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Brewer's: Horse
The public-house sign. The White Horse.The standard of the Saxons, and therefore impressed on hop pockets and bags as the ensign of Kent. On Uffington Hill, Berks, there is formed in the…Latin and Greek Word Elements
Latin Roots, Prefixes, and SuffixesGreek Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes English is a living language, and it is growing all the time. One way that new words come into the language is when…Algebra: Translating Words into Math
Translating Words into Math Algebra Encountering Expressions Introducing Variables Translating Words into Math Behold the Power of Exponents Living Large with Scientific Notation Dastardly…Aitareya-Aranyaka: Second Aranyaka, First Adhyâya, Second Khanda
Second Khanda1. People say: “Uktha, uktha,” hymns, hymns! (without knowing what uktha, hymn, means.) The hymn is truly (to be considered as) he earth, for from it all whatsoever exists arises…Time Measurement, Time Zones, and the International Date Line
How we structure time The two natural cycles on which time measurements are based are the year and the day. The year is defined as the time required for Earth to complete one revolution around the…Astronomical Constants
Light-year (distance traveled by light in one year) 5,880,000,000,000 miParsec (parallax of one second, or stellar distances) 3.259 light-yearsVelocity of light c. 186,282.4 mi/…The Economist's Toolbox: Watch Out!
Watch Out!The Economist's ToolboxIntroductionNumbers Please: Economic DataWatch Out! When you are considering economic data and other numbers, for example financial data, watch out for the…Brewer's: Field
(Anglo-Saxon, feld.) In agricultural parlance, a field is a portion of land belonging to a farm. In huntsman's language, it means all the riders. In heraldry, it means the entire surface…Brutus XI
Brutus XI31 January 1788by BrutusSee also Federalist No. 80The nature and extent of the judicial power of the United States, proposed to be granted by this constitution, claims our particular…Brewer's: Bar
The whole body of barristers; as bench means the whole body of bishops. “A dinner was given to the English Bar.” —The Times. Bar excepting. In racing phrase a man will bet “Two to one,…Trending
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