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Brewer's: Charles's Wain

The constellation called the Great Bear, which forms the outline of a wheelbarrow or rustic wagon. “Charles” is a corruption of the word churles, the farmer's wagon. (Anglo-Saxon, ceorles…

Brewer's: Baby Charles

So James I used to call his son Charles, afterwards Charles I. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894BabylonBabouin A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P…

Charles Grodin Biography

Charles Grodinactor, producerBorn: 4/21/1935Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania A comedian who has played both romantic cads and evil villains with a straight face, Charles Grodin's diverse screen…

Charles Fuller Biography

Charles FullerplaywrightBorn: 3/5/1939Birthplace: Philadelphia Fuller co-founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in Philadelphia, his hometown, in 1967. The Perfect Party (1969) was the first…

Charles Franklin Kettering

Charles Franklin Kettering Born: 1876Birthplace: Ohio Engine starting devices and ignition system—Kettering invented the first electrical ignition system and the self-starter for automobiles…

Charles Proteus Steinmetz

Charles Proteus Steinmetz Born: 1865Birthplace: Breslau, Germany System of electrical distribution—Steinmetz developed theories for alternating current making possible the expansion of the…

Charles Hard Townes

Charles Hard Townes Born: 1915 Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina Masers—Townes constructed the maser (microwave…

Charles Stark Draper

Charles Stark Draper Born: 1901Birthplace: Windsor, Mo. Gyroscopic apparatus—Draper developed a spinning gyroscope, stabilizing U.S. Navy antiaircraft gun-sights which led to an inertial…

Charles P. Ginsburg

Charles P. GinsburgBorn: 1920 Videotape recorder—After World War II audio tape recorders were run at very high speeds to record the very high frequency television signals. Ginsburg developed…

Charles Martin Hall

Charles Martin Hall Born: 1863 Birthplace: Thompson, Ohio Manufacture of aluminum—Hall discovered the modern…