Biography Category
(h l´ , hô´l ) (KEY) , 1656–1742, English astronomer and mathematician. He is particularly noted as the first astronomer to predict the return of...
common name for certain sea birds resembling the related tern. Skimmers (genus Rhynchops) have long, laterally compressed bills of which the lower man...
1792–1868, American humorist, b. Buckfield, Maine. He founded the Portland Courier in 1829 and in it began (1830) a series of humorous letters on po...
(skôp´y ) (KEY) or Skoplje (skôp´ ly ) (KEY) , city (1994 pop. 444,760), capital of Macedonia, on the Vardar River. It is an important transporta...
process of forming objects from a metal powder by heating the powder at a temperature below its melting point. In the production of small metal object...
(b rt môr z ´) (KEY) , 1841–95, French impressionist painter. She studied with many gifted painters, including Corot. She formed a close friendshi...