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(läd´dzär späl-läntsä´n ) (KEY) , 1729–99, Italian naturalist. He was professor at the universities of Modena (1763–69) and Pavia (from 17...
watertight and airtight structure for making and storing silage. Silos vary in form from a covered pit, such as was used by the early Romans, to the m...
(n k-k lô´ d py ´r lämb r´t ) (KEY) , c.1370–1451, Italian sculptor and architect of the early Renaissance, sometimes called Niccolò d’Are...
1844–1910, English caricaturist and illustrator. He was associated with Punch from 1867, when he began contributing, until the end of his life, and ...
(py ´r d l´lä fränch s´kä) (KEY) , c.1420–1492, major Italian Renaissance painter, b. Borgo San Sepolcro. All his masterpieces were created i...
city (1990 pop. 30,981), Cobb co., NW Ga., a residential suburb of Atlanta; inc. 1872. Manufactures include computer equipment, building materials, pl...