Word Origin and History of the Sun: "1) (Often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes. ..." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/sun David Daggett; Sun-Beams may be extracted from Cucumbers, but the Process is...

Definition of the Schuylkill River: "A river flowing southeast from east Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/schuylkill John Galt, Benjamin West; The Life and Studies of Benjamin West; 2nd edition; T Cadell & W Davies; 1817 John Galt and Benjamin West write: "It is pleasant to redeem from oblivion the memory of early talent thus prematurely withdrawn from the world. Many of Godfrey's verses were composed under a clump of pines which grew near the upper ferry of the river Schuylkill, to which spot he sometimes...

Word Origin and History of Amethyst: "Noun - 1) a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem; 2) a purplish tint. "Adjective - 1) having the color of amethyst; 2) containing or set with an amethyst or amethysts. "Violet quartz, late 13th century, ametist, from Old French ametiste (Modern French amethyste) and directly from Medieval Latin amatistus, from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethystos 'amethyst', literally 'not intoxicating', from a- 'not' + methyskein 'make drunk', from methys 'wine' (see mead); based on the stone's ancient reputation for preventing drunkenness, which was perhaps...

Definitions of the Mackenzie River: "Mackenzie River: A river in northwest Canada, flowing northwest from the Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean. 1120 miles (1800 km) long; with tributaries 2525 miles (4065 km) long." "Sir Alexander Mackenzie: 1755-1820, Scottish explorer and fur trader in Canada. He explored the Mackenzie River (1789) and was the first European to cross America north of Mexico (1793)." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/mackenzie Abraham Rees; The Cyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature; Vol 22; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown etc]; 1819...

"Murray River: a river in southeast Australia, flowing west along between Victoria and New South Wales, through southeast South Australia into the Indian Ocean. 1200 miles (1930 km) long." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/murray "In 1830 Captain Charles Sturt reached the river after travelling down its tributary the Murrumbidgee River and named it the Murray River in honour of the then British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Sir George Murray, not realising it was the same river that Hume and Hovell had encountered further upstream." https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_River...

Word Origin and History of Jade: "1) Either of two minerals, jadeite or nephrite, sometimes green, highly esteemed as an ornamental stone for carvings, jewelry, etc. "2) An object, as a carving, made from this material. "3) Also called jade green. Green, varying from bluish green to yellowish green. "1721, earlier iada (1590s), from French le jade, error for earlier l'ejade, from Spanish piedra de (la) ijada (1560s), 'stone of colic, pain in the side' (jade was thought to cure this), from Vulgar Latin *iliata, from Latin ilia (plural) 'flanks, kidney area' (see ileum)." http:...

Word Origin of Niagara Falls: "The Falls of the Niagara River: in Canada, the Horseshoe Falls, 158 feet (48 meters) high; 2600 feet (792 meters) wide; in the US, American Falls, 167 (51 meters) high; 1000 feet (305 meters) wide." http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/niagara-falls Timothy Alden; An account of sundry missions performed among the Senecas and Munsees: in a series of letters, with an appendix; American autobiographies: 1676-1850; printed by J Seymour; 1827 Timothy Alden writes: "On thursday we rode to Lewistown, and returned on saturday. On our way, we had the satisfaction of viewing...

Word Origin of San Juan: -A seaport in and the capital of Puerto Rico, in the northern part.- http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/san-juan Pedro de Cieza de Leon; Sir Clements Robert Markham, editor, translator; The Travels of Pedro de Cieza de Leon, AD 1532-50, Contained in the First Part of His Chronicle of Peru; Vol 2; Vol 33 of Hakluyt Society; Half-title: Works issued by the Hakluyt society no XXXIII; Issue 33 of Works issued by the Hakluyt Society; ISSN 0072-9396; Hakluyt Society; 1864 Pedro de Cieza de Leon writes: -FOURTEEN hundred and ninety-two years had passed away since the Princess...

Word Origin of Buenos Aires: -A seaport in and the capital of Argentina, in the east part, on the Rio de la Plata.- http: //www.dictionary.com/browse/buenos-aires William Dickinson; Universal Commerce, Or, The Commerce of All the Mercantile Cities and Towns to the World ...: With Proforma Sales of Merchandize from Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg ...; Boosey & Sons, and Law and Whittaker; 1818 William Dickinson writes: -BUENOS AYRES, -A city and seaport, the capital of Paraguay, and a bishop's see. It is well fortified; and hither is brought a great part of the treasures and merchandise of Peru and...