MANOMETER substantive (gr. manos, rare; metron measure.) Physics. Instrument used to measure the stress of gas or vapor: the manometer of a steam engine.
— The force of fluids contained in a closed space is usually expressed in units of atmospheric pressure, called atmosphere, which are equal …Read more »

Christian Rauch, the greatest sculptor in Germany, the artist with grandiose ideas who could have made the gigantic dream of Dinocrates come true, has just died in Dresden, laden with years and glory.
setting out from the lower ranks of society, he rose, through hard work and genius, to the highest dignities. He was professor of sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin and knight of the Order of the Prussian Red Eagle when death overtook him. …Read more »

ISCHIA (formerly Oenaria and Pithecusa), island in Italy, in the Mediterranean, North of the entrance to the Bay of Naples, 69 square kilometers (43 sq. miles). Pop. 24.500. Near its center stands the Epomeo volcano, 800 m above sea level. The latest eruption …Read more »

ROOK substantive, bird that looks very similar to the crow.
— Rooks (corvus fruqilegus, Linn.) are smaller than crows, their bill is longer and sharper. Males are 50 cm (20 in) long ; females, smaller and not quite as …Read more »

A shepherd, neighbour to the sea,
Lived with his flock contentedly.
His fortune, though but small,
Was safe within his call.
At last some stranded kegs of gold
Him tempted, and his flock he sold,
Turn’d merchant, and the ocean’s waves …Read more »