Biography Category
(s g´fr d) (KEY) or Sigurd (s g´ rd) (KEY) , great folk hero of early and medieval Germanic mythology. His legend, important in several Germanic ep...
poison gas used in riot control and chemical warfare. It is highly irritating to the nose and throat; inhalation of the substance causes sneezing and ...
(s t n´dr pr sän´ô s n´hä) (KEY) , 1864–1928, Indian statesman. A successful lawyer, he was the first Indian to hold several important admini...
agreement or covenant by which men are said to have abandoned the “state of nature” to form the society in which they now live. The theory of such...
(zhäk säräz N´) (KEY) , 1588–1660, French sculptor and painter, a founder (1648) and rector (1654) of the Académie royale. He spent years (1610...
firearms designed primarily to be carried and fired by one person and, generally, held in the hands, as distinguished from heavy arms, or artillery.
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