Walter

Life Style / Wine Grapes / Walter: American/vinifera hybrid variety developed by the prolific New York (USA) hybridizer Andrew Jackson Caywood in the mid-19th century. Its claim to fame now rests on its use in the development of the Dutchess cultivar..
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Koch, Dr. Walter

Science / Astrology / Koch, Dr. Walter: The German astrologer who developed the Koch or Birthplace system of houses. MORE

Showalter Stability Index

Science / Weather / Showalter Stability Index: A measure of the local static stability of the atmosphere. It is determined by lifting an air parcel to 500 millibars and then comparing its temperature to that of the environment. If the parcel is co MORE

Herm

Entertainment / Literature / Herm: (plural herma or hermai) In Greco-Roman archeology, a herm is a stone, bronze, or terracotta marker--originally placed at cross-roads or at estate and territorial boundaries, though in classical Athen MORE

Rhenium (Re)

Science / Periodic Table of Elements / Rhenium (Re): Atomic number: 75, Atomic mass: 186.23 g.mol -1, Electronegativity: 1.9, Density: 20.5 g.cm-3 at 20?°C, Melting point: 3170 ?°C, Boiling point: 5627 ?°C, Vanderwaals radius: 0.138 nm, Ionic radius: MORE

Dutchess

Lifestyle / Wine Grapes / Dutchess: American hybrid grape derived from a Concord seedling pollinated by mixed pollens of Delaware, and the long-forgotten Vinifera, Labruscana, Bourquiniana cross Walter variety. These grapes were develop MORE

Western

Entertainment / Literature / Western: A literary and cinematic genre marked by numerous conventions. The usual setting is a short main street in a dust-blown frontier village of the American west during the 1800s. Traditionally, the prota MORE