Ling Canal
Chinese (Wade-Giles) �Ling Ch'�, or (Pinyin) �Ling Qu� canal in northern Chuang autonomous ch'� (region) of Kwangsi, China. Ling Canal was constructed to connect the headwaters of the Hsiang River flowing north into Hunan sheng (province), with the Li River, one of the headwater tributaries of the Kuei River, a tributary of the Hsi River leading eventually to Canton. Near the city of Hsing-an in northern Kwangsi, these two rivers
Australia Day
Holiday (January 26) honouring the establishment of the first permanent European settlement on the continent of Australia. On January 26, 1788, Arthur Phillip, who had sailed into what is now Sydney Cove with a shipload of convicts, hoisted the British flag at the site. In the early 1800s the date, called Foundation Day, was celebrated by politicians and businessmen of New South Wales
Bone Lesion
Malignant growth of the bone caused by metastatic spread from cancer in other organs. Primary bone cancer is fairly uncommon, but bone lesions from metastases are seen in more than half of all cancer patients at the time of death. There are two types of metastatic bone lesion: osteoblastic, in which new bone is laid down in a disorganized fashion, and osteolytic, in which
Disney, Walt
Byname of �Walter Elias Disney � American motion-picture and television producer and showman, famous as a pioneer of animated cartoon films and as the creator of such cartoon characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. He also planned and built Disneyland, a huge amusement park that opened near Los Angeles in 1955, and before his death he
Shigaraki
Town, one of the six major pottery centres of ancient Japan, located in southern Shiga ken (prefecture), east of Kyoto and southeast of Nara. The wares for which the town is known were first produced in 1278; they have a crude shape and an oatmeallike surface covered with various glazes. Water urns, seed jars, and bottles were produced for daily use by the farming community. Shigaraki
Bhadrabahu I
According to Digambara tradition, in 310 BCE, after a 12-year famine, Bhadrabahu and Candra Gupta - the first king of the Mauryan dynasty, who had become a Jain monk - led an exodus from the Jain stronghold in northern India. This migration,
Mermaid
Masculine �merman� a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a human being and the tail of a fish. Similar divine or semidivine beings appear in ancient mythologies (e.g., the Chaldean sea god Ea, or Oannes). In European folklore, mermaids (sometimes called sirens) and mermen were natural beings who, like fairies, had magical and prophetic powers. They loved music and
India, Southern Indian kingdoms
Inscriptions in Brahmi (recently read as Tamil Brahmi) date to between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century
Abrams, M.h.
Following his graduation from Harvard University in 1934, Abrams studied for a year at the University of Cambridge before returning to his alma mater to earn an M.A. (1937) and a Ph.D. (1940). He joined the faculty of Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1945, becoming a full professor
John
He was born the son of the future Holy Roman emperor Henry VII of the house of Luxembourg and was made count of Luxembourg in 1310. At about the same time, he also was named king of Bohemia, and on Feb.
S�bato, Ernesto
Educated as a physicist and mathematician, S�bato attended the National University of La
S�bato, Ernesto
Educated as a physicist and mathematician, S�bato attended the National University of La
Br�ckner, Eduard
German geographer and climatologist, noted for studies of the Alps and of Pleistocene glaciation and climatic fluctuations. He was especially interested in the effect of the ice ages on the surface features of the Earth. The Br�ckner climatic period, postulated in 1887, was a 35-year period with fluctuations of damp-cold and
Number System
Any of various sets of symbols and the rules for using them to express quantities as the basis for counting, comparing amounts, performing calculations, determining order, making measurements, representing value, setting limits, abstracting quantities, coding information, and transmitting data. The most elementary representation of numbers is the tally or unitary
Endodontics
The practice of endodontics is concerned primarily with the removal of diseased dental pulp and its replacement with filling
Shield-backed Katydid
Any orthopteran of the insect subfamily Decticinae, within the long-horned grasshopper (or katydid) family Tettigoniidae. They are cricketlike in appearance, are more than 2.5 cm (1 inch) long, and are brown or black in colour. They have a pronotum (dorsal surface of the prothorax) that extends back to the abdomen. Most species have short wings, and some species are
Adams, John
(For additional writings by Adams, see The Meaning of the American Revolution; On the Importance of Property for the Suffrage; and Party Divisions in America.)
Nemean Games
In ancient Greece, athletic and musical competitions held in honour of Zeus, in July, at the great Temple of Zeus at Nemea, in Argolis. They occurred biennially, in the same years as the Isthmian Games, i.e., in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad. Their origin was attributed to such legendary figures as Heracles and Adrastus of Argos. The presidency of the games was
Gumal River
River that rises in eastern Afghanistan near Sarwandi on the Khumbur Khule Range and enters western Pakistan near Domandi, being joined there by the Kundar River. Further joined by the Wana Toi and Zhob rivers, it falls into the Indus River just south of Dera Ismail Khan after a course of 150 miles (240 km). Dams under construction in the 1980s at Mian Nur and Khajuri Kach, below the confluence
Altimeter
A typical pressure altimeter
Abel, John Jacob
Abel taught at the University of Michigan, Ann
Indra
His weapons are lightning and the thunderbolt, and he is strengthened for these feats by drinks of the elixir soma, the offering of the sacrifice. Among his allies
Abbott, Sir John
Educated at McGill University, Montreal, Abbott became a lawyer in 1847 and was made queen's counsel in 1862. He served as dean of the McGill faculty of law from 1855 to 1880. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the then-united province of Canada in 1857 and
Mellophone
The mellophone, a circular tenor horn (althorn), is usually built right handed and looks like a French horn. It bears
Pharmaceutical Industry
Drugs may be classified in one of three ways: by chemical group (e.g.,alkaloids, mentioned above); pharmacologically (i.e.,by the way they work in the body); and according to their therapeutic uses. Pharmacological and therapeutic classifications show considerable divergence, as drugs that act upon the body in different ways may bring about the same desired therapeutic
Pharmaceutical Industry
Drugs may be classified in one of three ways: by chemical group (e.g.,alkaloids, mentioned above); pharmacologically (i.e.,by the way they work in the body); and according to their therapeutic uses. Pharmacological and therapeutic classifications show considerable divergence, as drugs that act upon the body in different ways may bring about the same desired therapeutic
Argentina, The crisis of 1890
The economic expansion led ultimately to inflation, the issuance of too much paper currency, and the onset of a financial crisis. A political crisis also followed. The government of Roca's successor, Miguel Ju�rez Celman (1886 - 90), had avoided launching an unpopular anti-inflationary program, but this inaction sparked criticism both within and outside the official party
Cummingtonite
An amphibole mineral, an iron and magnesium silicate that occurs in metamorphic rocks. For chemical formula and detailed physical properties, see amphibole (table).
