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arch

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Arches arch, the spanning of a wall opening by means of separate units (such as bricks or stone blocks) assembled into an upward curve that maintains its shape and stability…

Senior PGA Tour

LATE 1996Last RdTournamentWinnerEarningsRunner-UpNov. 3Emerald Coast ClassicLee Trevino (207)*$157,5004-way tie (207)Nov. 10Senior Tour ChampionshipJay Sigel (279)280,000K. Zarley (281)*…

Golden Gate Bridge Opens

May 27, 1937 by Marcus McGraw   Source: Wide World Photos Related Links Bridges San Francisco San Francisco Landmarks Slideshow Earthquakes Live views of the…

All About Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, is known as the Windy City. The name may come from the breezes off Lake Michigan or the braggadocious population, no one knows for sure. But its rapid growth from a humble…

Brewer's: Rue

to grieve for something done, to repent, is the Anglo-Saxon reow, contrition; German, reue. Rue (1 syl.). Rue called “herb of grace,” because it was employed for sprinkling holy water…

Brewer's: Glamorgan

Geoffrey of Monmouth says that Cundah' and Morgan, the sons of Gonorill and Regan, usurped the crown at the death of Cordeilla. The former resolved to reign alone, chased Morgan into Wales…

Scientists: Applied Sciences and Technology

Agriculturalists, computer scientists, electrical engineers, engineers, and inventors Related Links Computers and the Internet Inventions and Discoveries Inventors Hall of Fame…

Architects

  Notable Architects   From Aalto to Wright     A-C | D-K | L-O | P-S | T-Y   Charles Bullfinch's Massachusetts State House (1795–1798)   Aalto, Alvar Abercrombie, Sir…

1997-98 Senior PGA Tour Results

LATE 1997 Last Rd Tournament Winner Earnings Runner-Up Nov. 2 Ralphs Senior Classic Gil Morgan (198) $150,000 G. Archer (199) Nov. 9 SENIOR TOUR Championship Gil…

spectral class

(Encyclopedia) CE5 spectral class, in astronomy, a classification of the stars by their spectrum and luminosity. In 1885, E. C. Pickering began the first extensive attempt to classify the stars…