atlas in architecture, male figure used as a column to support an entablature, balcony, or other projection, originating in the Classical architecture of antiquity. Such figures are posed as if supporting ...
atlas a collection of maps or charts, usually bound together. The name derives from a custom-initiated by Gerardus Mercator in the 16th century-of using the figure of the Titan Atlas, holding the globe on ...
Atlas, Charles Italian-born American bodybuilder and physical culturist who, with Frederick Tilney and Charles P. Roman, created and marketed a highly popular mail-order bodybuilding course.
Atlas Mountains series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast to form the geologic backbone of the countries of the Maghrib (the western region of the Arab ...
Morocco The first resident general, General (later Marshal) Louis-Hubert-Gonzalve Lyautey, was a soldier of wide experience in Indochina, Madagascar, and Algeria. He was of aristocratic outlook and possessed ...
Rand McNally & Company American publishers and printers of maps, atlases, globes, and tourist guidebooks; its headquarters are in Skokie, Ill. Founded in 1856 by William H. Rand and Andrew McNally and incorporated in 1873, ...
John Bartholomew and Son mapmaking and publishing company of the United Kingdom, located in Edinburgh and specializing in the use of hypsometric (layer) colouring in relief maps. The company was established in 1826 by John ...
Ogilby, John British printer who was a pioneer in the making of road atlases; as a poet and translator he is chiefly remembered for being ridiculed by Dryden in MacFlecknoe and by Pope in the Dunciad.
encyclopaedia Of the various types of reference works-who's whos, dictionaries, atlases, gazetteers, directories, and so forth-the encyclopaedia is the only one that can be termed self-contained. Each of the ...
Art, Antiques, and Collections Interest in books and manuscripts remained strong in 1996, with private collectors constituting the majority of the buyers and thereby ensuring continuous recirculation of rare and valuable goods. At ...
TickerTech.com - Found Oct. 13, 2008 ... be measured.' --Boston Herald NEW YORK, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The only world atlas updated annually, ATLAS OF THE WORLD guarantees its users...
IQNA - Found Oct. 11, 2008 ... the 'Atlas of Innovations in Islamic World'. According to the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), the atlas is...
Process and Control Today - Found Oct. 7, 2008 Atlas Copco has announced that its ZD high pressure compressors are the first in the world to offer PET packaging production the security of 100%
Frontier Post - Found Oct. 6, 2008 KARACHI (APP): Three Pakistanis Farhan Mehboob, Aamir Atlas and Mansoor Zaman are directly placed in the main draw of World Open Squash Championship
DAWN Group - Found Oct. 15, 2008 MANCHESTER, Oct 15: Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob and Aamir Atlas Khan crashed out of the second round of the World Open, bringing Pakistan's interests ...
Packaging Europe - Found Oct. 5, 2008 Belgium-based Atlas Copco has announced that its ZD high pressure compressors are the first in the world to offer PET packaging production the
Aljazeera.com - Found Oct. 5, 2008 Al-Atlas called on international community and world sports unions to compel Israeli government to stop its aggression and ease the...
DAWN Group - Found Oct. 14, 2008 ... of France, Mansoor plays John White of Scotland while Aamir Atlas meets Mathieu Castagnet of France. Meanwhile, Egypt's world junior champion...
The News International - Found Oct. 15, 2008 MANCHESTER: Pakistan's squash stars Aamir Atlas Khan and Farhan Mahboob's chances ended in the World Open Squash championships when both were beaten ...
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