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1823–1910, English educator, historian, and journalist. Educated at Oxford, he took a prominent part in executing reforms at the university and beca...
city (1990 pop. 80,505), seat of Woodbury co., NW Iowa, at the junction of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers with the Missouri; inc. 1857. It is a shippi...
metallic chemical element; symbol Ag [Lat. argentum]; at. no. 47; at. wt. 107.8682; m.p. 961.93°C; b.p. 2,212°C; sp. gr. 10.5 at 20°C; valence +1 o...
(s j´ sm nd, s g´–) (KEY) , 1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor (1433–37), German king (1410–37), king of Hungary (1387–1437) and of Bohemia (14...
c.50,000 sq mi (130,000 sq km), barren region of central Australia, predominantly in the southeastern portion of the Northern Territory, extending S i...
sport of descending partly by parachute from an airplane or similar craft. Engaged in for both recreational and competitive purposes, sky diving invol...