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Draghi, Mario
(Encyclopedia) Draghi, Mario Draghi, Mario mäˈēō drägˈē [key], 1947–, Italian economist and government and…umbilical cord
(Encyclopedia) umbilical cordumbilical cordŭmbĭlˈĭkəl [key], cordlike structure about 22 in. (56 cm) long in the pregnant human female, extending from the abdominal wall of the fetus to the placenta…Varanasi
(Encyclopedia) VaranasiVaranasivəränˈəsē [key], formerly BenaresVaranasibənäˈrĭz [key], city (1991 pop. 1,030,863), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India, on the Ganges River. Although a rail hub and…Anatomy and
Physiology: Can You Hear Me Now?
Can You Hear Me Now?Anatomy and
PhysiologyThe SensesWindows to the SoulCan You Hear Me Now?The Nose KnowsDon't Be So Touchy!
There is an elegant, mechanical simplicity to sound. Sound is…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: January 28, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark January 27, 1806January 29, 1806January 28, 1806 Wednesday January 28th 1806. Drewyer and Baptiest La Page set out this morning on a hunting…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 2, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 1, 1804August 3, 1804August 2, 1804 August 2nd 1804 wind from the SE G. Drewery returned with the horses & one Doe Elk the countrey…Brewer's: Barrister
One admitted to plead at the bar; one who has been “called to the bar.” The bar is the rail which divides the counsel from the audience, or the place thus enclosed. Tantamount to the rood-…Jackson, Stonewall
(Encyclopedia) Jackson, Stonewall (Thomas Jonathan Jackson), 1824–63, Confederate general, b. Clarksburg, Va. (now W.Va.), grad. West Point, 1846. With the diversion in the Shenandoah Valley a…spinal cord
(Encyclopedia) spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral…Bacon, Roger
(Encyclopedia) Bacon, Roger, c.1214–1294?, English scholastic philosopher and scientist, a Franciscan. He studied at Oxford as well as at the Univ. of Paris and became one of the most celebrated and…Trending
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