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• Encyclopedia — • An abridgment of human knowledge in general or a considerable department thereof, treated from a uniform point of view or in a systematized summary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Encyclopedia     Encyclopedia …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences — Ephraim Chambers Cyclopaedia (1728) Table of …   Wikipedia

• Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences — Cyclopaedia: or, A Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols.) was an encyclopedia published by Ephraim Chambers in London in 1728, and reprinted in numerous editions in the 18th century. The Cyclopaedia was one of the first… …   Wikipedia

• John Amos Comenius — Komensky redirects here. For the town in Wisconsin, US, see Komensky, Wisconsin. John Amos Comenius Born March 28, 1592(1592 03 28) Moravia …   Wikipedia

• Alexander von Humboldt — Infobox Scientist name = Alexander von Humboldt box width = image size =250px caption = Alexander von Humboldt, painting by Joseph Stieler, 1843 birth date = September 14, 1769 birth place = Berlin death date = May 6, 1859 death place = residence …   Wikipedia

• Photius of Constantinople — • Chief author of the great schism between East and West (b. c. 815) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Photius of Constantinople     Photius of Constantinople     …   Catholic encyclopedia

• History of Physics —     History of Physics     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics     The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Nuremberg Trials — For the 1947 Soviet film about the trials, see Nuremberg Trials (film). The Holocaust …   Wikipedia

• Mestizo — Mestizos Notable mestizos: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega · Porfirio Díaz …   Wikipedia

• Sharjah (emirate) — Infobox Settlement name = Sharjah official name = Emirate of Sharjah native name = إمارة الشارقةّ settlement type = emirate translit lang1 type = Arabic translit lang1 info = الشارقة image caption = Sharjah gold souk pushpin pushpin map caption …   Wikipedia