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121Scow — A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat with a blunt bow, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. barge. The etymology of the word is from Dutch schouwe , meaning such a boat.ailing ScowsSailing scows have… …
122Matterhorn — Monte Cervino redirects here. For other uses, see Cervino (disambiguation). For other uses, see Matterhorn (disambiguation). Matterhorn Monte Cervino T …
123Charles Cotesworth Pinckney — For other people of the same name, see Charles Pinckney (disambiguation). Charles Cotesworth Pinckney United States Minister to France In office 1796–1797 President …
124USS Augusta (CA-31) — (originally CL 31) was a Northampton class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, notable for service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D.… …
125Schleswig-Holstein Question — The Schleswig Holstein Question was the name given to the whole complex of diplomatic and other issues arising in the 19th century out of the relations of the two duchies, Schleswig and Holstein, to the Danish crown and to the German… …
126Friedrich Graf von Wrangel — Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Graf von Wrangel (April 13, 1784 ndash; November 2, 1877) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army. He was nicknamed Papa Wrangel .Wrangel was born in Stettin (Szczecin) in Pomerania. He entered a dragoon regiment… …
127Cryptanalysis of the Enigma — enabled the western Allies in World War II to read substantial amounts of secret Morse coded radio communications of the Axis powers that had been enciphered using Enigma machines. This yielded military intelligence which, along with that from… …
128Felix Adler (Society for Ethical Culture) — Felix Adler (August 13, 1851 ndash;April 24, 1933) was a Jewish rationalist intellectual, popular lecturer, religious leader and social reformer who founded the Ethical Culture movement. Chronology He was born in Alzey, Germany, the son of a… …
