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Brewer's: National Convention

The assembly of deputies which assumed the government of France on the overthrow of the throne in 1792. It succeeded the National Assembly. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Brewer's: National Debt

Money borrowed by the Government, on the security of the taxes, which are pledged to the lenders for the payment of interest. The National Debt in William III.'s reign was 15,730,439. At…

Brewer's: National Exhibition

So Douglas Jerrold called a public execution at the Old Bailey. These scandals were abolished in 1868. Executions now take place in the prison yard. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and…

Brewer's: National Workshops

- The English name of “Ateliers nationaux,” established by the French provisional government in February, 1848, and which were abolished in three months, after a sanguinary contest.…

Brewer's: Oldest Nation

and most ancient of all languages. Psammetichus of Egypt, wishing to penetrate these secrets, commanded that two infants should be brought up in such seclusion that they should never hear…

The National Medal of Technology

2003 National Medal of Technology Recipients2002 National Medal of Technology Recipients2001 National Medal of Technology Recipients2000 National Medal of Technology Recipients1999 National…

Brewer's: Six Nations

(The). The Iroquois confederacy since the Tuscaroras was added. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Six PointsSix Months' War A B C D E F G H I J K L…

National Transplant Data

The following table lists the number of registered patients in the United States who are waiting for transplants, according to type of organ. Registered U.S. Patients Waiting for…

National Historical Parks

Name and location Total acreageAdams (Mass.)23.82Appomattox Court House (Va.) 1,772.36Boston (Mass.) 43.32Cane River Creole (La.)207.38Cedar Creek and Belle Grove (Va.)3,566.61Chaco Culture (…

National Military Parks

Name and location Total acreageChickamauga and Chattanooga (Ga.-Tenn.) 8,266.34Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania (Va.) 8,361.92Gettysburg (Pa.) 5,990.31Guilford Courthouse (N.C.) 228.…