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ether, in chemistry

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Ethers ether, any of a number of organic compounds whose molecules contain two hydrocarbon groups joined by single bonds to an oxygen atom. The most common of these compounds…

Köpenick

(Encyclopedia) KöpenickKöpenickköˈpənĭk [key], district of Berlin, E Germany, at the confluence of the Spree and Dahme rivers. It is an industrial center and a tourist spot, with forests and large…

Burbidge, Margaret

(Encyclopedia) Burbidge, Margaret, 1925–2020, Anglo-American astronomer, b. England as Eleanor Margaret Peachey. Burbidge; her husband, Geoffrey Burbidge; William Fowler; and Sir Fred Hoyle showed (…

Fred A. Young 1998 Deaths

Fred A. Youngcinematographer three-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer of Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Ryan's DaughterBorn: 1902Died: 1998Sam YortyR - ZRobert Young

Sir Fred Hoyle 2001 Deaths

Sir Fred HoyleAge: 86 prominent astrophysicist who wrote extensively about cosmological theory, the belief that the universe is in a steady state of time and space. He mockingly coined the…

Fred WAMPLER, Congress, IN (1909-1999)

WAMPLER Fred , a Representative from Indiana; born in Carriers Mills, Saline County, Ill., October 15, 1909; B.A., Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Ind., 1931; M. Ed., Indiana State…