Encyclopedia) ShimodaShimodashĭmōˈdä [key], town (1990 pop. 30,081), Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, at the south extremity of Izu peninsula, on Shimoda Bay. It is an important port…
TERRELL James C. , a Representative from Georgia;
born in Franklin County, Ga., November 7, 1806;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar by an act of the legislature and practiced in Carnesville,…
(Encyclopedia) Chandler, Zachariah, 1813–79, U.S. Senator from Michigan (1857–75, 1879) and Secretary of the Interior (1875–77), b. Bedford, N.H. He moved to Detroit in 1833 and through merchandising…
