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Bow porcelain English soft-paste porcelain made at a factory in Stratford-le-Bow, Essex, from about 1744 to 1776. From 1750 bone ash, or calcined bones, was used in considerable proportions in Bow porcelain; this was an invention of Thomas Frye, a gifted Irish engraver who, with his partner, Edward Heylyn, had founded the ... Bow River river in southern Alberta, Canada, the main headstream of the South Saskatchewan River. It rises in the Canadian Rocky Mountains of Banff National Park at the foot of Mount Gordon and flows from glacial Bow Lake southeastward through the park in a lush montane ecoregion that runs past the communities ... bow wave progressive disturbance propagated through a fluid such as water or air as the result of displacement by the foremost point of an object moving through it at a speed greater than the speed of a wave moving across the water. Viewed from above, the crest of the bow wave of ... Bow, Clara American motion-picture actress called the "It" Girl after she played in It (1927), the popular silent-film version of Elinor Glyn's novel of that name. She personified the vivacious, emancipated flapper of the 1920s. From 1927 to 1930 she was one of the top five Hollywood box-office attractions. Bowden, Bobby American collegiate gridiron football coach who was one of the winningest coaches in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. Bowdich, Thomas Edward British traveler and scientific writer who in 1817 completed peace negotiations with the Asante empire (now part of Ghana) on behalf of the African Company of Merchants. This achievement aided in the extension of British influence as well as in the annexation of the Gold Coast colony. Bowditch, Nathaniel self-educated American mathematician and astronomer, author of the best American book on navigation of his time and translator from the French of Pierre-Simon Laplace's Celestial Mechanics. Bowdler, Thomas English doctor of medicine, philanthropist, and man of letters, known for his Family Shakspeare (1818), in which, by expurgation and paraphrase, he aimed to provide an edition of Shakespeare's plays that he felt was suitable for a father to read aloud to his family without fear of offending their susceptibilities ... Bowdoin College private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Brunswick, Maine, U.S. Bowdoin is an undergraduate college with a traditional liberal arts curriculum. The college cosponsors study-abroad programs in Rome, Stockholm, Sri Lanka, and southern India. Important academic facilities include Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bethel Point Marine Research Station, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library, and the ... Bowdoin, James political leader in Massachusetts during the era of the American Revolution (1775-83) and founder and first president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780). Bowell, Sir Mackenzie publisher, political leader, and prime minister of Canada (1894-96). Bowen town and port, northeastern Queensland, Australia. It lies along Port Denison, an inlet of the Coral Sea. In 1859 Captain H.D. Sinclair was commissioned by the government of New South Wales to locate a new harbour in the area. Before a settlement could be established there, an independent Queensland was ... Bowen, Catherine American historical biographer known for her partly fictionalized biographies. After attending the Peabody Institute and the Juilliard School of Music, she became interested in writing. Not surprisingly, her earliest works were inspired by the lives of musicians. Bowen, Elizabeth British novelist and short-story writer who employed a finely wrought prose style in fictions frequently detailing uneasy and unfulfilling relationships among the upper-middle class. The Death of the Heart (1938), the title of one of her most highly praised novels, might have served for most of them. Bowen, I.S. American astrophysicist whose explanation of the strong green emission from nebulae (clouds of rarefied gas) led to major advances in the study of celestial composition. This emission, which was unlike that characteristic of any known element, had previously been attributed to a hypothetical element, "nebulium." Bowen showed, however, that the ... Bowen, John British playwright and novelist noted for exploding popular assumptions by his examination of the complexity and ambivalence of human motives and behaviour. Bowen, Norman L. Canadian geologist who was one of the most important pioneers in the field of experimental petrology (i.e., the experimental study of the origin and chemical composition of rocks). He was widely recognized for his phase-equilibrium studies of silicate systems as they relate to the origin of igneous rocks. Bowenia a genus of two species of palmlike Australian cycads, evergreen perennial plants of the family Zamiaceae. Each is tuberous in form, with a subterranean stem resembling a gigantic carrot, 20 to 30 cm (8 to 12 inches) long. The leaves are two times pinnately compound. Species of Bowenia sometimes are ... Bower, Frederick Orpen English botanist whose study of primitive land plants, especially the ferns, contributed