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1924 Olympics Men's Weightlifting Medalists
Event Other Featherweight (-1321/4 lb) Pierino Gabetti, ITA 402.5 Andreas Stadler, AUT 385.0 Arthur Reinmann, SWI 382.5 Lightweight (-1483/4 lb) Edmond…1928 Olympics Men's Weightlifting Medalists
Event Other Featherweight (-1321/4 lb) Franz Andrysek, AUT 287.5 Pierino Gabetti, ITA 282.5 Hans Wölpert, GER 282.5 Lightweight (-1483/4 lb) Kurt Helbig,…1936 Olympic Freestyle Wrestling Winners
Class Bantamweight (-123 1/4 lb) Ödön Zombori, HUN Ross Flood, USA Johannes Herbert, GER Featherweight (-134 1/4 lb) Kustaa Pihlajamäki, FIN Francis Millard, USA…1900 Olympics Swimming Medalists
Event Time 220yd Free Frederick Lane, AUS 2:25.2 Zoltán Halmay, HUN 2:31.4 Karl Ruberl, AUT 2:32.0 1000m Free John Jarvis, GBR 13:40.2 Otto Wahle…Brewer's: Kepler's Laws
(Johann Kepler, 1571-1630): (1) That the planets describe ellipses, and that the centre of the sun is in one of the foci. (2) That every planet so moves that the line drawn from it to the…Brewer's: Magician
The Great Magician or Wizard of the North. Professor Wilson calls Sir Walter Scott the Great Magician, from the wonderful fascination of his writings. Magician of the North. The title…Brewer's: Regiomontanus
The Latin equivalent of Künigsberger. The name adopted by Johann Müller, the mathematician. (1436-1476.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Regium DonumRegina…Brewer's: Factotum
One who does for his employer all sorts of services. Sometimes called a Johannes Factotum. Our “Jack-of-all-trades” does not mean a factotum, but one who does odd jobs for anyone who will…Brewer's: Glauber Salts
So called from Johann Rudolph Glauber, a German alchemist, who discovered it in 1658 in his researches after the philosopher's stone. It is the sulphate of soda. Source: Dictionary of…Other Notable Saturnian Moons
The other four largest moons of Saturn are Tethys, Dione, Rhea, and Iapetus. Tethys is 650 mi (1,060 km) in diameter. Its surface is heavily cratered, and it has a huge, globe-girdling…Trending
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