1) Beaufort scale. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort scale, a scale of wind velocity devised (c.1805) by Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort of the British navy. An adaptation of Beaufort's scale is used by the U.S.... 2) Beaufort, Henry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort, Henry, (bo´frt) (KEY) , 1377?-1447, English prelate and statesman. The son of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and his mistress (later wife) Catherine... 3) Beaufort, Edmund. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort, Edmund, see Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 2d duke of.... 4) Beaufort West. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort West, (bo´frt) (KEY) , town (1991 pop. 31,726), Western Cape, S South Africa, in the Great Karroo. The town has some light industry and is the trade and... 5) Beaufort Sea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort Sea, (bo´frt) (KEY) , part of the Arctic Ocean, N of Alaska and Canada, between Point Barrow, Alaska, and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The Mackenzie... 6) Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 2d duke of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001 ...Somerset, Edmund Beaufort, 2d duke of, d. 1455, English statesman and general. He fought in France in the Hundred Years War, receiving his first command in 1431,... 7) Richmond and Derby, Margaret Beaufort, countess of. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Richmond and Derby, Margaret Beaufort, countess of, see Beaufort, Margaret.... 8) Beaufort, Francois de Vendome, duc de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth
Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort, François de Vendôme, duc de, (fraNswa´ d vaNdom´ duk d bofor´) (KEY) , 1616-69, French courtier and politician; grandson of King Henry IV of France and... 9) Beaufort, Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby. The Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Beaufort, Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby, (bo´frt, dar´be) (KEY) , 1443-1509, English noblewoman, mother of Henry VII. She was the daughter and heiress... 10) McClure Strait. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...McClure Strait, arm of the Beaufort Sea, c.170 mi (270 km) long and 60 mi (100 km) wide, Northwest Territories, Canada. It extends W from Viscount Melville Sound,... |