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(s nd´b ) (KEY) , 1725–1809, English watercolorist and draftsman. He was employed to survey the Highlands of Scotland after the 1745 rebellion. Dur...
name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, ...
(sm ´d r vô) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 63,884), NE Serbia and Montenegro, in Serbia, a port on the Danube River. Its industries include oil refining a...
1804–87, American astronomer and maker of astronomical lenses, b. Ashfield, Mass. In 1846 the firm of Alvan Clark & Sons was established at Cambridg...
in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature...
(sm h l´ ) (KEY) , c.1815–1907, Native American prophet, chief of a small tribe (the Wanapun) of the Columbia River valley. He preached a religion ...