11) Grant, Ulysses Simpson. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...President (1869-77) of the United States, b. Point Pleasant, Ohio. He was originally named Hiram Ulysses Grant. 1 Military CareerGrant spent his youth in Georgetown,...
12) Garfield, James Abram. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...a teacher of ancient languages and literature at the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute at Hiram, Ohio (the name was later changed, largely through his influence,...
13) Machu Picchu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...of its abandoned condition, the site was uncovered in 1911 by the American explorer Hiram Bingham. The imposing city is one of the largest pre-Columbian sites found...
14) Steffen, Albert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...movement. His works in English translation include Death Experience of Manes (tr. 1970) and Hiram and Solomon (tr. 1971)....
15) Ruef, Abraham. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...In a sensational trial-Prosecutor Francis J. Heney was shot in the courtroom and replaced by Hiram Johnson-Ruef was convicted (1908) of bribery and was sentenced...
16) Progressive party. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Bull Moose party) and nominated, also at Chicago (August), Roosevelt for President and Hiram W. Johnson for Vice President. The Progressive platform called for the...
17) Hughes, Charles Evans. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...which went to Wilson by less than 4,000 votes largely because of the disaffection of Hiram Johnson, decided the election. Hughes again devoted himself to his law...
18) aviation. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in a power-driven monoplane fashioned after a bat. In 1894 a plane built in England by Sir Hiram S. Maxim, operated by steam engines and carrying a crew of three,...
19) Phoenicia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...6Phoenician artisans, who were skilled architects, were imported by the Egyptians, and Hiram, King of Tyre, lent assistance to Solomon in building. Their greatest...
20) small arms. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...either the power of the gun's recoil or the force of the expanding gases, were developed by Hiram Maxim, B. Hotchkiss, I. N. Lewis, and J. M. Browning. Machine guns...
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