Protestantism in India
Protestants in India are a minority and a sub-section of Christians in India and also to a certain extent the Christians in Pakistan before the Partition of India, that adhere…
Welch (West Virginia)
Welch is a town of 2,863 people (as of 2000) in West Virginia, and the county seat of McDowell County. Incorporated in 1894, it was named for Confederate captain Isaiah…
Wadi Halfa
Wadi Halfa is a town on the shores of Lake Nasser in the north of Sudan. It marks the point of entry into Sudan for those coming in from Egypt.…
Polar mount
A polar mount is a movable mount for satellite dishes that allows the dish to be pointed at many geostationary satellites by slewing around one axis.[1] It works by having…
Morristown
Not to be confused with Morrisville, a town in Vermont. Villa Fontana, the home of editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast Morristown is in Morris County, New Jersey. . . . Morristown…
David Bates (physicist)
Sir David Robert BatesFRS[1] (18 November 1916 – 5 January 1994) was a Northern Irishmathematician and physicist.[2] Irish physicist David Bates Born (1916-11-18)18 November 1916 Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland Died…
Gentilhombre (horse)
Gentilhombre (2 April 1973 – 1 January 1992) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old he won four races and finished third in the Group TwoLaurent Perrier…
Partimento
A Partimento (from the Italian: partimento, plural partimenti) is a sketch (often a bass line), written out on a single staff, whose main purpose is to be a guide for…