(Encyclopedia) CappadociaCappadociakăpədōˈshə [key], ancient region of Asia Minor, watered by the Halys River (the modern Kizil Irmak), in present E central Turkey. The name was applied at different…
(Encyclopedia) projective geometry, branch of geometry concerned with those properties of geometric figures that remain invariant under projection. The basic elements are points, lines, and planes,…
(Encyclopedia) Amis, Sir KingsleyAmis, Sir Kingsleyāˈmĭs [key], 1922–95, English novelist. He attended St. John's College, Oxford (B.A., 1949) and for some 20 years taught at Oxford, Swansea, and…
The fourth Sunday in Lent, when the Pope blesses the “Golden Rose.” He dips it in balsam, sprinkles it with holy water, and incenses it. Strange as it may seem, Pope Julius II., in 1510,…
All-AroundYear Points1900 Gustave Sandras, FRA 3021904 Julius Lenhart, AUT 69.801906 Pierre Payssé, FRA 97.01908 Alberto Braglia, ITA 317.01912 Alberto Braglia, ITA 135.01920 Giorgio…
From the teeth outwards. Merely talk; without real significance. “Much of the ... talk about General Gordon lately was only from the teeth outwards.” —The Daily News, 1886. To set one's…
From planet to pet names, hurricane to Spanish place names Personal Names Most Popular First Names In 1900, John and Mary topped the list; a hundred years later it was Jacob and…
How we structure time
The two natural cycles on which time measurements are based are the year and the day. The year is defined as the time required for Earth to complete one revolution around the…
See the interactive periodic table.
Although some elements, such as gold and iron, have been known to humans since prehistoric times, it wasn't until the 17th century that the…
