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(ä´b lkä´s s) (KEY) or Abu Khasim (ä´b kä´s m) (KEY) , Arab physician, d. c.1013, b. near Córdoba, Spain. His chief work, a detailed accoun...
or Ácoma (both: k´ m ) (KEY) , pueblo (1990 pop. 2,590), alt. c.7,000 ft (2,130 m), Valencia co., W central N.Mex.; founded c.1100–1250. This “...
d. 1766, English architect of the Georgian period. After travels in Italy he was employed in 1729 as clerk of the works at Windsor Castle. For Philip,...
the zero point of the ideal gas temperature scale, denoted by 0 degrees on the Kelvin and Rankine temperature scales, which is equivalent to -273.15°...
( k l´ z) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis. He was a formidable warrior, possessing fierce...
( kt ´ n) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, son of Aristaeus and Autonoë. Because he saw Artemis bathing naked, she changed him into a stag, and his own d...