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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Nun's Aspiration
The Nun's AspirationThe yesterday doth never smile, The day goes drudging through the while, Yet, in the name of Godhead, I The morrow front, and can defy; Though I am weak, yet God, when…Brewer's: Æra
See era. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Aerated BreadAeon A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Æolus
Æ′olus in Roman mythology, was “god of the winds.” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AeonAeolic Mode A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…videocassette recorder
(Encyclopedia) videocassette recorder (VCR), device that can record television programs or the images from a video camera on magnetic tape (see tape recorder); it can also play prerecorded tapes. A…limestone
(Encyclopedia) limestone, sedimentary rock wholly or in large part composed of calcium carbonate. It is ordinarily white but may be colored by impurities, iron oxide making it brown, yellow, or red…Ruisdael, Jacob van
(Encyclopedia) Ruisdael or Ruysdael, Jacob vanRuisdael or Ruysdael, Jacob vanboth: yäˈkōp vän roisˈdäl [key], c.1628–1682, Dutch painter and etcher, the most celebrated of the Dutch landscape…How Bright Is Bright?
You will often hear astronomers refer to the brightness of an object in terms of an objects apparent magnitude. The term apparent magnitude refers to a star's apparent brightness, or how…fluorine
(Encyclopedia) fluorinefluorinefl&oomacr;ˈərēn, –rĭn [key], gaseous chemical element; symbol F; at. no. 9; at. wt. 18.9984; m.p. −219.6℃; b.p. −188.14℃; density 1.696 grams per liter at STP;…2001 National Medal of Science Recipients
Andreas Acrivos, Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, City College of the City University of New York, for his pioneering research in fluid mechanics and leadership in the…Sara Teasdale: Stars
StarsAlone in the night On a dark hill With pines around me Spicy and still,And a heaven full of stars Over my head, White and topaz And misty red;Myriads with beating Hearts of fire…Trending
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