Biography Category
(t m ´m wä´k rä) (KEY) , 1825–83, Japanese statesman. A court noble, he supported the Meiji restoration and became a minister of state (1871â€...
(jä´bäl sh ´m r) (KEY) , former emirate, N Saudi Arabia. Its capital was at Hail. In 1921, Ibn Saud conquered the forces of the emir, Ibn Rashid, ...
1743–1819, German philosopher. Although educated for commerce, he early gave up business and became in 1770 a member of the council for the duchies ...
mechanical device used to multiply a relatively small applied force so that it can lift and support heavy loads, or sometimes, move massive objects in...
name applied loosely to any trailing or climbing plant, particularly cultivated forms, but more popularly a designation for Hedera helix, the so-calle...
(j g´wär) (KEY) , large New World carnivore of the cat family, Panthera onca. Jaguars range from the SW United States to S central Argentina. They h...