A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Maceo, Antonio ... Mackenzie, Sir Morell Maceo, Antonio (from the article "Cuba") ...call for U.S. annexation of Cuba. Spain promised to reform the island's political and economic ... maceral any of the numerous microscopically recognizable, individual organic constituents of ... [3 Related Articles] Macerata city, Marche regione, central Italy. It is situated on a hill between ... maceration (from the article "essential oil") ...and to rupture some of the cell walls of oil-bearing glands. Steam distillation is by ... Macewen, Sir William (from the article "medicine, history of") ...of all the surgical specialties, neurosurgery was nevertheless one of the first to emerge. The ... Macfadden, Bernarr American physical culturist who, by sometimes eccentric means, spread the gospel of physical fitness and ... [3 Related Articles] Macfarquhar, Colin Scottish printer, who, with Andrew Bell, founded the Encyclopaedia Britannica in 1768. [3 Related Articles] MacGillivray, Greg (from the article "Performing Arts") ...by the Directors Guild, and took top honours at the Chicago International Film Festival, the ... Macgillycuddy's Reeks (Irish: "ridge" or "crests"), mountain range on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. ... MacGregor, John (from the article "canoeing") In the 1860s John MacGregor, a Scottish lawyer, sportsman, traveler, and philanthropist, was a major ... MacGregor, Sir Ian British industrialist (b. Sept. 21, 1912, Kinlochleven, Scot.--d. April 13, 1998, Taunton, Eng.), gained a ... MacGregor, Sir James (from the article "Celtic literature") ...in the 9th-century Book of Deer. The most important early Gaelic literary manuscript is The ... Mach cone (from the article "sonic boom") ...or changes of pressure. At supersonic speeds, however, the pressure field is confined to a ... Mach number in fluid mechanics, ratio of the velocity of a fluid to the velocity of sound ... [4 Related Articles] Mach'ang (from the article "pottery") ...in the provinces of Honan and Kansu. Perhaps the best known of these wares is ... Mach's bands (from the article "Mach, Ernst") ...he continued to identify himself as a physicist and to conduct physical research throughout his ... Mach's construction (from the article "fluid mechanics") The diagrams in Figure 8 show a well-known construction attributed to the Austrian physicist Ernst ... Mach's principle in cosmology, hypothesis that the inertial forces experienced by a body in nonuniform motion are ... [2 Related Articles] Mach, Ernst Austrian physicist and philosopher who established important principles of optics, mechanics, and wave dynamics and ... [8 Related Articles] Macha in Celtic religion, one of three war goddesses; it is also a collective name for ... [1 Related Articles] Macha, Karel Hynek literary artist who is considered the greatest poet of Czech Romanticism. [3 Related Articles] MacHack VI (from the article "chess") Computers began to compete against humans in the late 1960s. In February 1967 MacHack VI, ... machada (from the article "ukulele") (Hawaiian: "flea"), small guitar derived from the machada, or machete, a four-stringed guitar introduced into ... Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria Brazilian poet, novelist, and short-story writer, a classic master of Brazilian and world literature, whose ... [3 Related Articles] Machado de Castro, Joachim (from the article "Portugal") Sculpture found rich expression in the magnificent tombs of the 12th and 13th centuries, and ... Machado y Morales, Gerardo hero in the Cuban War of Independence (1895-98) who was later elected president by an ... [1 Related Articles] Machado, Antonio outstanding Spanish poet and playwright of Spain's Generation of '98. [2 Related Articles] Machado, Bernardino Luis Brazilian-born political leader who was twice president of Portugal (1915-17, 1925-26). [1 Related Articles] Machado, Manuel Spanish poet and playwright, brother of Antonio Machado. The son of an Andalusian folklorist, he ... [1 Related Articles] Machado, Rodolfo (from the article "Architecture") ...Denver Art Museum featured a dramatic free-form pile of sharply angular shapes of shining titanium. ... Machaerium (from the article "jacaranda") The name jacaranda is also applied to several tree species of the genus Machaerium of ... Machala city, southwestern Ecuador, in the Pacific coastal lowlands 2 mi (3 km) from the Gulf ... Machang culture (from the article "China") ...ease, were the most prominent. Related designs involving sawtooth lines, gourd-shaped panels, spirals, and zoomorphic ... Machaty, Gustav Czech motion-picture director whose films became world-famous for treating mature subjects in a stylishly erotic ... Machaut, Guillaume de French poet and musician, greatly admired by contemporaries as a master of French versification and ... [14 Related Articles] Machel, Samora Mozambican politician, who was the first president of independent Mozambique (1975-86). [3 Related Articles] Machen, Arthur Welsh novelist and essayist, a forerunner of 20th-century Gothic science fiction. Machen, John Gresham American Presbyterian theologian and fundamentalist leader. [1 Related Articles] Machendra Jatra (from the article "Kathmandu") Festivals in Kathmandu include, in spring, the Shivaratri and the Machendra Jatra with its procession ... Machias town, seat (1790) of Washington county, eastern Maine, U.S., near the mouth of the Machias ... Machiavelli, Bernardo (from the article "Machiavelli, Niccolo") From the 13th century onward, Machiavelli's family was wealthy and prominent, holding on occasion Florence's ... Machiavelli, Niccolo Italian Renaissance political philosopher and statesman, secretary of the Florentine republic, whose most famous work, ... [27 Related Articles] machicolation (from the article "castle") ...moats from being crossed. The gateway was often protected by a barbican-a walled outwork in ... Machida city, Tokyo to (metropolis), Honshu, Japan, on the border of Kanagawa Prefecture (ken). Situated on ... Machimoi (from the article "Egypt, ancient") ...Amon and thus became heiress to the position of God's Wife. Essential to the settling ... Machimura, Nobutaka (from the article "Japan") The Japanese government issued an official protest on April 16 against China's failure to halt ... Machin, John English mathematician, notable for studies in finding the area of a circle. In 1706 he ... machine device, having a unique purpose, that augments or replaces human or animal effort for the ... [11 Related Articles] machine art (from the article "Leger, Fernand") French painter who was deeply influenced by modern industrial technology and Cubism. He developed "machine ... machine display (from the article "human-factors engineering") ...The simplest model of a man-machine unit consists of an individual operator working with a ... machine finish (from the article "papermaking") ...only slightly beaten in stock preparation. The sheet is lightly calendered (pressed between rollers) to ... machine gun automatic weapon of small calibre that is capable of rapid, sustained fire. Most machine guns ... [6 Related Articles] machine indexing (from the article "information processing") The subject analysis of electronic text is accomplished by means of machine indexing, using one ... machine language the numeric codes for the operations that a particular computer can execute directly. The codes ... [3 Related Articles] machine learning (from the article "artificial intelligence") There are a number of different forms of learning as applied to artificial intelligence. The ... machine programming (from the article "automation") The programmed instructions determine the set of actions that is to be accomplished automatically by ... machine screw (from the article "hand tool") ...device was used to turn them. Slotted, roundheaded screws were used in the 16th century, ... machine shop (from the article "tool and die making") The successful introduction of interchangeable parts and the development of machine tools, both in the ... machine tool any stationary power-driven machine that is used to shape or form parts made of metal ... [9 Related Articles] machine translation (from the article "linguistics") ...Theoretically more interesting, though much more difficult, is the automatic grammatical analysis of texts by ... Machine-Readable Cataloging (from the article "library") ...wishing to participate, and the Bibliographic Services Division and its predecessor, the British National Bibliography, ... Machine-Readable Cataloging Project (from the article "library") ...a file at any point and then to be transmitted to a central data file ... machine-tractor station in the Soviet Union, state-owned institution that rented heavy agricultural machinery (e.g., tractors and combines) ... Machinery Hall (from the article "Horiguchi Sutemi") Horiguchi graduated in 1920 from