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Cambridge Encyclopedia
Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 23
Eleanor of Provence - Reference
Eleanor Steber - Discography
Eleatics - History, Philosophy
Eleazar Wheelock
electoral college - Beginnings of electoral colleges
Electra - Psychology, Adaptations of the Electra story
Electra Havemeyer Webb
electric eel
electric field - Coulomb's law, Energy in the electric field, Parallels between electrostatics and gravity
electric ray
electrical conduction - Solids (including insulating solids), Electrolytes, Gases and plasmas
electrical engineering - History, Education, Practicing engineers, Tools and work, Sub-disciplines, Related disciplines
electricity - SI electricity units
electrochemistry - History, Principles, Electrochemical cells, Standard electrode potential, Spontaneity of Redox systems
electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) - Overview, Techniques and equipment, Side effects and complications, Effectiveness, Current use, Informed consent, Involuntary ECT
electroencephalography - Clinical use, Research use, Methods, Activity types, Artifacts, History
electrolysis - Overview, Electrolysis of water, Experimenters, First law of electrolysis, Second law of electrolysis, Military uses, Examples
electrolyte - Explanation, Physiological importance, Electrolytes in electrochemistry
electromagnetic induction
electromagnetic radiation - Electromagnetic spectrum, Derivation
electromagnetism - SI electricity units
electromotive force - Explanation of electromotive force, Electromotive force in thermodynamics, Electromotive force and potential difference, Electromotive force generation
electromyography - Electrical Characteristics, Procedure, Normal results, Abnormal results
electron - Classification, Properties and behavior, In practice, In theory, History
electron capture
electron diffraction - Theory, Electron diffraction in a TEM
electron gun - Ionisation
electron microscope - History, Types, Sample Preparation, Disadvantages
electronegativity - List of elemental electronegativity
electronic data interchange (EDI) - Standards, Interpreting data, Standards Bodies
electronic music - Overview, Electronic music press, Further reading
electronic publishing - Electronic Publishing Solutions
electronics - Overview of electronic systems and circuits, Electronic devices and components, Types of circuits, Noise
electrophile - Electrophiles in organic chemistry
electrophone
electrophoresis
electroplating - Process, Current density, Brush electroplating, Industrial Use
electrostatic generator - Description, Related machines, Fringe science and devices
electrostatics - Fundamental concepts, Static charge generation, Triboelectric series, Electrostatic generators
elegy
Eleonora Duse - Early life, acting career
elephant - Zoology, Usefulness to the environment, Threat of extinction, Humanity and elephants, Rogue elephant
elephant bird - Elephant Bird Species, Gallery
elephant seal
Elephanta Caves - Reference notes
elephantiasis
Eleusinian Mysteries - Mythology, The Mysteries, Outline – The Greater Mysteries in Five Acts, End of the Eleusinian Mysteries
elevator - Design, Modern elevator construction, Elevator safety, Uses of elevators, Types of elevator hoist mechanisms, Controlling elevators
Elfego Baca - The Frisco Shootout, Law and Order, Political Life, Legends
Elfriede Jelinek - Biography, Work and politics, The Nobel Prize, Bibliography
Elgin (Gay) Baylor - Early life, Trivia, NBA highlights, Quotes
Elgin Marbles - Description, Interpretation of the frieze, Criticism by Elgin's contemporaries, Damage to marbles
Eli Smith
Eli Terry - Background, Career, Heritage
Eli Whitney - Invention and innovation, Other Inventions
Elia Kazan
Elias (Magnus) Fries
Elias Ashmole - Solicitor and royalist, Freemason, Marriage, Alchemy and the Tradescant Collection, Restoration, Ashmolean Museum
Elias Boudinot - Personal history, Political career, Later public service, Legacy, Quotes
