Julian Day calendar
(Encyclopedia) Julian Day calendar, system of astronomical dating that allows the difference between two dates to be calculated more easily than conventional civil calendars with their uneven months. It was devised ...
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Bamboccianti
(Encyclopedia) Bamboccianti: see Laer, Pieter van.
magnetosphere
(Encyclopedia) magnetosphere: see Van Allen radiation belts.
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Bamboccio, Il
(Encyclopedia) Bamboccio, Il: see Laer, Pieter van.
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Hook of Holland
(Encyclopedia) Hook of Holland: see Hoek van Holland.
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Gherardo delle Notti
(Encyclopedia) Gherardo delle Notti: see Honthorst, Gerrit van.
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Vandyke, Sir Anthony
(Encyclopedia) Vandyke, Sir Anthony: see Van Dyck, Sir Anthony.
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Geertgen tot Sint Jans
(Encyclopedia) Geertgen tot Sint Jans gārtˈgən tôt sĭnt yäns [key], fl. latter half of 15th cent., Dutch painter. Geertgen is the earliest painter of record in Haarlem. He may have gone to Ghent and had some c...
Korean War
(Encyclopedia) Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Kor...
Bruges
(Encyclopedia) Bruges
brŭˈgə, Du. brüpstr;khə
[key],
city,
capital of West Flan...
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