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(s r ´t l) (KEY) , Ukr. Seret, river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Carpathian Mts., W Ukraine, and flowing SE through E Romania to the Danub...
(zhäN s lv N´ bäy ´) (KEY) , 1736–93, French astronomer and politician. His works on astronomy and on the history of science (notably the Essai ...
name for several shrubby plants bearing white berries, especially species of the genus Symphoricarpos which is classified in the division Magnoliophyt...
(p zän l´l ) (KEY) , c.1395–1455?, Italian medalist, painter, and draftsman of the early Renaissance. He was also called Vittore Pisano, but his r...
(sy r) (KEY) , Ger. Siders, town (1990 pop. 14,143), Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River. A market town, it is the center of a rich hort...
1846–1919, American astronomer and physicist, b. Boston, grad. Harvard (B.S., 1865); brother of W. H. Pickering. He was professor of physics (1868â€...