the University of Tokyo, where he also received a Ph.D. ... Machinery Hall (from the article "Philadelphia Centennial Exposition") Unquestionably the focal point of the exposition was Machinery Hall, where viewers marveled at the ... Machines, Gallery of (from the article "Western architecture") ...an engineer who had done outstanding work in the Paris Exposition of 1878 and in ... machining (from the article "plastic") Rigid thermoplastics and thermosets can be machined by conventional processes such as drilling, sawing, turning ... machining centre (from the article "machine tool") A further development in the automation of machine tools is the "machining centre," usually a ... Machito (from the article "salsa") ...notably to Mexico. However, New York City became the forge for its transformation into salsa, ... Machkund Lake (from the article "Dholpur") ...avoid encroachments by the Chambal River. It was the capital of the former princely state ... Machmeter (from the article "airspeed indicator") ...differences and temperature give the true airspeed, which is used to calculate the aircraft's position. ... Machpelah, Cave of (from the article "Hebron") ...or "Tetrapolis"), possibly referring to four confederated settlements in the area in biblical times or ... Machray, Robert Scottish-born archbishop of Rupert's Land in northern and western Canada. Machu Picchu site of ancient Inca ruins located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Cuzco, Peru, ... [4 Related Articles] Machuca, Pedro de (from the article "Alhambra") ...removed. Charles V, who ruled in Spain as Charles I (1516-56), rebuilt portions in the ... Macia, Francesc Catalan leader and founder of the nationalist party Estat Catala (1922), who played a major ... Macias Nguema, Francisco (from the article "Equatorial Guinea, flag of") ...by martyrs in the liberation struggle. The flag hoisted at independence did not bear the ... Maciel Degollado, the Rev. Marcial Mexican Roman Catholic priest founded (1941) the Roman Catholic religious order Legionaries of Christ (also ... Macina region, the middle course of the Niger River in Mali, between Segou and Timbuktu (Tombouctou), ... [2 Related Articles] macinato (from the article "Italy") ...and-in the telling phrase of the Piedmontese author and statesman Massimo d'Azeglio-to "make Italians." Popular ... MacInnes, Helen Clark Scottish-born American novelist, known for her taut, realistic espionage thrillers. MacInnes, Tom Canadian writer whose works range from vigorous, slangy recollections of the Yukon gold rush, Lonesome ... MacIntire, Carl (from the article "fundamentalism, Christian") ...the question of premillennialism and postmillennialism. While Machen defended the more conventional postmillennialism of the ... Macintosh (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...known as Mac OS X 10.5). Although not dramatically different, it automated and simplified useful ... Macintosh, Charles Scottish chemist, best known for his invention in 1823 of a method for making waterproof ... [3 Related Articles] Macintosh, Douglas Clyde (from the article "religious experience") ...typical, have focussed on the "religious" as a quality of experience and an attitude toward ... Macintyre, Duncan Ban (from the article "Celtic literature") Duncan Ban Macintyre (Donnchadh Ban Mac an t-Saoir), who was influenced by Macdonald, had his ... Maciunas, George (from the article "Fluxus") The name Fluxus, meant to suggest both "flow" and "effluent," was coined by Fluxus founder ... MacIver, Robert Morrison Scottish-born sociologist, political scientist, and educator who expressed belief in the compatibility of individualism and ... Mack von Leiberich, Karl, Freiherr (Baron) Austrian soldier, commander of the defeated forces at the Napoleonic battles of Ulm and ... [1 Related Articles] Mack, Alexander (from the article "Brethren") group of Protestant churches that trace their origin to Schwarzenau, Hesse, where in 1708 a ... Mack, Connie American professional baseball manager and team executive, the "grand old man" of the major leagues ... [2 Related Articles] Mack, John American oboist and teacher (b. Oct. 30, 1927, Somerville, N.J.