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The Koran/Sura XLIII — Ornaments of Gold

Sura XLIII — Ornaments of Gold Mecca — 89 Verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Ha. Mim.[361] By the Luminous Book! We have made it an Arabic Koran that ye may…

Cameron, Verney Lovett

(Encyclopedia) Cameron, Verney LovettCameron, Verney Lovettkămˈərən [key], 1844–94, English traveler in Africa. A naval officer, he served (1868) in the British expedition against Ethiopia and…

Periodic Table of the Elements: Gold

(Encyclopedia) Periodic Table of the Elements: Gold Atomic Number: 79 Atomic Symbol: Au Gold Atomic Weight: 196.96657 Electron Configuration: 2 · 8 · 18 32 · 18 · 1

Timmins

(Encyclopedia) Timmins, town (1991 pop. 47,461), central Ont., Canada, on the Mattagami River. Timmins is the commercial center of the rich Porcupine gold-mining district, where gold was first…

Amy Lowell: The Bombardment

The BombardmentSlowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and trickling over his stone cloak. It…

Kolyma

(Encyclopedia) KolymaKolymakŏlĭmäˈ, kōlēˈmə, Rus. kəlĭˈmə [key], river, c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) long, rising in several headstreams in the Kolyma and Cherskogo ranges, Russian Far East. It flows…

Shiffrin, Mikaela Pauline

(Encyclopedia) Shiffrin, Mikaela Pauline, 1995–, American skier, b. Vail, Colo. She competed in her first World Cup Alpine event, giant slalom, in 2011, and that same year won the slalom title at the…

Seattle

(Encyclopedia) Seattle Seattle sēătˈəl [key], city (2020 pop. 737,015), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven…

James Rush LOFLAND, Congress, DE (1823-1894)

LOFLAND James Rush , a Representative from Delaware; born in Milford, Del., November 2, 1823; received a classical education and was graduated from Delaware College (now the University of Delaware…