Elias Canetti - Life, Works, Trivia
Elias Hicks - Early life, Ministry, Hicks' Reported Views, Disputes Among Friends, Later life
Elias Howe - References in popular culture
Elias J(ames) Corey - Major contributions, Praise, Graduate student death, Woodward-Hoffmann rules
Elie Nadelman - Works
Elie Siegmeister
Elihu Burritt
Elihu Root - Early life and career, External links
Elihu Thomson - Biography
Elihu Vedder - Further reading
Elihu Vedder - Further reading
Elihu Yale - Life, Death and legacy
Elijah (Jordan) Wood - Filmography, Awards and nominations
Elijah McCoy - Life
Elijah Muhammad - Early life, Teachings, Legacy
elimination reaction - E2 mechanism, E1 mechanism, E2 and E1 elimination final notes, Specific elimination reactions
Elinor Glyn - Career, "Vamp", References in popular culture
Elinor Wylie - More about Elinor Wylie, Online Works, Works
elint
Elio Vittorini - Life, Partial bibliography
Eliot (Furness) Porter - Photography career
Eliot Feld
Eliphalet Nott
Eliphalet Remington
Elisabeth Bergner - All About Eve
Elisabeth Eybers
Elisabeth Schumann - Biography, Website
Elisha
Elisha (Graves) Otis
Elisha (Kent) Kane
Elisha Gray - Elisha Gray and the Telephone
Eliza Cook - Works
Eliza Haywood - Biography, Fiction, Acting and drama, Periodicals and Non Fiction, Political Writings, Translations, Critical Reception
Elizabeth
Elizabeth (Andreas) Evatt
Elizabeth (Cleghorn) Gaskell - Life, Works, Publications, See Also
Elizabeth (Dorothea Cole) Bowen - Assessment, Selected works
Elizabeth (Hobbs) Keckley - Early life, Marriage and Release, Career
Elizabeth (Jane) Coatsworth
Elizabeth (Joan Cecil) Jennings - Works
Elizabeth (of Bohemia)
Elizabeth (Penn) Sprague Coolidge
Elizabeth (Queen Mother)
Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Biography, Literary significance
Elizabeth Barton - Bibliography
Elizabeth Bishop - Early life, Young adulthood, Writing career, Works, Prizes and Awards
Elizabeth Blackwell - References and external links
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Education and intellectual development, Marriage and family
Elizabeth Catlett - United States, Mexico, Awards, Works
Elizabeth David - Books, Film
Elizabeth Daviot Mackintosh - Mystery novels by Tey
Elizabeth Dole - Early life and career, 2000 Presidential election, Election to the U.S. Senate
Elizabeth Fry - Birth and family background, Awakening of social concern, Marriage and motherhood, Fry's prison work
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Elizabeth Jane Howard - Bibliography
Elizabeth Kenny - Youth, Work, Legacy
Elizabeth Macarthur - Marriage to John Macarthur, Role in founding Australian wool industry, Legacy
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer
Elizabeth Montagu
Elizabeth Ryan - Grand Slam singles finals, Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
Elizabeth Seaman - Places
Elizabeth Taylor - Biography, Filmography
Elizabeth Woodville - Queen consort, Queen Dowager, Children of Elizabeth Woodville
Elizur Wright
elk
Ella (Reeve) Bloor
Ella Cara Deloria - Life, Work and achievements, Books by Deloria
Ella Fitzgerald - Biography, Collaborations with other Jazz artists, Film and television appearances, Personal life, Tribute albums, Tribute statue
Ella Wilcox - Bands, Fictional characters, US towns, US counties, US mountains, US Secondary Schools
Ellen (Anderson Gholson) Glasgow
Ellen (Churchill) Semple
Ellen (Karolina Sophia) Key
Ellen (Louise) Wilson
Ellen Church - Trivia
Ellen Gates Starr
Ellen Gilchrist - Selected works
Ellen Henrietta Richards
Ellen Shipman - People
Ellen Wood - Conventional definition, Relative and Nominal Price, Marxian price theory
Ellesmere Island - History of Ellesmere Island, Geography, Population
Elliot (Lee) Richardson - Cabinet career
Elliott Coues
ellipse - Parameterisation, Eccentricity, Semi-latus rectum and polar coordinates, Area, Circumference, Stretching and projection
Ellis (Gibbs) Arnall
