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town (1991 pop. 17,964), county seat of Sligo, N Republic of Ireland, at the mouth of the Garavogue River on Sligo Bay. It is a seaport and fishing ce...
(ôt l´ k s) (KEY) , fl. 4th cent. B.C., astronomer and mathematician of Pitane in Aeolis. Of his two extant works, that on the revolving sphere is s...
1825–65, American astronomer, b. near Boston, grad. Harvard, 1845. He became the assistant of his father, William Cranch Bond, and in 1859 succeeded...
1819–92, English astronomer, grad. St. John’s College, Cambridge, 1843. By mathematical calculation based on irregularities in the motion of Uranu...
the study of language as it affects and is affected by social relations. Sociolinguistics encompasses a broad range of concerns, including bilingualis...
(sl v) (KEY) , mountain range, 15 mi (24 km) long, central Republic of Ireland, on the border of Counties Laoighis and Offaly. The range, which rises ...