Joseph Priestley, who discovered oxygen in 1774 and found that plants supply oxygen to the atmosphere, also served society in this capacity.
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Daily Quiz for September 10, 2011
This was the inspiration for Dmitri Mendeleev’s creation of the periodic table of elements.
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Game Review: Panzer Corps Wehrmacht, by Slitherine/Matrix Games
Panzer Corps Wehrmacht is a paean to the classic hex-based strategy games of old.
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Book Review: Carrying the War to the Enemy, by Michael R. Matheny
Michael Matheny looks at the evolution of U.S. military academy instruction in the operations discipline.
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Book Review: Dividing the Spoils, by Robin Waterfield
Robin Waterfield chronicles the wars between Alexander’s successors for control of his empire.
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Book Review: Blood on the Snow, by Graydon J. Tunstall, and Breakthrough, by Richard L. DiNardo
Authors Graydon Tunstall and Richard DiNardo contribute toward our understanding of the World War I Eastern Front.
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Book Review: 1812 / The Navy’s War
George C. Daughan offers an excellent overview of the U.S. Navy’s rise during the War of 1812.
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Daily Quiz for September 9, 2011
The old State House bell in Philadelphia was first called the Liberty Bell by advocates supporting this cause.
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Adah Menken, aka ‘The Naked Lady’: The Original Superstar
Adah Isaacs Menken, aka “The Naked Lady,” may have begun life as a poor girl from New Orleans, but with talent and courage she became THE outstanding actress during the era of America’s Civil War.
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Pancho Villa’s War (Movie)
In 1914 Hollywood director Raoul Walsh
went to Mexico to film a revolution,
courtesy of General Pancho Villa