Ellis Island - History, Immigration, Jurisdiction, Inspection Symbols, Trivia, Noted Ellis Island immigrants
Ellsworth Bunker
Ellsworth Kelly
elm - Species, varieties and hybrids, Cultivation and uses, Dutch elm disease, Insect use
Elmer (Ambrose) Sperry
Elmer (Holmes) Davis - Education and Early Career, The move to radio, The Office of War Information, After the War
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bischoff
Elmore (John) Leonard - Novels, Radio
Elohim - Hebrew grammar, Significance in the documentary hypothesis, Etymology, Elohim in Islam, Elohim in Mormonism
elongation
Elsa Morante - Biography, Bibliography
Elsa Schiaparelli
Elsa Triolet - Bibliography
Elsevier - Origins, Elsevier at a glance
Elsie de Wolfe - Books by Elsie de Wolfe
Elsie Fogerty
Elsie Janis - Early career, World War I, Later Life
Elsinore - In fiction
Elspeth (Josceline) Huxley
Elspeth Buchan
Elvis (Aaron) Presley - Early life, Voice characteristics, Sun recordings, Presley and his manager "Colonel" Tom Parker
Elvis Costello
Elwood (Richard) Quesada
Ely - History
Ely Culbertson - Publications
Elysium - Elysium in post-classical literature, Elysium in Christianity
Emancipation Proclamation - Implementation, Background, International impact, Postbellum
Emanuel (Gottlieb) Leutze
Emanuel (Maffeolti) Ungaro - The House of Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ax - Awards and Recognitions
Emanuel Celler - Service in the House of Representatives, Final Years
Emanuel Geibel
Emanuel Lasker - Chess champion, Mathematician, Other facets of his life, Notable chess games
Emanuel Swedenborg - Biography, Veracity, Scientific beliefs, Psychic accounts, Theology, Bibliography, Notes and references, Further reading
embargo
Ember Days - Etymology, Origins, Timing, Ordination of clergy
embezzlement
embolism
embrasure
embroidery - Types of embroidery, History, Embroidery and needlework organizations
embryo - Description, Growth of the Human Embryo
embryology
Emden - History, Economics, Sports, Famous people from Emden, Naval ships named after the city, Curiosities
emerald - Synthetic emerald, Cultural and historical/mythical usage, Famous emeralds
emery
Emil (Adolf) von Behring - Biography, Partial list of publications, References and further reading
Emil (Michel) Cioran - Early life, Career in Romania, Career in France, Major themes and style, Manuscripts, Major works
Emil Artin - Influence and work, Conjectures, Supervision of research, Family, Selected bibliography
Emil du Bois-Reymond - Life, Works, Source
Emil Jannings - Filmography
Emil Kraepelin
Emil Leon Post - Early work
Emil Ludwig
Emil Nolde - Works
Emil Savundra - Early career, Fire, Auto and Marine, “Trial by television”, Later career
Emile Berliner
Emile Verhaeren - Principal works, Quotation
Emilia-Romagna - Demographics, Image gallery
Emiliano Zapata - Early life and local politics, Revolution against Huerta and Carranza, Sources
Emilio Aguinaldo - Early life and career, Philippine Revolution, Presidency of the First Republic of the Philippines
Emilio de Bono
Emilio de' Cavalieri - Life, Works, Sources
Emilio Lussu - Biography, Works
Emilio Salgari - The Sandokan Series, The Black Corsair Series, The Pirates of Bermuda Series
Emily (Elizabeth) Dickinson - Poetry and influence, Biography, Music
Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff
Emily Blackwell - Obstacles
Emily Carr
Emily Clara Folger
Emily Davison - Sources
Emily Greene Balch
Emily Post
Emin Pasha - Biography, Publications
Emma - Plot summary, Film and television adaptations, Criticism and themes
Emma Bonino - National Political Career, Trivia
Emma Goldman - Life, Emma Goldman in fiction, Books written by Emma Goldman
Emma Lazarus
Emma Richards
Emma Stebbins - Career, Works
Emma Thompson - Selected filmography
Emma Willard
Emmanuel Mounier
Emmeline Pankhurst - Secondary literature
Emmett (Littleton) Ashford
Emory Upton - Early life, Civil War, Postbellum, Military strategy, Selected works, Further reading
