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51Emery Molyneux — One of Molyneux s celestial globes, which is displayed in Middle Temple Library – from the frontispiece of the Hakluyt Society s 1889 reprint of A Learned Treatise of Globes, both Cœlestiall and Terrestriall, one of the English editions of Robert …
52rare-earth element — /rair errth /, Chem. any of a group of closely related metallic elements, comprising the lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium, that are chemically similar by virtue of having the same number of valence electrons. Also called rare earth metal. [1955 …
53Astronomy — • Divided into two main branches, astrometry and astrophysics; the former concerned with determining the places of the investigation of the heavenly bodies, the latter, with the investigation of their chemical and physical nature Catholic… …
54Emery Molyneux — Emery Molyneux …
55GENIZAH, CAIRO — Introduction The term genizah is a word shortened from the rabbinical Hebrew phrase bet genizah (see also genizah ). Its counterpart in late biblical Hebrew is genez (pl. genazim, ginzei) which in Esther evidently means a treasury, as well as the …
56Seat belt — This article is about the safety device. For the band, see The Seatbelts. A 3 point seat belt …
57Charles Wheatstone — Wheatstone, drawn by Samuel Laurence in 1868 Born 6 …
58Dennis Rawlins — Born 1937 (age 73–74) Baltimore, Maryland, United States Nationality American Occupation Astronomer, Historian, Publisher Dennis Rawlins (born 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American astronomer, historian, and publisher …
59Edouard Branly — Edouard Branly † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Edouard Branly French physicist and inventor of the coherer employed in wireless telegraphy, born at Amiens, 23 October, 1846. After receiving his early education at the Lycée of St. Quentin,… …
60Masonry (Freemasonry) — Masonry (Freemasonry) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Masonry (Freemasonry) The subject is treated under the following heads: I. Name and Definition; II. Origin and Early History; III. Fundamental Principles and Spirit; IV.… …
