2) Edison, Thomas Alva. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931, American inventor, b. Milan, Ohio. A genius in the practical application of scientific principles, Edison was one of the greatest...

3) Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duque de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Alva, Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, duque de, see Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duque de....

4) Luna, Alvaro de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Luna, Alvaro de, (alvaīro da looīna) (KEY) , 1391?-1453, constable of Castile, grand master of the Order of Santiago. The favorite of John II of Castile, he virtually...

5) Myrdal, Gunnar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...murīdal) (KEY) , 1898-1987, Swedish economist, sociologist, and public official; husband of Alva Myrdal. A graduate (1927) of the Univ. of Stockholm, he became lecturer...

6) Colorado-Big Thompson project. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in Granby Reservoir, Shadow Mt. Lake, and Grand Lake before it is pumped through the Alva B. Adams Tunnel (13 mi/21 km long), to fall down the eastern slope of the...

7) Garcia Robles, Alfonso. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Nonproliferation Treaty (1968). In 1982 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Alva Myrdal....

8) Cherokee Strip. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...than 50,000 staked claims. Oklahoma cities that sprang from the prairie that day include Alva, Enid, Ponca City, and Woodward. The Cherokee Strip was included in...

9) infrared astronomy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...IR radiation from the moon about 1845. As early as 1878 the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison observed a solar eclipse from a site in Wyoming using a sensitive...