Search results for "Foot" - New World Encyclopedia
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- some hold his birth to have been near the foot of Seneca Lake, while others ... name. Distinguished for his fleetness on foot, his intelligence and energy ...21 KB (3,357 words) - 19:09, 16 April 2023
- and Delaware Canal, a 14-mile (23-km) long, 450-foot (137-m) wide and 35-foot (11-m) deep ship canal that cuts across the states of Maryland and ...21 KB (3,138 words) - 18:31, 8 December 2023
- Sanchi refers to a small village in India located 46 km north-east of Bhopal, and ten km from Besnagar and Vidisha in the central part of the ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- these horsemen were five more contingents: foot soldiers with iron swords ... and harquebusiers, and 700 Spanish foot soldiers. He put 25 soldiers ...39 KB (6,310 words) - 01:38, 26 September 2023
- during his childhood, including a club foot. His father was an alcoholic who was unable to hold a steady job and who abandoned the family before ...9 KB (1,431 words) - 02:49, 19 April 2023
- marble base, which projects outwards about a foot. The most current dimensions for the structure are: 15 m high (49') with sides measuring 10.5 ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 21:48, 4 October 2022
- most of them from the 10th Regiment of Foot and the 4th Regiment of Front ... Horse Guard regiment left the barracks on foot and headed in two directions: ...40 KB (6,116 words) - 22:10, 18 November 2022
- develops three distinct regions: (1) A foot, which both anchors the sporophyte in place and receives nutrients from its "mother" plant ...21 KB (3,070 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- front system. In addition to the 13,770-foot (4,197-m) high Grand Teton ... a series of interconnected lakes at the foot of the range (Jackson, Leigh ...24 KB (3,641 words) - 19:15, 24 May 2024
- and a laterally compressed muscular foot, which when extended into sediment (sand or mud), can swell with blood and form a hatchet-shaped anchor ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:30, 10 December 2023
- complete remains of a single dodo are a head and foot, on display at the Oxford Museum of Natural History. Analysis of genetic material recovered from ...10 KB (1,436 words) - 11:03, 2 August 2023
- “accompanied him to the grave, on foot, with the whole population of the city, as it is related, honoring the man greatly” (Diogenes Laertius). ...10 KB (1,514 words) - 18:21, 30 April 2023
- and on Holy Fridays. It is said that “[h]er left foot becomes ‘fixed’ on top of her right foot and once, during an examination, defied the doctors’ ...21 KB (3,372 words) - 18:00, 21 October 2022
- have an arch (the bending of the sole of the foot) typical of modern humans. The discovery caused serious debate among scientists, requiring them ...9 KB (1,368 words) - 16:10, 7 November 2022
- the potter rotates with a stick, or with foot power (a kick wheel or treadle ... of the object being fired (for example, the foot) is left unglazed or, alternatively ...28 KB (4,471 words) - 22:01, 30 November 2022
- * Foot, Christopher J. 2005. Atomic Physics. (Oxford Master Series in Atomic, Optical and Laser Physics.) Oxford, UK: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 06:26, 21 August 2023
- with three functional toes on each foot (they are odd-toed ungulates), and either one or two horns on the upper snout. Members of the Rhinoceros ...11 KB (1,596 words) - 20:50, 16 April 2023
- Catherine's Monastery was built at its foot, and the alleged site of the biblical burning bush was identified. The bush growing at the spot ...11 KB (1,770 words) - 06:58, 21 April 2023
- Mount Shasta, a 14,179-foot (4,322-meter) stratovolcano, is the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range and the fifth highest peak in California ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- or White Deer Hollow Academy) was located at the foot of Wulou Peak in Lushan, now in Jiujiang, Jiangxi province. It was one of the Four Great Academies ...12 KB (1,749 words) - 07:12, 14 June 2023
