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Featured Article: William Howe
Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, (August 10, 1729 – July 12, 1814), was an English General who was Commander-in-Chief, for a time, of British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Howe's record in the war was marked by the unsuccessful, if heroic, attempt to capture Boston and the successful capture of New York City and Philadelphia, although at the expense of costly failure in the Battle of Saratoga which drew France into the war on the side of the American cause.
Popular Article: Syenite
Syenite is an uncommon, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock. It has the same general composition as granite, but the quartz component is either absent or present in relatively small amounts (less than five percent). The predominant minerals in syenite belong to the feldspar group. The different varieties of syenite are named on the basis of additional minerals in the rock--for example, hornblende syenite and mica syenite. Syenites are occasionally used as building stones.
