euxenite, complex oxide mineral, a niobate–titanate that forms hard, brilliant black crystals and masses in granite pegmatites and associated detrital deposits. Titanium replaces niobium–tantalum in the molecular structure to form the similar mineral polycrase; both it and euxenite often contain

Basque Nationalist Party, Basque political party that supports greater autonomy for the Basque Country (including Navarra) within Spain. The Basque Nationalist Party (commonly known by the combined Basque and Spanish acronym, EAJ-PNV) was established in 1895 in Bilbao by journalist Sabino de Arana

Spain: Labour and taxation: …Sindical Independiente de Funcionarios); the Basque Workers’ Solidarity (Euzko Langilleen Alkartasuna–Solidaridad de Trabajadores Vascos; ELA-STV), which is independent but has ties to the Basque Nationalist Party; and the General Confederation of Labour (Confederación General del Trabajo; CGT), the tiny remnant of the once-powerful anarcho-syndicalist union organization. Overall, with about one-sixth…

technology of photography: Exposure values: An attempt to simplify the mathematics of f-number and shutter speed-control functions led to the formulation of exposure values (EV). These run in a simple whole-number series, each step (EV interval) doubling or halving the effective exposure. The lower the EV number, the…

electron volt, unit of energy commonly used in atomic and nuclear physics, equal to the energy gained by an electron (a charged particle carrying unit electronic charge) when the electrical potential at the electron increases by one volt. The electron volt equals 1.602 × 10−12 erg, or 1.602 × 10−19

rubber: The cure package: …is known as an “efficient vulcanization” (EV) system and gives products with sulfur interlinks of shorter length. EV products have improved resilience but lower strength.

polyethylene: Ethylene copolymers: Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), for instance, is produced by the copolymerization of ethylene and vinyl acetate under pressure, using free-radical catalysts. Many different grades are manufactured, with the vinyl acetate content varying from 5 to 50 percent by weight. EVA copolymers are more permeable to…

life-support system: …are the pressure suits and extravehicular activity (EVA) backpacks (i.e., portable systems that contain cooling fluid, oxygen flow and recirculation equipment, waste containment unit, power source, and communications apparatus) worn by astronauts when working outside of their spacecraft; the self-contained underwater breathing equipment (scuba gear) used by divers; and the…

Isabel Allende: …Love and Shadows; film 1994), Eva Luna (1987), and El plan infinito (1991; The Infinite Plan) and the collection of stories Cuentos de Eva Luna (1990; The Stories of Eva Luna). All are examples of magic realism, in which realistic fiction is overlaid with elements of fantasy and myth. Her

La Plata, city, capital of Buenos Aires provincia (province), eastern Argentina. It is located 6 miles (9 km) inland from the southern shore of the Río de la Plata estuary. The site was selected in 1882 by the provincial governor of Buenos Aires, Dardo Rocha, as the new provincial seat, a move made

Jean Cousin the Elder: The painting Eva Prima Pandora (1540s), now in the Louvre, is generally agreed to be his. It shows that he was not influenced by the dominant Fontainebleau school; rather, it reflects the influence of, among others, Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer in composition, physiognomy, and lighting.…

Executive Order 9066: Truman signed the Evacuation Claims Act, which gave internees the opportunity to submit claims for property lost as a result of relocation. Pres. Gerald Ford formally rescinded Executive Order 9066 on February 16, 1976. In 1988 Congress passed the Civil Liberties Act, which stated that a “grave injustice”…

civil defense: …was also given to the evacuation of urban centres if an attack seemed imminent. With the advent of shorter warning times and with better understanding of the radiation hazards of fallout, however, this policy lost its appeal except as a possible pre-first-strike measure to be employed by an aggressor nation.…

Evagoras was the king of Salamis, in Cyprus, c. 410–374 bce, whose policy was one of friendship with Athens and the promotion of Hellenism in Cyprus; he eventually fell under Persian domination. Most of what is known of him is found in the panegyric “Evagoras” by Isocrates, where he is described,

Evagrius Ponticus was a Christian mystic and writer whose development of a theology of contemplative prayer and asceticism laid the groundwork for a tradition of spiritual life in both Eastern and Western churches. Evagrius was a noted preacher and theological consultant in Constantinople when a

Christianity: Historical and polemical writing: …to 594 was chronicled by Evagrius Scholasticus. The consequences of Chalcedon as interpreted by non-Chalcedonian historians were recorded by Timothy Aelurus, Zacharias Scholasticus, and John of Nikiu.