greatly to a modern emphasis on the study of the origins and evolutionary development of these plants. He is best known for his interpolation theory explaining the evolution of the alternation of generations in the life cycles of ... Bower, Walter author of the Scotichronicon, the first connected history of Scotland, which expands and continues the work of John of Fordun. Bowerbank, James Scott British naturalist and paleontologist best known for his studies of British sponges. bowerbird any of approximately 20 bird species that constitute the family Ptilonorhynchidae of the order Passeriformes. Bowerbirds are birds of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands that build more or less elaborate structures on the ground. Some are called catbirds, gardeners, and stagemakers. The male builds the bower, and he displays ... Bowery, the street and section of Lower Manhattan, New York City, U.S., extending diagonally from Chatham Square to the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Eighth Street. It follows a trail used by the Indians in their skirmishes with the Dutch, which later became the road leading to Gov. Peter Stuyvesant's bouwerie ("farm"). ... Bowes, Edward pioneer American radio personality who was instrumental in launching many prominent entertainment careers on his variety radio program, the "Original Amateur Hour." The show was presented from 1935 until the Major's death in 1946 by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). It gave aspiring performers-singers, comedians, impersonators, and others-a chance to ... bowfin freshwater fish of the order Amiiformes (superorder Holostei); it is the only living representative of its family (Amiidae), which dates back to the Jurassic Period (199.6 to 145.5 million years ago). The bowfin is a voracious fish found in sluggish North American waters from the Great Lakes southward to the ... Bowie city, Prince George's county, central Maryland, U.S., an eastern suburb of Washington, D.C. The first significant settlement at the site was Belair, an estate built about 1745 for Governor Samuel Ogle. A small farming community called Huntington developed there. In the 1870s the site was chosen as a major rail ... Bowie, David British singer, songwriter, and actor who was most prominent in the 1970s and best known for his shifting personae and musical genre hopping. Bowie, James popular hero of the Texas Revolution (1835-36) who is mainly remembered for his part in the Battle of the Alamo (February-March 1836). Bowie, William American geodesist who investigated isostasy, a principle that rationalizes the tendency of dense crustal rocks to cause topographic depressions and of light crustal rocks to cause topographic elevations. Bowker, Richard Rogers editor and publisher who was important in the development of U.S. professional library standards. Bowles, Chester American advertising entrepreneur, public official, and noted liberal politician. Bowles, Jane American author whose small body of highly individualistic work enjoyed an underground reputation even when it was no longer in print. Bowles, Paul American-born composer, translator, and author of novels and short stories in which violent events and psychological collapse are recounted in a detached and elegant style. His protagonists are often Europeans or Americans who are maimed by their contact with powerful traditional cultures. Bowles, Sally fictional character, the eccentric heroine of Christopher Isherwood's novella Sally Bowles (1937) and of his collected stories Goodbye to Berlin (1939). Bowles is a young iconoclastic, minimally talented English nightclub singer in the Berlin of the Weimar Republic period (1919-33). She paints her fingernails green, affects an artless decadent manner, ... Bowles, William Lisle English poet, critic, and clergyman, noted principally for his Fourteen Sonnets (1789), which expresses with simple sincerity the thoughts and feelings inspired in a mind of delicate sensibility by the contemplation of natural scenes. bowline knot forming a loop at the end of a rope, used for mooring boats, hoisting, hauling, and fastening one rope to another. It will not slip or jam, even under strain, but can be easily loosened by pushing with a finger. Bowling: Year in Review 1994 Bowling: Year in Review 1995 Bowling: Year in Review 1996 Bowling: Year in Review 1997 Bowling: Year in Review 1998 Bowling: Year in Review 1999 Bowling: Year in Review 2000 Bowling: Year in Review 2001 Bowling: Year in Review 2002 Bowling: Year in Review 2003 Bowling: Year in Review 2004 Bowling: Year in Review 2005 Bowling: Year in Review 2006 bowling game in which a heavy ball is rolled down a long, narrow lane toward a group of objects known as pins, the aim being to knock down more pins than an opponent. The game is quite different from the sport of bowls, or lawn bowls, in which the aim is ... Bowling Green city, seat (1796) of Warren county, south-central Kentucky, U.S. It lies along the Barren River, 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Nashville, Tennessee. It was settled in 1780 by Robert and George Moore, and tradition suggests that their sport of bowling wooden balls across the green gave the city its ...