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amalgamation process
(Encyclopedia) amalgamation processamalgamation processəmălˌgəmāˈshən [key], in particular, a method to extract gold and silver from ores. The ore is crushed and treated with mercury, in which the…Timeline: Asian-American History, 1600s-1854
Asian immigration to America, 1600s to the present by David Johnson 1600s 1700s 1800-1850 Next: Late 1800s 1600s Spanish bring Chinese and Filipinos to Mexico. Top 1763…Trapped in the Mountains
On October 31st, when the party was still 150 miles from Sutter's Fort, a storm hit, dumping several feet of snow. They became trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and were forced to…The Iliad of Homer: The Grief of Achilles, and New Armour Made Him by Vulcan
The Seventh Battle, for the Bo... The Reconciliation of Achilles... The Grief of Achilles, and New Armour Made Him by Vulcan. The news of the death of Patroclus is brought to Achilles…Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Prince and Princess
Of the Flower-Garden At the Ol...The Little Robber MaidenThe Prince and Princess Gerda was obliged to rest herself again, when, exactly opposite to her, a large Raven came hopping over…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: My Lord, the Baby, I
by Rabindranath Tagore III Raicharan was twelve years old when he came as a servant to his master's house. He belonged to the same caste as his master, and was given his master's little…Manizales
(Encyclopedia) ManizalesManizalesmänēsäˈlās [key], city (1993 pop. 303,136), alt. 7,063 ft (2,153 m), capital of Caldas dept., W central Colombia, on the slopes of the Cordillera Central. It is a…Plushenko, Evgeni Viktorovich
(Encyclopedia) Plushenko, Evgeni Viktorovich, 1982–, Russian figure skater. Plushenko debuted at the Russian Nationals in 1996, won the World Junior Championship a year later, and won the bronze…ormolu
(Encyclopedia) ormoluormoluôrˈməl&oomacr; [key], finish used on metal to imitate gold. It is employed chiefly for furniture mountings. The term originally applied to a coating of ground gold and…amalgam
(Encyclopedia) amalgamamalgaməmălˈgəm [key], alloy containing mercury. The alloy may be liquid or solid, depending on the proportion of mercury, although all naturally occurring amalgams, i.e., those…Trending
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