Mount Gerizim: …it is a twin of Mount Ebal (Arabic Jabal ʿAybāl, Hebrew Har ʿEval; 3,084 feet [940 metres]) to the north. Separating the two is a valley some 700 feet (210 metres) deep, through which passes one of the few east-west routes of the central Palestine hill country. The mountain was…

chess: Master search heuristics: …good, not merely legal, by evaluating future positions that were not checkmates. Shannon’s paper set down criteria for evaluating each position a program would consider.

Steve Carell: Despicable Me, Minions, and Foxcatcher: …appeared in such films as Evan Almighty (2007), a sequel to Bruce Almighty, and Dan in Real Life (2007), a dramedy about a single father who unexpectedly falls in love. In 2008 he portrayed the bumbling agent Maxwell Smart in the film adaptation of the television series Get Smart. In…

George Meredith: Beginnings as poet and novelist.: Feverel was followed by Evan Harrington (1860), an amusing comedy in which Meredith used the family tailoring establishment and his own relatives for subject matter. The hero is the son of a tailor who has been brought up abroad as a “gentleman” and has fallen in love with the…

Evander, in Classical mythology, a migrant from Pallantium in Arcadia (central part of the Peloponnesus) who settled in Italy and founded a town named Pallantion, after his native place. The site of the town, at Rome, became known as the Palatine Hill, for his son Pallas and daughter Pallantia.

Maria Schneider: …label) the Grammy Award-nominated album Evanescence (1994) as a tribute to Evans. Throughout the 1990s the orchestra toured, performing frequently at music festivals throughout the United States and Europe, and continued to record for Enja, notably Coming About (1996), the critically acclaimed Allégresse (2000), and the limited-edition Days of Wine…

José Saramago: …evangelho segundo Jesus Cristo (1991; The Gospel According to Jesus Christ), which posits Christ as an innocent caught in the machinations of God and Satan. The outspoken atheist’s ironic comments in The Gospel According to Jesus Christ were deemed too cutting by the Roman Catholic Church, which pressured the Portuguese…

Evangelical Alliance, British-based association of Christian churches, societies, and individuals that is active in evangelical work. It was organized in London in 1846 at an international conference of Protestant religious leaders after preliminary meetings had been held by Anglican and other

Evangelical and Reformed Church, Protestant church in the United States, organized in 1934 by uniting the Reformed Church in the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. The church brought together churches of Reformed and Lutheran background. It accepted the Heidelberg Catechism

Anglican Evangelical: …that became known as the Evangelical movement began within the Church of England in the 18th century, although it had many points in common with earlier Low Church attitudes and with 16th- and 17th-century Puritanism. The followers of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, eventually left the Church of England,…

Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists: …in 1944 by uniting the Union of Evangelical Christians and the Russian Baptist Union. The Baptists in Russia grew from religious revival movements that began in the 1860s and ’70s. In Ukraine, groups of Russians influenced by German Mennonite settlers gathered for Bible study and eventually adopted Baptist beliefs. In…

Evangelical church, any of the classical Protestant churches or their offshoots but especially, since the late 20th century, churches that stress the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, personal conversion experiences, Scripture as the sole basis for faith, and active evangelism (the winning

The Evangelical Church in Germany, federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United (a combination of Lutheran and Reformed) territorial churches in Germany. Organized in 1948 after the difficult years of the Nazi era (1933–45), it helped the German Protestant churches restore themselves, and it

Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, denomination organized in 1918 by uniting the Lutheran and Reformed churches in Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic). Subsequently, other smaller Czech Protestant groups merged into this church. Its roots go back to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation

Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, denomination organized in 1918 by uniting the Lutheran and Reformed churches in Bohemia and Moravia (now Czech Republic). Subsequently, other smaller Czech Protestant groups merged into this church. Its roots go back to the 16th-century Protestant Reformation

Republic of the Congo: Religion of the Republic of the Congo: …community includes members of the Evangelical Church of the Congo. There are also independent African churches; the Kimbanguist Church, the largest independent church in Africa, is a member of the World Council of Churches. Other independent churches include the Matsouana Church and the Bougist Church. Most of the small Muslim…

Protestant Union, military alliance (1608–21) among the Protestant states of Germany for mutual protection against the growing power of the Roman Catholic states of Counter-Reformation Europe. In February 1608, at the Diet (Reichstag) of the Holy Roman Empire, the Catholic princes introduced a

