Search results for "List of elements by name" - New World Encyclopedia
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- if both can be measured in the same unit of measurement. For example, a ... In the philosophy of science, two theories are said to be incommensurable ...17 KB (2,394 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- Injong of Goryeo (인종 仁宗 1109 – 1146, r. 1122-1146) was the ... Printing with movable metal type was developed during the reign of ...12 KB (1,858 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- Gothic fiction began in the United Kingdom with The Castle of Otranto ... Prominent features of gothic fiction include terror (psychological ...19 KB (2,806 words) - 12:13, 24 January 2023
- province. T'ao Yüan-ming , was one of the most influential pre-Tang ... Qian is now regarded as the greatest poet of his era and was a major influence ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 00:46, 21 April 2023
- American politician who served as Governor of Kansas from 1933-1937. He was ... in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, at the time of Landon's birth. Later ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 16:52, 20 July 2023
- around 239 B.C.E. under the patronage of the Qin Dynasty Chancellor ... The Lüshi chunqiu represents the Chinese intellectual world of the ...16 KB (2,593 words) - 04:44, 5 November 2022
- Copper (symbol Cu, atomic number 29) is one of the oldest known metals ... used in hospitals to prevent the transfer of germs, and copper (II) sulfate ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- that is equipped to conduct observations of terrestrial events or celestial ... emissions, gamma ray bursts, and expansion of the universe. Volcano observatories ...10 KB (1,374 words) - 19:55, 17 November 2022
- and director. Antonin is a diminutive form of Antoine (little Anthony), and ... Levantine-Greek, and he was much affected by this background. Although his ...12 KB (1,968 words) - 07:00, 31 July 2023
- Metalogic is a study of formal languages of logic from both syntactic ... ==Formal Languages of Logic== Formal languages are artificial languages ...14 KB (2,296 words) - 16:20, 9 November 2022
- design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally ... and legally protected for a specific period of time, a trade secret can only ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- This metal is an important component of many alloys, including bronze ... with an abundance in the Earth's crust of about two parts per million ...16 KB (2,335 words) - 23:38, 30 April 2023
- EADS, high-technology and parent company of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes ... survival during the German economic crisis of the 1920s. Its automobiles ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- It forms stable compounds with all elements except the noble gases. ... This element is essential for living organisms, particularly as part ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- independent thinker who challenged a number of traditional views on such fundamental ... At the same time, Boyle was convinced of the existence of God and ...20 KB (3,111 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- served as the twenty-sixth and final king of the five-century long Korean ... an heir. The Dowager Queen Sinjeong, mother of King Heonjong, the king before ...17 KB (2,290 words) - 20:45, 31 December 2021
- essential in trace amounts for the function of certain enzymes in humans and ... This element and its compounds have a wide range of applications. ...23 KB (3,335 words) - 17:47, 25 January 2023
- designed for spaceflight. Although it is, by definition, designed to travel ... Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications ...18 KB (2,454 words) - 19:05, 7 February 2023
- tasteless gas that makes up about 21% (by volume) of air. In combination ... Oxygen is essential for the respiratory function of humans, animals ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- discipline that involves application of the principles of physics for ... The beginnings of mechanical engineering go back to the craftsmen ...21 KB (2,997 words) - 03:49, 9 November 2022
