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 Thompson, Silvanus Phillips ... thorny coral Thompson, Silvanus Phillips British physicist and historian of science known for contributions in electrical machinery, optics, and X ... Thompson, Sir Benjamin, Count Von Rumford American-born British physicist, government administrator, and a founder of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, ... [2 Related Articles] Thompson, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Scottish zoologist and classical scholar noted for his influential work On Growth and Form (1917, ... [1 Related Articles] Thompson, Sir H. S. M. (from the article "ion-exchange reaction") ...who formulated the ionic theory. In 1850, nine years before Arrhenius was born, separate papers ... Thompson, Sir Henry (from the article "cremation") The revival of interest in cremation in Europe and the United States began in 1874, ... Thompson, Sir J Eric S leading English ethnographer of the Mayan people. Thompson devoted his life to the study of ... Thompson, Sir John jurist and statesman who was premier of Canada from 1892 to 1894. Thompson, Smith associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1823-43). Thompson, Stith (from the article "myth") ...standpoint included Sir James Frazer, the British anthropologist, the brothers Grimm (Jacob, who influenced Mannhardt, ... Thompson, Tommy American politician, who served as governor of Wisconsin (1987-2001) and as U.S. secretary of health ... [1 Related Articles] Thompson, William Tappan American humorist remembered for his character sketches of Georgia-Florida backwoodsmen. Thoms, William John (from the article "folk dance") The English antiquarian William John Thoms (using the pseudonym Ambrose Merton) coined the English word ... Thomsen, Christian Jurgensen Danish archaeologist who deserves major credit for developing the three-part system of prehistory, naming the ... 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[1 Related Articles] Thomson cross section (from the article "radiation") ...(its mass times the velocity of light squared [mc2]), the scattering of photons is described ... Thomson effect the evolution or absorption of heat when electric current passes through a circuit composed of ... [1 Related Articles] Thomson's gazelle (from the article "gazelle") Thomson's gazelle (G. thomsoni), often called a Tommy, is the best-known and most common gazelle ... Thomson's theorem (from the article "fluid mechanics") Vorticity-free, or potential, flow would be of rather limited interest were it not for the ... Thomson, Alex British cinematographer was admired for his camera and lighting work on dozens of films. Thomson ... Thomson, Alexander (from the article "Western architecture") ...Glasgow (1829-30), in a style showing the Greek influence, and the revival in that city ... Thomson, Charles (from the article "Continental Congress") ...Fifty-six deputies represented all the colonies except Georgia. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was unanimously elected ... Thomson, Earl J. hurdler and versatile track athlete who held the world record for the 110-metre hurdles (1920-28). ... Thomson, Elihu U.S. electrical engineer and inventor whose discoveries in the field of alternating-current phenomena led to ... [3 Related Articles] Thomson, George Scottish amateur editor and publisher of Scottish folk songs, which he attempted to provide with ... [2 Related Articles] Thomson, J Edgar American civil engineer and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company who consolidated a network of ... Thomson, James On Aug. 9, 2001, U.S. Pres. George W. Bush announced that the federal government would ... Thomson, James (from the article "waterpower") ...whose first turbine developed about six horsepower. By 1832 he had perfected a turbine capable ... Thomson, James Scottish poet whose best verse foreshadowed some of the attitudes of the Romantic movement. His ... [3 Related Articles] Thomson, James Scottish Victorian poet who is best remembered for his sombre, imaginative poem "The City of ... Thomson, John (from the article "photography, history of") ...the empire's domains: Francis Frith worked in Egypt and Asia Minor, producing three albums of ... Thomson, John G. (from the article "algebra") ...by radicals because its Galois group was simple. However, a full characterization of simple groups ... Thomson, John Turnbull (from the article "Aspiring, Mount") ...from the small Bonar, Volta, Therma, and Iso glaciers. Its four ridges reach 9,932 feet ... Thomson, Joseph Scottish geologist, naturalist, and explorer who was the first European to enter several regions of ... [2 Related Articles] Thomson, Kenneth Roy Canadian media magnate (b. Sept. 1, 1923, Toronto, Ont.-d. June 12, 2006, Toronto), succeeded his ... [1 Related Articles] Thomson, Peter W golfer, the first Australian to win the British Open. Thomson, Robert In February 2002 The Times (London) received its first non-British editor. Australian Robert Thomson, formerly ... Thomson, Robert William (from the article "tire") The first patent for a pneumatic tire was issued to Robert William Thomson in England ... Thomson, Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Canadian-born British publisher, owner of The Times of London and other newspapers and communications media. [1 Related Articles] Thomson, Sir C Wyville Scottish naturalist who was one of the first marine biologists to describe life in the ... [2 Related Articles] Thomson, Sir George Paget English physicist who was the joint recipient, with Clinton J. Davisson of the United States, ... Thomson, Sir J.J. English physicist who helped revolutionize the knowledge of atomic structure by his discovery of the ... [17 Related Articles] Thomson, Sir John Arthur