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111Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… …
112History of Physics — History of Physics † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… …
113Lumière, Louis — (1864 1948) Cinematographer, director, and film pioneer. Louis Lumière was the youngest son of Antoine and Jeanne Joséphine Lumière. His brother August Lumière was the eldest. Antoine Lumière was a painter turned photography equipment supplier …
114Lumière, Louis — (1864 1948) Cinematographer, director, and film pioneer. Louis Lumière was the youngest son of Antoine and Jeanne Joséphine Lumière. His brother August Lumière was the eldest. Antoine Lumière was a painter turned photography equipment supplier …
115Hegel, spirit, and politics — Leo Rauch Hegel’s impact on political thought has been immense giving shape to the major political movements of the modern world. Yet the person of average education is hardly familiar with the name, which is usually identified with a small… …
116Business method patent — Business method patents are a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business. This includes new types of e commerce, insurance, banking, tax compliance etc. Business method patents are a relatively new species of patent… …
117japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
118Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
119printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …
120National Medal of Technology and Innovation — Awarded for Outstanding contributions to the Nation’s economic, environmental and social well being through the development and commercialization of technological products, processes and concepts; technological innovation; and develo …
