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(Encyclopedia)weight, measure of the force of gravity on a body (see gravitation). Since the weights of different bodies at the same location are proportional to their masses, weight is often used as a measure of m...Common Weights and Measures (table)
(Encyclopedia) Common Weights and Measures Length Area Volume and Capacity (Liquid and Dry) Weight (Mass) ...Gillett, Ezra Hall
(Encyclopedia)Gillett, Ezra Hall jəlĕtˈ [key], 1823–75, American Presbyterian clergyman and historian, b. Colchester, Conn. After serving (1845–70) as pastor in Harlem, New York City, he became professor of ...Eliot, T. S.
(Encyclopedia)Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns Eliot), 1888–1965, American-British poet and critic, b. St. Louis, Mo. One of the most distinguished literary figures of the 20th cent., T. S. Eliot won the 1948 Nobel P...Robinson, Sugar Ray
(Encyclopedia)Robinson, Sugar Ray, 1920–89, American boxer, b. Detroit as Walker Smith, Jr. He began boxing after three years of high school in New York City. Having won all his amateur fights (about 90), includi...Keats, Ezra Jack
(Encyclopedia)Keats, Ezra Jack, 1916–83, American author and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Jacob Ezra Katz. During the Great Depression, he painted murals for the Works Progress Administr...Hemingway, Ernest
(Encyclopedia)Hemingway, Ernest, 1899–1961, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Oak Park, Ill. one of the great American writers of the 20th cent. Hemingway's fiction usually focuses on people living ...Hashbadana
(Encyclopedia)Hashbadana hăshbădˈənə [key], in the Bible, companion of Ezra. ...Gilalai
(Encyclopedia)Gilalai gĭlˈəlā, gĭlāˈlāī, gĭləlāˈī [key], in the Bible, one of Ezra's musicians. ...Elihoenai
(Encyclopedia)Elihoenai ĕlˌīhōēˈnāī [key]. In the Bible, leader in the return with Ezra. ...Browse by Subject
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