Scottish naturalist whose clearly written books on biology and attempts to correlate science and religion ... Thomson, Thomas (from the article "definite proportions, law of") ...of many substances, especially the oxides of iron (1797). Another French chemist, Claude Berthollet, who ... Thomson, Tom landscape painter devoted to the Canadian wilderness. Thomson, Virgil American composer, conductor, and music critic whose forward-looking ideas stimulated new lines of thought among ... [1 Related Articles] thomsonite (from the article "thomsonite") rare mineral in the zeolite family, similar to natrolite (q.v.).thomsoniteThomsonite.Paleonet Thon Buri section of Metropolitan Bangkok, Thailand's capital and largest city. Located on the west bank of ... [2 Related Articles] Thonet, Michael German-Austrian pioneer in the industrialization of furniture manufacture, whose experiments in the production of bentwood ... [1 Related Articles] Thoni, Gustavo (from the article "Olympic Games") Two athletes who earned gold at Sapporo went on to coach future gold medalists. Gustavo ... Thonon-les-Bains town, Haute-Savoie departement, Rhone-Alpes region, southeastern France, on a lacustrine terrace overlooking the southern shore ... Thony, Eduard (from the article "caricature and cartoon") ...those features of German life that were most disliked outside Germany-the didactic professor, the tourist, ... Thoor Ballylee (from the article "Yeats, William Butler") ...in personal terms, moving toward his own identity. From 1898, Yeats spent his summers at ... Thor deity common to all the early Germanic peoples, a great warrior represented as a red-bearded, ... [8 Related Articles] Thor rocket missile initially developed by the U.S. Air Force as an intermediate-range ballistic missile. It was ... [2 Related Articles] thoracic aorta (from the article "connective tissue disease") Takayasu arteritis, with variants called pulseless disease, branchial arteritis, and giant-cell arteritis of the aorta, ... thoracic cavity the second largest hollow space of the body. It is enclosed by the ribs, the ... thoracic leg (from the article "malacostracan") The eight pairs of thoracic legs are typically biramous (two-branched). One or more pairs are ... thoracic nerve (from the article "nervous system, human") ...are 31 pairs of spinal nerves, each of which receives and furnishes one dorsal and ... thoracic squeeze compression of the lungs and thoracic (chest) cavity that occurs during a breath-holding dive under ... thoracic surgery (from the article "medicine, history of") If there was one person who was aided more than any other by the progress ... thoracic vertebra (from the article "vertebral column") ...further subdivided into regions in which the vertebrae have different shapes and functions. Crocodilians and ... Thoracica (from the article "crustacean") ...larvae typical nauplii and cyprids; adults ramify inside hosts and produce 1 or more reproductive ... thoracodorsal nerve (from the article "nervous system, human") ...the dorsal scapular (to the rhomboid muscles), suprascapular (to supraspinatus and infraspinatus), medial and lateral ... thoracoscope (from the article "endoscopy") Three endoscopic procedures require incisions for the introduction of the lighted shaft. The thoracoscope permits ... thoracotropic hormone neurohormone secreted in arthropods. After being released by neurosecretory cells of the brain, the thoracotropic ... [2 Related Articles] Thorarensen, Bjarni Vigfusson first Romantic nationalist poet of Iceland. Thorarensen, Jakob Icelandic poet whose interest was in the daily heroism of the worker. Thorarinsson, Sigurdur (from the article "tephrochronology") ...a chronology, it is necessary to identify and correlate as many tephra units as possible ... thorax in amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, the chest. In humans and other mammals the chest ... [8 Related Articles] Thorbecke, Johan Rudolf leading Dutch political figure of the mid-19th century who, as prime minister (1849-53, 1862-66, 1871-72), ... [3 Related Articles] Thordarson, Sturla (from the article "saga") ...is also dealt with in several secular histories, known collectively as Sturlunga saga, the most ... Thoreau, Henry David American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher, renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as ... [3 Related Articles] Thorek, Max founder of the International College of Surgeons and co-founder of the American Hospital in Chicago, ... Thorez, Maurice French politician and leader of the French Communist Party. Thorfinn Karlsefni Icelandic-born Scandinavian leader of an early colonizing expedition to North America. His travels were recounted ... [1 Related Articles] thorianite thorium dioxide mineral (ThO2) that is very heavy, hard, and coloured dark gray to brownish ... [1 Related Articles] Thorild, Thomas poet and critic who opposed the influence of French classicism on Swedish culture. thorite thorium silicate, ThSiO4, one of the most important thorium minerals. Almost always altered by hydration, ... thorium (Th), radioactive chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table, atomic number 90; ... [10 Related Articles] thorium dioxide (from the article "thorium processing") The only other thorium compound of any industrial significance is ThO2, known as thoria. For ... thorium extraction process (from the article "thorium processing") Uranium-233 can be recovered and purified from neutron-irradiated thorium reactor fuels through the thorium extraction, ... thorium hydroxide (from the article "thorium processing") ...water-soluble species. The resulting solution is contacted with aqueous ammonia, first precipitating hydrated thorium phosphate ... thorium nitrate (from the article "thorium