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(sm ´t n) (KEY) , 1724–92, English civil engineer. He became an instrument maker, improved navigation instruments, and carried out many experiments...
(äntä´näs sm ´t nä) (KEY) , 1874–1944, Lithuanian dictator. A lawyer, he became a leader of the Lithuanian autonomists under the czarist regim...
(both: sm ´b rt) (KEY) , 1688–1751, American portrait painter, b. Scotland, the first skillful painter in New England. After his apprenticeship to ...
(d l´ r , d l r ´) (KEY) , 1815–89, British scientist and inventor. Especially noted as an astronomer, he was a pioneer in celestial photography. ...
(sky rny v ´ts ) (KEY) , town (1993 est. pop. 44,000), Lódzkie prov., E central Poland. It is a railway junction and manufacturing center where elec...
transdermal patch, or transdermal delivery system, adhesive patch used to deliver a controlled dose of a drug through the skin over a period of time. ...