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Steeplechase Racing Winners Through the Years

Champion Horses Annual horse of the year since 1956 based on vote of the National Turf Writers Association and other selected media. Multiple winners: Lonesome Glory (5); Flatterer (4); Bon…

bicycle

(Encyclopedia) bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle…

Is it Safe to Travel in Africa?

Is it really dangerous? Africa is famous for its natural beauty, national parks, and amazing wildlife. Unfortunately, it is also well-known for being unsafe. While this may be true for some areas…

relativity

(Encyclopedia) relativity, physical theory, introduced by Albert Einstein, that discards the concept of absolute motion and instead treats only relative motion between two systems or frames of…

chlorate

(Encyclopedia) chloratechlorateklōrˈāt, klôrˈ– [key] and perchloratechloratepərklōrˈāt, –klôrˈ– [key], salts of chloric acid, HClO3, and perchloric acid, HClO4, respectively. Perchlorates are safer…

Brewer's: Freeman

(Mrs.). A name assumed by the Duchess of Marlborough in her correspondence with Queen Anne. The queen called herself Mrs. Morley. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer…

Brewer's: Clio

was one of the nine Muses, the inventress of historical and heroic poetry. Clio. Addison is so called because his papers in the Spectator are signed by one of the four letters in this…

Eclipse Awards

Horse of the YearOlder MaleOlder Filly or Mare3-Year-Old Colt or Gelding3-Year-Old Filly2-Year-Old Colt or Gelding2-Year-Old FillyChampion Turf HorseChampion Male Turf HorseChampion Female…

David Pall Biography

inventorBorn: 2 April 1914Best Known as: inventor of the Leukocyte Reduction Filter David Pall invented the Leukocyte Reduction Filter which makes blood…