Evangelical Free Church of America, fellowship of independent Christian churches in the United States that was organized in 1950 and that developed from several free-church groups made up of members of Scandinavian descent. The Swedish Evangelical Free Mission (later renamed Swedish Evangelical

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest Lutheran church in North America. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America was formed in 1988 by the merger of two major Lutheran denominations, the American Lutheran Church and the Lutheran Church in America, along with the much smaller

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark, the established, state-supported church in Denmark. Lutheranism was established in Denmark during the Protestant Reformation. Christianity was introduced to Denmark in the 9th century by St. Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg. In the 10th century, King Harald

Church of Finland, national church of Finland, which changed from the Roman Catholic to the Lutheran faith during the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. Christianity was known in Finland as early as the 11th century, and in the 12th century Henry, bishop of Uppsala (Sweden), began

Sweden: Religion of Sweden: The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Sweden was the official state church until 2000, and between three-fifths and two-thirds of the population remains members of this church. Since the late 1800s a number of independent churches have emerged; however, their members can also belong to the Church…

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America: …along with the much smaller Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. The new church cut across ethnic lines and was designed to give Lutherans a more coherent voice in ecumenical discussions with other Christian churches in the United States.

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, conservative Lutheran church in the United States, formed in 1892 as a federation of three conservative synods of German background and then known as the General Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Other States. The Wisconsin Synod

Evangelical Alliance: …the Alliance helped organize the Evangelical Missionary Alliance, “to provide a medium of fellowship and effective cooperation in the interest of evangelical missionary work and service overseas.”

Reformed and Presbyterian churches: Reformed churches in Germany: …still to be found in northwestern Germany. The Reformed Church of Anhalt joined in the Union Evangelical Church in 1981.

Anglican Evangelical: …that became known as the Evangelical movement began within the Church of England in the 18th century, although it had many points in common with earlier Low Church attitudes and with 16th- and 17th-century Puritanism. The followers of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, eventually left the Church of England,…

Evangelical and Reformed Church: …the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. The church brought together churches of Reformed and Lutheran background. It accepted the Heidelberg Catechism (Reformed), Luther’s Catechism, and the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran) as its doctrinal standards, but, when these differed, the Bible was the final rule of faith. In…

Protestant Union, military alliance (1608–21) among the Protestant states of Germany for mutual protection against the growing power of the Roman Catholic states of Counter-Reformation Europe. In February 1608, at the Diet (Reichstag) of the Holy Roman Empire, the Catholic princes introduced a

James Morison: …theologian and founder of the Evangelical Union (Morisonians).

Evangelical and Reformed Church: …the United States and the Evangelical Synod of North America. The church brought together churches of Reformed and Lutheran background. It accepted the Heidelberg Catechism (Reformed), Luther’s Catechism, and the Augsburg Confession (Lutheran) as its doctrinal standards, but, when these differed, the Bible was the final rule of faith. In…

Evangelical United Brethren Church (EUB), Protestant church formed in 1946 by the merger of the Evangelical Church and the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Both of these churches were essentially Methodist in doctrine and church government, and both originated among German-speaking people

Christian fundamentalism: The late 19th to the mid-20th century: …and formed the so-called “neo-Evangelical” movement. Christianity Today was founded as their major periodical. Their new intellectual centre, Fuller Theological Seminary, was opened in Pasadena, California; many of the schools formerly identified with fundamentalism, such as the Moody Bible Institute, also moved into the Evangelical camp. A new ecumenical…

Otfrid: Otfrid’s fame rests on his Evangelienbuch (c. 870; “Book of the Gospels”), a poem of 7,416 lines, which is extant in three good contemporary manuscripts (at Vienna, Heidelberg, and Munich). It is an exceptionally valuable document, not only linguistically as the most extensive work in the South Rhine Franconian dialect…

prosody: Quantitative metres: …the Classical hexameter for his Evangeline (1847):

The Evangelical Church in Germany, federation of Lutheran, Reformed, and United (a combination of Lutheran and Reformed) territorial churches in Germany. Organized in 1948 after the difficult years of the Nazi era (1933–45), it helped the German Protestant churches restore themselves, and it

Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg: In 1827 he founded the Evangelische Kirchen-Zeitung (“Protestant Church Newspaper”), which he edited for more than 40 years. This journal campaigned against the “unbelief” and indifference of the state churches, extolled the Lutheran doctrine as defined during the Reformation, and served as a rallying point for conservatism, both theological and…

Protestant Union, military alliance (1608–21) among the Protestant states of Germany for mutual protection against the growing power of the Roman Catholic states of Counter-Reformation Europe. In February 1608, at the Diet (Reichstag) of the Holy Roman Empire, the Catholic princes introduced a

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark, the established, state-supported church in Denmark. Lutheranism was established in Denmark during the Protestant Reformation. Christianity was introduced to Denmark in the 9th century by St. Ansgar, bishop of Hamburg. In the 10th century, King Harald

mission, in Christianity, an organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith. During the early years, Christianity expanded through the communities of the Jewish dispersion. Soon the separate character of Christianity was recognized, and it was freed from the requirements of Hebrew law.

boarding school: Features of boarding schools: …up by religious orders or missionaries or through royal patronage, and this heritage is reflected in the presence of a church or chapel on campus. Dormitories have a curfew time every night, past which students are expected to maintain silence and, in some cases, be in bed.

Isla de la Juventud, island and municipio especial (special municipality) of Cuba, in the Caribbean Sea. It is bounded to the northwest by the Canal de los Indios and on the north and northeast by the Gulf of Batabanó, which separate it from the mainland of western Cuba. A 1904 treaty recognizing

Rose Tremain: …also wrote the short-story collections Evangelista’s Fan, & Other Stories (1994) and The Darkness of Wallis Simpson, and Other Stories (2005) as well as the children’s book Journey to the Volcano (1996). The autobiography Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life, which chronicles her childhood, was published in 2018. Tremain was…

Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model perhaps best known as a face of the cosmetics company Revlon and of the Versace fashion house. Evangelista was born to working-class Italian immigrants. Her father was employed as a factory worker for the American automobile manufacturer General Motors

Saints Anne and Joachim: Traditional account and legends: …of James”) and the 3rd-century Evangelium de nativitate Mariae (“Gospel of the Nativity of Mary”). According to these noncanonical sources, Anne (Hebrew: Ḥannah) was born in Bethlehem in Judaea. She married Joachim, and, although they shared a wealthy and devout life at Nazareth, they eventually lamented their childlessness. Joachim, reproached…

Alfred Firmin Loisy: Loisy’s L’Évangile et l’Église (1902; The Gospel and the Church) became the cornerstone of Modernism. Ostensibly a reply to the rationalist approach to religion of the German Protestant historian Adolf von Harnack, whose theories were antithetical to those of Loisy, the book was actually a reinterpretation of the Catholic faith.…

ensign wasp, (family Evaniidae), any of a group of wasps (order Hymenoptera) that are so named because the small, oval abdomen is held high like an ensign, or flag. A few hundred species of this widely distributed family have been described. The body, which is black and somewhat spiderlike in

Janet Evanovich is an American novelist known for her mystery series featuring hapless smart-mouthed New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Schneider was raised in a working-class family in South River, New Jersey. She studied painting at Rutgers University’s Douglass College, graduating with a

Alice Evans was an American scientist whose landmark work on pathogenic bacteria in dairy products was central in gaining acceptance of the pasteurization process to prevent disease. After completing high school, Evans taught for four years before enrolling in a two-year course for rural teachers

Augusta Jane Evans Wilson was an American author whose sentimental, moralistic novels met with great popular success. Augusta Jane Evans received little formal schooling but early became an avid reader. At age 15 she began writing a story that was published anonymously in 1855 as Inez: A Tale of

Bill Evans was an American jazz pianist known for lush harmonies and lyrical improvisation, one of the most influential pianists of his time. Evans’s first piano teacher was his mother; he also studied violin and flute. He graduated with a music teaching degree from Southeastern Louisiana College

Caradoc Evans was an Anglo-Welsh author whose bitter criticism of the Welsh religious and educational systems and the miserliness and narrowness of the Welsh people provoked a strong reaction within Wales. Largely self-educated, Evans learned literary English from the King James Bible. He left

Chick Evans was an American amateur golfer known for his longevity in competition and for his Evans Scholars Foundation, which offers college scholarships to caddies. Evans himself began his golf career as a caddie and began to attract attention as a player about 1906. He qualified for every U.S.

