Columbia Encyclopedia
Search results
500 results found
Meade, George Gordon
(Encyclopedia)Meade, George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Cádiz, Spain. Graduated from West Point in 1835, he resigned from the army the next year and became a civil engineer. In 1...mean solar time
(Encyclopedia)mean solar time: see solar time. ...apparent solar time
(Encyclopedia)apparent solar time: see solar time. ...local solar time
(Encyclopedia)local solar time: see solar time. ...equal-time rule
(Encyclopedia)equal-time rule, a Federal Communications Commission rule that requires equal air time for all major candidates competing for political office. It was preceded by the fairness doctrine, abolished in 1...equation of time
(Encyclopedia)equation of time: see solar time. ...time , in music
(Encyclopedia)time, in music: see tempo; meter; rhythm; syncopation; metronome and musical notation. ...Petition of Right
(Encyclopedia)Petition of Right, 1628, a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I. Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular foreign policy had caused his government to e...Civil Aeronautics Board
(Encyclopedia)Civil Aeronautics Board: see Federal Aviation Administration. ...civil war, English
(Encyclopedia)civil war, English: see English civil war. ...Browse by Subject
- Earth and the Environment +-
- History +-
- Literature and the Arts +-
- Medicine +-
- People +-
- Philosophy and Religion +-
-
Places
+-
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia and Oceania
- Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries
- Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic Nations
- Germany, Scandinavia, and Central Europe
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Oceans, Continents, and Polar Regions
- Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and the Balkans
- United States, Canada, and Greenland
- Plants and Animals +-
- Science and Technology +-
- Social Sciences and the Law +-
- Sports and Everyday Life +-
