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Advanced-Level Science Projects: Earth Science

Earth ScienceAdvanced-Level Science ProjectsEarth ScienceHow Much Oxygen Is in the Air?Which Is More Acidic, Snow or Rain? How Can Different Polymers Be Identified? It seems at times that we…

Meteors and Meteorites

This crater in Arizona was caused by a 30 m wide, 100,000 ton meteor. The impact crater is 1.1 kilometers wide and 200 m deep. (Source: US Geological Survey) The term meteor for what is…

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Chapter 4

by Oscar Wilde Chapter 3Chapter 5Chapter 4 One afternoon, a month later, Dorian Gray was reclining in a luxurious arm-chair, in the little library of Lord Henry's house in Mayfair. It…

Riihimäki

(Encyclopedia) RiihimäkiRiihimäkirēˈhĭmăˌkē [key], town (1996 pop. 25,911), Southern Finland prov., S Finland. It is a railroad junction and industrial center with glass, textile, and chemical…

Čáslavská, Věra

(Encyclopedia) Čáslavská, Věra, 1942–2016, Czechoslovak gymnast, b. Prague. Čáslavská revolutionized a formerly dance-based sport with her athleticism and panache, winning 22 international titles (…

Brewer's: Loom

means a utensil. (Anglo-Saxon, loma). Thus “heir-loom” means a personal chattel or household implement which goes by special custom to the heir. The word was in familiar use in Prior's…

Freital

(Encyclopedia) Freital Freital frīˈtäl [key], city, Saxony, E Germany; founded 1921. Manufactures of this…

Kostyantynivka

(Encyclopedia) KostyantynivkaKostyantynivkakəstyäntēˈnəfkə [key], Rus. Konstantinovka, city (1989 pop. 108,000), in the Donets Basin of Ukraine. It is an iron, zinc, steel, and glass making center.