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Brewer's: Itching Palm
(An). A love of money. If the palm of your right hand itches, it betokens that you are going to receive money. So Melton tells us in his Astrologaster, p. 23. Let me tell you, Cassius, you…Brewer's: Jericho
Gone to Jericho. No one knows where. The manor of Blackmore, near Chelmsford, was called Jericho, and was one of the houses of pleasure of Henry VIII. When this lascivious prince had a…Brewer's: Gizzard
Don't fret your gizzard. Don't be so anxious; don't worry yourself. The Latin stomachus means temper, etc., as well as stomach or “gizzard.” (French, gésier.) That stuck in his gizzard.…Brewer's: Palm
An itching palm. A hand ready to receive bribes. The old superstition is that if your palm itches you are going to receive money. Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself Are much condemned…Geometry: Basic Terms
Basic TermsGeometryAnatomy of a CircleBasic TermsArcsCircumference and Area: Pi Anyone?TangentsFrom One Theorem Comes Many Start with a point C, and collect all of the points a fixed distance r…Geometry: Non-Euclidean Geometry
Non-Euclidean GeometryGeometryWhose Geometry Is It Anyway?Non-Euclidean GeometryHyperbolic Geometry: Saddle Up!Spherical GeometryTaxi-Cab GeometryMax GeometryHow Many Shapes Can a Circle Have?…Chemistry: What's an Ionic Compound?
What's an Ionic Compound?ChemistryIonic CompoundsWhat's an Ionic Compound?How Ionic Compounds Are FormedProperties of Ionic CompoundsWhat's in a Name? Ionic Nomenclature We talked about the octet…Don't Become a Victim of Hurricane Relief Fraud
By Patrick Craven I know you have seen the all the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey that hit Texas, Louisiana and other states. Harvey has broken all US records when it comes to rainfall,…Flatland: How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it
How I came to Spaceland, and w... How the Sphere encouraged me i... How, though the Sphere shewed me other mysteries of Spaceland, I still desire more; and what came of it…The Hungry Stones and Other Stories: The Devotees, I
by Rabindranath Tagore III At a time, when my unpopularity with a part of my readers had reached the nadir of its glory, and my name had become the central orb of the journals, to be…Trending
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