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Currier & Ives
(Encyclopedia)Currier & Ives, American lithographers and print publishers, who produced highly popular hand-colored prints of contemporary scenes and events in American life. Nathaniel Currier, 1813–88, b. Ro...Ives, James Merritt
(Encyclopedia)Ives, James Merritt: see Currier & Ives. ...Ives, Charles
(Encyclopedia)Ives, Charles īvz [key], 1874–1954, American composer and organist, b. Danbury, Conn., grad. Yale, 1898; pupil of Dudley Buck and Horatio Parker. He was an organist (1893–1904) in churches in Con...AMP
(Encyclopedia)AMP: see adenosine monophosphate. ...Ives, Frederic Eugene
(Encyclopedia)Ives, Frederic Eugene, 1856–1937, American inventor, b. Litchfield, Conn. A pioneer in the development of orthochromatic and trichromatic photography and of photoengraving, he followed an earlier su...Danbury
(Encyclopedia)Danbury dănˈbĕrˌē, –bərē [key], city (2020 pop. 86,518), Fairfield co., SW C...cyclic AMP
(Encyclopedia)cyclic AMP: see adenosine monophosphate. ...Ruggles, Carl
(Encyclopedia)Ruggles, Carl, 1876–1971, American composer, b. Marion, Mass. Ruggles studied music at Harvard and was a friend of Charles Ives. His works are highly original, characterized by complex textures and ...lithography
(Encyclopedia)lithography lĭthŏgˈrəfē [key], type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched in...Browse by Subject
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