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Ray EwryBorn: Oct. 14, 1873Track & Field won 10 gold medals (although 2 are not recognized by IOC) over 4 consecutive Olympics (1900,04,06,08); all events he won (Standing HJ, LJ and TJ)…Ray Floyd
Ray FloydBorn: Sept. 4, 1942Golfer has 22 PGA victories in 4 decades; joined Senior PGA Tour in 1992; has won Masters (1976), U.S. Open (1986), PGA twice (1969,82) and PGA Seniors…Ray Milland
Ray Milland(Reginald Truscott-Jones)actor, directorBorn: 1/3/1905Birthplace: Neath, Wales Milland played bit parts in films in the early 1930s. His career as leading man included popular hits such as…Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot
(Encyclopedia) Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot, 1910–94, English chemist and X-ray crystallographer, b. Egypt. She received the 1964 Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the structure of…reflection
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Image formation by curved mirrors and lenses reflection, return of a wave from a surface that it strikes into the medium through which it has traveled. The general principles…George BRADBURY, Congress, MA (1770-1823)
BRADBURY George , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Falmouth, Mass., October 10, 1770; was graduated from Harvard University in 1789; studied law; was admitted to the bar and…Theophilus BRADBURY, Congress, MA (1739-1803)
BRADBURY Theophilus , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Newbury, Mass., November 13, 1739; was graduated from Harvard College in 1757; taught school and studied law in Portland,…Bradbury CILLEY, Congress, NH (1760-1831)
CILLEY Bradbury , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Nottingham, Rockingham County, N.H., on February 1, 1760; attended the common schools; engaged in agricultural pursuits; appointed…Bragg, Sir William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Bragg, Sir William Henry, 1862–1942, English physicist, educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served on the faculties of the Univ. of…Nicol prism
(Encyclopedia) Nicol prismNicol prismnĭkˈəl [key], optical device invented (1828) by William Nicol of Edinburgh. It consists essentially of a crystal of calcite, or Iceland spar, that is cut at an…Trending
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