Biography Category
( d´värt m ngk) (KEY) , 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist. He studied in Oslo and under Bonnat in Paris and traveled in Europe. In t...
(s l´´ t´) (KEY) , outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. It was named for...
1882–1944, British astronomer and physicist. He was chief assistant (1906–13) at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and was from 1913 Plumian profe...
(s s´t n) (KEY) [for Sixtus IV], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican. Built (1473) under Pope Sixtus IV...
(zhôz f´ m sh l´ môNgôlfy ´) (KEY) , 1740–1810, and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (zhäk ty n´) (KEY) , 1745–99, French inventors, brothers...
sport of descending partly by parachute from an airplane or similar craft. Engaged in for both recreational and competitive purposes, sky diving invol...