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(s l ´strä) (KEY) , town (1993 pop. 48,287), NE Bulgaria, a port on the Danube River bordering Romania. Products include textiles, furniture, foodst...
(m kh´ä l pä´kh r) (KEY) , c.1435–1498, German religious painter and probably a wood carver, a native of the Tyrol. He painted figures reminisce...
(b rnär´ päl s ´) (KEY) , c.1510–c.1589, French potter. For 16 years he worked in vain to imitate white-glazed pottery (probably Chinese), even ...
1824–1910, English astronomer. Using a spectroscope, he began to study the chemical constitution of stars from the observatory attached to his home ...
(zhäN p t t ´) (KEY) , 1607–91, French painter in enamel, b. Switzerland. He was apprentice and later partner to a goldsmith, Pierre Bordier, whom...
chemical compound, AgCl, a white cubic crystalline solid. It is nearly insoluble in water but is soluble in a water solution of ammonia, potassium cya...