(Encyclopedia) Macy, Anne Sullivan, 1866–1936, American educator, friend and teacher of Helen Keller, b. Feeding Hills, Mass. Placed in Tewksbury almshouse (1876), she was later admitted (1880) to…
Works thrown up by an army in besieging or defending a fortress, or in strengthening its position. “Earth-forts, and especially field works, will hereafter play an important part in wars…
Day of business. Thus, a clergyman jocosely calls a “kept festival” his field-day. A military term, meaning a day when a regiment is taken to the fields for practice. Source: Dictionary…
Any officer between captain and a general officer. A major or a lieutenant-colonel may be a field officer, being qualified to command whole battalions, or a “field.” Source: Dictionary…
or Field of View. The space in a telescope, microscope, stereoscope, etc., within which the object is visible. If the object is not distinctly visible, it must be brought into the field by…
(Encyclopedia) Gravelot, HubertGravelot, Hubertübĕrˈ grävlōˈ [key], 1699–1772, French engraver. Gravelot was instrumental in introducing the French rococo pictorial tradition to England. The books he…
The FieldsWitter BynnerThough wisdom underfoot
Dies in the bloody fields,
Slowly the endless root
Gathers again and yields.In fields where hate has hurled
Its force, where folly rots,…
CHENOWETH-HAGE Helen P. , a Representative from Idaho; born in Topeka, Kans., January 27,
1938; graduated Grants Pass High School, Grants Pass, Oreg.; attended Whitworth
College, Spokane, Wash.;…
Neptune's magnetic field is tilted 47° from the planet's rotation axis and is offset at least 0.55 radii, about 8,500 mi (13,500 km) from the physical center. The dynamo electric currents produced…
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