-d. July 23, 2006, Cleveland, Ohio), ... [1 Related Articles] Mackay city, eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, at the mouth of the Pioneer River. Its deepwater ... Mackay, Clarence Hungerford U.S. communications executive and philanthropist who supervised the completion of the first transpacific cable between ... Mackay, John (from the article "Celtic literature") Four other poets mark the transition from the poetry of the 17th century to that ... Mackay, Robert (from the article "Celtic literature") Other poets of note in the 18th century included John MacCodrum, author of much humorous ... MacKaye, Benton (from the article "Appalachian National Scenic Trail") Benton MacKaye, a regional planner for Massachusetts, is credited with spearheading the effort to build ... MacKaye, Ian (from the article "Fugazi") ...player Joe Lally (b. Dec. 3, 1963Rockville, Md.),vocalist-guitarist Ian MacKaye (b. April 16, 1962Washington, D.C.), ... MacKaye, Percy U.S. poet and playwright whose use of historical and contemporary folk literature furthered the development ... MacKaye, Steele U.S. playwright, actor, theatre manager, and inventor who has been called the closest approximation to ... [1 Related Articles] Macke, August German painter who was a leader of Der Blaue Reiter ("The Blue Rider"), an influential ... [2 Related Articles] Macken, Walter Irish novelist and dramatist whose tales combine an honest and often harsh reflection of the ... Mackensen, August von German field marshal and one of the most successful commanders in World War I. [3 Related Articles] Mackensen, Fritz (from the article "Worpswede school") ...the heaths, meadows, forests, streams, bridges, windmills, and peasants of the area in a romantic ... Mackenzie Delta (from the article "Arctic Regions") ...the "pipeline race" continued between the proposed natural gas pipeline from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay south ... Mackenzie dike swarm (from the article "Precambrian time") ...up to several hundred metres in width and length, and there may be hundreds or ... Mackenzie Eskimo (from the article "Arctic") ...The Baffinland Eskimo were often included in the Central Eskimo, a grouping that otherwise included ... Mackenzie Lowlands (from the article "North America") ...settlers-large cool-to-cold areas lie in the north and extend as far south as the Ozark ... Mackenzie Mountains northern extension of the Rocky Mountains, in the Yukon and in Inuvik and Fort Smith ... [3 Related Articles] Mackenzie River seasonal tributary of the Fitzroy River, eastern Queensland, Australia. Formed by the junction of the ... Mackenzie River major river system in the drainage pattern of northwestern North America. Its basin is the ... [6 Related Articles] Mackenzie Valley Gas Pipeline (from the article "Arctic Regions") ...the Ural Mountains. Meanwhile, Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin called for initial proposals to build the ... Mackenzie, Alexander Scottish-born politician, the first Liberal prime minister of Canada (1873-78). [2 Related Articles] Mackenzie, Charles Frederick Scottish-born Anglican priest and the first bishop in the British colonial territory of Central Africa. Mackenzie, Compton British novelist who suffered critical acclaim and neglect with equal indifference, leaving a prodigious output ... MacKenzie, Gisele Canadian-born singer and actress (b. Jan. 10, 1927, Winnipeg, Man.-d. Sept. 5, 2003, Burbank, Calif.), ... Mackenzie, Henry Scottish novelist, playwright, poet, and editor, whose most important novel, The Man of Feeling, established ... [1 Related Articles] Mackenzie, Holt (from the article "India") ...possible in current conditions. Like Munro and Elphinstone, he was suspicious of change and wished ... Mackenzie, John British missionary who was a constant champion of the rights of Africans in South Africa ... MacKenzie, Lewis In 1993 Canadian Maj. Gen. Lewis MacKenzie published an account of his career, Peacekeeper: The ... Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Scottish fur trader and explorer who traced the course of the 1,100-mile Mackenzie River in ... [6 Related Articles] Mackenzie, Sir Alexander Campbell Scottish composer who, with Sir Hubert Parry and Sir Charles Stanford, was associated with the ... [1 Related Articles] Mackenzie, Sir George Scottish lawyer who gained the nickname "Bloody Mackenzie" for his prosecution of the Scottish Presbyterian ... Mackenzie, Sir James Scottish cardiologist, pioneer in the study of cardiac arrhythmias. He was first to make simultaneous ... Mackenzie, Sir Morell English physician who was at the centre of a bitter international controversy over the death ...

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