Biography Category
(j vän´n bät-t s´tä d nä´t ) (KEY) , 1826–73, Italian astronomer, b. Pisa. Serving as director of the Florence Observatory from 1864, he was...
(n ´k m, ny ´–) (KEY) , 1835–1909, American astronomer, b. Nova Scotia, grad. Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard, 1858. Living in the United St...
apparent dome over the earth, background of the clouds, sun, moon, and stars. The blue color of the clear daytime sky results from the selective scatt...
1768–1835, American pioneer in the cotton textile industry, b. Derbyshire, England. As an apprentice and later a mill supervisor, he gained a thorou...
1930–, British photographer. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he married Princess Margaret in 1960 and was created earl the following year. The marri...
(s mäng´käs) (KEY) , village, Valladolid prov., NW Spain, in Castile-León. The castle, an old fort rebuilt in the 15th cent., contains the Spanish...