Biography Category
inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco in cigars and cigarettes and pipes. Some persons draw the smoke into their lungs; others do ...
(r m´br nt, Du. r m´bränt här´m ns n vän r n) (KEY) , 1606–69, Dutch painter, etcher, and draftsman, b. Leiden. Rembrandt is acknowledged as t...
vehicle designed to travel over snow, ice, and similar surfaces that offer limited traction and weight-supporting capability. As the performance of th...
(s ´r k) or Ecclesiasticus ( kl ´´z s´t k s) (KEY) [Lat. from Gr.,=ecclesiastical], book included in the Septuagint and in the Roman Catholic ca...
1899–1935, American aviator, b. Grand Plain, Tex. He won fame in 1931 when he and Harold Gatty flew around the northern part of the earth in 8 days ...
(s ´rôs) (KEY) or Syros (s ´r s) (KEY) , island (1991 pop. 19,870), 33 sq mi (85 sq km), SE Greece, in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades. Ermoup...