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predominantly quartz mineral particles that are between sand size and clay size, i.e., between 1/16 and 1/256 mm (1/406 –1/6502 in.) in diameter. Si...
(s m n´ d z, s ´ s) (KEY) , c.556–468? B.C., Greek lyric poet, b. Ceos. At Athens for a time under the patronage of Hipparchus, he seems then to h...
(d n ´ güst´ mär ´ räf ´) (KEY) , 1804–60, French lithographer and illustrator; student of Charlet and of Gros. He attained an individual st...
1913–, French novelist. He was born in Madagascar and studied at Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge. He fought in World War II both as a soldier and later...
(Charles Elwood Yeager), 1923–, American aviator. A fighter pilot during World War II, he was a test pilot during the early postwar years. Among oth...
1887–1946, English mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was professor of applied mathematics at Princeton Univ. (1905–9), later lectured a...