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Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

(Encyclopedia) Hegel, Georg Wilhelm FriedrichHegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrichgāˈôrkh vĭlˈhĕlm frēˈdrĭkh hāˈgəl [key], 1770–1831, German philosopher, b. Stuttgart; son of a government clerk. Hegel…

Rydberg, Johannes Robert

(Encyclopedia) Rydberg, Johannes RobertRydberg, Johannes Roberty&oomacr;ˈhänəs rôˈbərt rüdˈbĕryə [key], 1854–1919, Swedish physicist. Rydberg was a professor at Lund from 1901 to 1919. He is best…

Rosario

(Encyclopedia) RosarioRosariorôsärˈyō [key], city (1991 pop. 1,095,906), Santa Fe prov., E central Argentina, a port on the Paraná River, on the eastern margin of the Pampa. The third largest city of…

Strauss, Emil

(Encyclopedia) Strauss, EmilStrauss, Emilāmēlˈ shtrous [key], 1866–1960, German novelist. His writings exemplify the transition from naturalism to impressionism by containing elements of both. His…

Shaw, Richard Norman

(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Richard Norman, 1831–1912, English architect. Breaking away from contemporary Victorian house designs and returning to the Queen Anne and Georgian styles and to traditional…

scherzo

(Encyclopedia) scherzoscherzoskĕrˈtsō [key] [Ital.,=joke], in music, term denoting various types of composition, primarily one that is lively and presents surprises in the rhythmic or melodic…

Santa Cruz de Tenerife

(Encyclopedia) Santa Cruz de TenerifeSanta Cruz de Tenerifesănˈtə kr&oomacr;z [key]Santa Cruz de Tenerifedā tānārēˈfā [key], city (1990 pop. 222,892), capital of Santa Cruz de Tenerife prov.,…

Secaucus

(Encyclopedia) SecaucusSecaucussēkôˈkəs [key], town (1990 pop. 14,061), Hudson co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River, adjoining Jersey City; inc. 1917. It is a distribution and factory-outlet center…

Pinel, Philippe

(Encyclopedia) Pinel, PhilippePinel, Philippefēlēpˈ pēnĕlˈ [key], 1745–1826, French physician, M.D. Univ. of Toulouse, 1773. After moving to Paris in 1778, he was appointed (1793) director of the…

taconite

(Encyclopedia) taconite, low-grade iron ore, a flintlike rock usually containing less than 30% iron. Resistant to drilling and to the extraction of its contained metal, the rock was long considered…