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1906 Olympics Swimming Gold Medalists

Event   Time 100m Free Charles Daniels, USA 1:13.4 400m Free Otto Scheff, AUT 6:23.8 Mile Free Henry Taylor, GBR 28:28.0 4x250m Free HUN (József Ónody, Henrik…

The Koran/Sura XLIII — Ornaments of Gold

Sura XLIII — Ornaments of Gold Mecca — 89 Verses. In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Ha. Mim.[361] By the Luminous Book! We have made it an Arabic Koran that ye may…

Cameron, Verney Lovett

(Encyclopedia) Cameron, Verney LovettCameron, Verney Lovettkămˈərən [key], 1844–94, English traveler in Africa. A naval officer, he served (1868) in the British expedition against Ethiopia and…

Periodic Table of the Elements: Gold

(Encyclopedia) Periodic Table of the Elements: Gold Atomic Number: 79 Atomic Symbol: Au Gold Atomic Weight: 196.96657 Electron Configuration: 2 · 8 · 18 32 · 18 · 1

Timmins

(Encyclopedia) Timmins, town (1991 pop. 47,461), central Ont., Canada, on the Mattagami River. Timmins is the commercial center of the rich Porcupine gold-mining district, where gold was first…

Marshall, James Wilson

(Encyclopedia) Marshall, James Wilson, 1810–85, American pioneer, discoverer of gold in California, b. Hunterdon co., N.J. Migrating to California for his health, he arrived at Sutter's Fort (site of…

Kolyma

(Encyclopedia) KolymaKolymakŏlĭmäˈ, kōlēˈmə, Rus. kəlĭˈmə [key], river, c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) long, rising in several headstreams in the Kolyma and Cherskogo ranges, Russian Far East. It flows…