Emory Washburn
emotion - Definition of emotion, Theoretical traditions, Etymology, Physical responses to emotion, Neurobiology, Computer models of emotion
Empedocles - Philosophy, Death and literary treatments, Further reading
emperor moth
emperor penguin
Empfindsamkeit
emphysema - Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis, Pathophysiology, Pathogenesis, Associations, Prognosis and treatment
Empire State Building - Description, Floodlights, Use by mass media, Similar skyscrapers, In pop culture, Further reading
empiricism - Philosophical usage, Scientific usage, History
empyema - Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
emu - Physical description, Reproduction, Ecology and behaviour, Conservation status, Uses of Emu, Cultural references
emulsion - Emulsifier
encephalitis - Features, Etiology, Diagnosis, Encephalitis lethargica
enclosure - Introduction, The Middle Ages and Renaissance, Literary References to Enclosure
encounter group
endangered species - Issues of extinction, Conservation status, Endangered mammals, Endangered birds, Endangered reptiles, Endangered amphibians, Endangered fish
endive
endocarditis
endometriosis - Symptoms, Epidemiology, Causes, Diagnosis, Cause of pain, Treatments, Infertility, Relation to cancer
endoscopy - Overview, Components, Types, History, Risks, Recent developments
Endymion
energy - Historical perspective, Energy in Natural Sciences, Different forms of energy and their inter-relations
Engelbert Dollfuss - Biography
Engelbert Humperdinck
engine - Usage of the term, History of engines, Air-breathing engines
engineering - Methodology, Etymology, Engineering in a social context, Cultural presence, Legislation, Comparison to other disciplines, Further reading
England - Etymology, History, Politics, Geography, Economics, Demographics, Culture, Language, Religion, English people, Nomenclature, National symbols and insignia
Englandspiel
English (language)
English art - Museums exhibiting English Art
English Channel - Crossing and Trade, Notable Channel Crossings
English Civil War - Terminology, Background, The First English Civil War, The Second English Civil War
English cocker spaniel - Appearance, History, Working Cockers
English Heritage - Domain, Membership, Controversies, Equivalent organisations
English literature - Middle Ages, Early modern (Renaissance), Elizabethan literature, Jacobean literature, Caroline and Cromwellian literature, Restoration literature
English National Ballet
English National Opera - History, Repertoire, Home, Education
English Nature
English setter - Appearance, History, Miscellaneous
English-Speaking Union - Debating and Public Speaking, The US-UK Debate Tour Exchange, The Parliamentary Exchange Programmes
engraving - The engraving process, Modern engraving, Noted engravers, External Links
Enid (Mary) Blyton - Personal life, Most popular works, Other works, Subject matter, Controversies, Statistics, Trivia
Enlightenment
Enlil
Enniskillen - Places of interest, People, History, 2001 Census, Education
Enoch
Enoch Pratt
enosis
Enrico Berlinguer - Biography, Analysis, Trivia
Enrico Caruso - Repertoire, Media
Enrico Cecchetti - A Lifetime of Dance
Enrico Cialdini
Enrico Corradini
Enrico Dandolo - Background and career, Fourth Crusade, Blindness, Family
Enrico de Nicola
Enrico Fermi - Biography, Post-War Work, Personal Life, Trivia, Patents
Enrico Macias
Enrico Toti - Comemeration
Enrique Granados (y Campi - Life, Music and influence, Works, References and further reading
entablature
Entebbe
Entente Cordiale
enthalpy
entomology - Applied entomology, Identification of insects, Taxonomic specialization, Museums
entropy - History, Definition and description of entropy, Approaches to understanding entropy, Topics in Entropy, Other relations
environment
Environment Agency - Goals, Responsibilities, Organisational management, Regions and areas
environmental archaeology
environmental studies
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