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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, January 14, 1806
Day 1143 Day 1145 Clark, January 14, 1806 Tuesday 14th January 1806 This morning the Serjt. of the guard reported the absence of one of our Canoes it had broken the Cord by which it was…Conversion Factors
Below are instructions for converting factors, including changing acres to hectares, Btu/hour to horsepower, centimeters to inches, degrees to radians, feet to miles, furlongs to feet, liters to…Miscellaneous Units of Measure
Below is information about units of measure, including acre, bolt, gross, hertz, knot, light-year, parsec, pi, ream, sound, square, stone, and more. acreAn area of 43,560 square feet.…Thoroughly Bred for Racing
A closer look at the real athletes behind horse racing by John Gettings Victory Gallop (left), shown here winning the 1998 Belmont Stakes, and Real Quiet, who won the Kentucky Derby and…The Expense of the New Government, 1788
The Expense of the New GovernmentAbstract From The Feeeman's Oracle and New Hampshire Advertiser, January 11, 1788, by "A FARMER" by See also Federalist No. 13.… Great complaint has been made…Weightlifting
First Olympic Appearance: 1896 (men); 2000 (women) by John Gettings and Mark Zurlo Did You Know? Turkey's Naim Suleymanoglu, who is considered the greatest Olympic weightlifter in history…Merchant of Venice
Merchant of Venice Shylock, the Jew, lived at Venice. He was a usurer who had amassed an immense fortune by lending money at great interest to Christian merchants. Shylock, being a hard-…Biographies: A -C
Alvar Aalto Iorwith Wilbur Abel Sir Patrick Abercrombie Henry Carter Adams Alexander Agassiz Horace Marden Albright Maurice Allais Sir Hugh Allan Linda Alvarado Oakes Ames Othmar Hermann…The Weight of Gasoline
The Question: Do you know the weight (lbs) of a gallon of gasoline? A gallon of water? Thank you. The Answer: Thanks for e-mailing Information…rat
(Encyclopedia) rat, name applied to various stout-bodied rodents, usually having a pointed muzzle, long slender tail, and dexterous forepaws. It refers particularly to the two species of house rat,…Trending
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