processing") ...hydrated thorium phosphate as a gelatinous mass and then metathesizing the thorium phosphate to thorium ... thorium phosphate (from the article "thorium processing") ...This converts both the phosphate and the metal content of the monazite to water-soluble species. ... thorium processing preparation of the ore for use in various products. thorium series (from the article "thorium series") set of unstable heavy nuclei comprising one of the four radioactive series (q.v.).FIGUREradioactive series thorium tetrafluoride (from the article "thorium processing") Powdered ThO2 can be fluorinated with gaseous hydrogen fluoride (HF), yielding thorium tetrafluoride (ThF4). The ... thorium-229 (from the article "thorium") ...is present in all uranium ores. Thorium-232 is useful in breeder reactors because on capturing ... thorium-232 (from the article "Heat productivities") ...fissile materials are uranium-235 (0.7 percent of naturally occurring uranium), plutonium-239, and uranium-233, the last ... Thorkell the Tall (from the article "Canute (I)") ...however, eventually reached an asylum in Hungary. Already in 1016, Canute had given the earldom ... Thorlaksson, Gudbrandur Reformation scholar and Lutheran bishop who was responsible for the successful implantation of Lutheranism in ... [2 Related Articles] thorn (from the article "angiosperm") Thorns represent the modification of an axillary shoot system in which the leaves are reduced ... thorn bird (from the article "passeriform") ...domed oven-shaped nest, but of plant materials on the forest floor. Some species, especially members ... thorn forest dense, scrublike vegetation characteristic of dry subtropical and warm temperate areas with a seasonal rainfall ... [2 Related Articles] Thorn, Gaston Egmond Luxembourgian politician pursued his long-time advocacy of European integration throughout a distinguished career that extended ... [1 Related Articles] Thorn, George Widmer American physician (b. Jan. 15, 1906, Buffalo, N.Y.-d. June 26, 2004, Beverly, Mass.), did groundbreaking ... Thorn-Prikker, Jan Dutch painter, designer, and decorator in the Art Nouveau style. He was an important figure ... [1 Related Articles] thornback ray (from the article "chondrichthian") ...inches) more toward its maximum recorded width of 25 centimetres (10 inches) in males or ... thornbush savanna (from the article "savanna") Savannas may be subdivided into three categories-wet, dry, and thornbush-depending on the length of the ... thornbush vegetation (from the article "Africa") ...southern counterpart of the Mediterranean zone, although (with the exception of the Atlas Mountains) it ... Thorncrown Chapel (from the article "Architecture") ...of his other well-known designs included the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minn., the IBM ... Thorndike puzzle box (from the article "animal learning") ...50 years old and with an eminent body of research behind him-was starting his work ... Thorndike's law of effect (from the article "animal learning") ...are followed by the delivery of a food pellet will press the lever again; if ... Thorndike's law of exercise (from the article "Thorndike, Edward L.") ...stated that those behavioral responses that were most closely followed by a satisfying result were ... Thorndike, Dame Sybil English actress of remarkable versatility. Thorndike, Edward L. American psychologist whose work on animal behaviour and the learning process led to the theory ... [12 Related Articles] Thorndike-Barnhart dictionaries notable series of school dictionaries widely used in the United States. Their content is based ... Thorne, Ken (from the article "1966: Other Winners") ...Virginia Woolf?Art Direction, Color: Dale Hennesy and Jack Martin Smith for Fantastic VoyageOriginal Music Score: ... Thornhill, Claude (from the article "Evans, Gil") A self-taught musician, Evans started his first band in 1933, first leading it and later ... Thornhill, Sir James English painter, the first to excel in historical painting, whose style was in the Italian ... [2 Related Articles] Thorning-Schmidt, Helle (from the article "Denmark") ...(DF)-a total of 95 seats in the 179-seat Folketing (parliament) and left the opposition in ... Thorns, Crown of the wreath of thorns was placed on the head of Jesus Christ at his crucifixion, ... [2 Related Articles] Thornthwaite, C. Warren (from the article "climate") A major contribution to climate grouping was made by the American geographer-climatologist C. Warren Thornthwaite ... Thornton Reef Complex (from the article "Silurian Period") ...segregated brachiopods, gastropods (class of mollusk containing present-day snails and slugs), crinoids (class of echinoderm ... Thornton, Big Mama American singer and songwriter who performed in the tradition of classic blues singers such as ... Thornton, Billy Bob (from the article "1996: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Ethan Coen and Joel Coen for FargoAdapted Screenplay: Billy Bob Thornton for Sling ... Thornton, Charles Bates (from the article "Litton Industries, Inc.") diversified U.S. multinational corporation founded in 1953 by Charles Bates "Tex" Thornton (1913-81). Its more ... Thornton, Henry English economist, banker, and philanthropist who made significant contributions to monetary theory. Thornton, Joseph (from the article "Life Sciences") One study of a dual ligand-receptor system published in 2006 by Joseph Thornton and colleagues ... Thornton, William British-born American architect, inventor, and public official, best known as the creator of the original ... [1 Related Articles] thorny coral (from the article "coral") Stony corals (order Madreporaria or Scleractinia) number about 1,000 species; black corals and thorny corals ...

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