Kanchenjunga: …1955 British expedition led by Charles Evans, under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club (London), which stopped within a few yards of the actual summit in deference to the religious beliefs and wishes of the Sikkimese. Other Kanchenjunga climbing milestones include the first woman to…

Chick Evans was an American amateur golfer known for his longevity in competition and for his Evans Scholars Foundation, which offers college scholarships to caddies. Evans himself began his golf career as a caddie and began to attract attention as a player about 1906. He qualified for every U.S.

Chris Evans is an American actor who is known for his charismatic performances in superhero movies but who also earned respect for more-nuanced dramatic and comedic performances. Evans grew up in Sudbury, Massachusetts, where his father was a dentist and his mother was involved with a local youth

Dale Evans was an American actor, singer, songwriter, and writer who reigned as “queen of the West” alongside her “king of the cowboys” husband, Roy Rogers, in films in the 1940s and early ’50s and on television in the 1950s and ’60s. These shows featured lavish costumes for the stars,

Dame Edith Evans was one of the finest actresses of the English-speaking stage during the 20th century. Evans made her professional debut in 1912 as Cressida in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, directed by William Poel. Preferring interesting and difficult portrayals to starring roles, she

Dame Edith Evans was one of the finest actresses of the English-speaking stage during the 20th century. Evans made her professional debut in 1912 as Cressida in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, directed by William Poel. Preferring interesting and difficult portrayals to starring roles, she

Bono: …friends David Evans (later “the Edge”), Larry Mullen, Jr., and Adam Clayton formed a band that would become U2. They shared a commitment not only to ambitious rock music but also to a deeply spiritual Christianity. Indeed, one of the few genuine threats to U2’s extraordinary longevity (a collaboration—with…

Caradoc Evans was an Anglo-Welsh author whose bitter criticism of the Welsh religious and educational systems and the miserliness and narrowness of the Welsh people provoked a strong reaction within Wales. Largely self-educated, Evans learned literary English from the King James Bible. He left

Antarctica: Discovery of the Antarctic poles: Oates, and Edgar Evans—traveled on foot using the Beardmore Glacier route and perished on the Ross Ice Shelf.

Evan Evans was a Welsh poet and antiquary, one of the principal figures in the mid-18th-century revival of Welsh classical poetry. After leaving the University of Oxford without taking a degree, he served as curate in various parishes. His first publication, Some Specimens of the Poetry of the

Frederick H. Evans was an English photographer whose studies of cathedrals in England and France are considered among the world’s finest architectural photographs. Little is known of Evans’s early life. He first attracted attention as a London bookseller who accompanied his transactions with

Frederick H. Evans was an English photographer whose studies of cathedrals in England and France are considered among the world’s finest architectural photographs. Little is known of Evans’s early life. He first attracted attention as a London bookseller who accompanied his transactions with

George Henry Evans was an American pro-labour social reformer and newspaper editor who sought to enhance the position of workers by agitating for free homesteads. Evans immigrated with his father to the United States in 1820 and was apprenticed to a printer in Ithaca, N.Y. By the end of the decade,

George William Evans was an English surveyor and explorer notable for his discoveries in the interior of New South Wales, Australia. As an apprentice to an engineer and architect, Evans learned surveying. In 1796 he emigrated to the Cape of Good Hope, and, after British forces withdrew from there

Gil Evans was a Canadian-born composer and arranger who was one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz history. Evans had a long and productive career but remains best known for his celebrated collaborations with trumpeter Miles Davis. A self-taught musician, Evans started his first band in 1933,

biblical literature: Non-European versions: In North America James Evans invented a syllabary for the use of Cree people, in whose language the Bible was available in 1862, the work of Wesleyan missionary W. Mason. The New Testament appeared in Ojibwa in 1833, and the whole Bible was translated for the Dakota peoples…

Janet Evans is an American swimmer, considered by many to be the greatest distance freestyler of all time, who won four Olympic gold medals. She was the first swimmer in history to win back-to-back Olympic and world championship titles in the same event: the 800-metre freestyle (Olympics: 1988,

John Evans was the governor of Colorado Territory, 1862–65, founder of Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.), physician, and railroad promoter. A graduate of Lynn Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio (1838), Evans practiced medicine in Indiana, where he helped establish a state hospital for the

Lee Evans was an American runner who won two gold medals at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. His victory in the 400-metre event there set a world record that lasted for two decades. In 1966 Evans attracted national attention when he won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 440-yard championship;

Lee Evans was an American runner who won two gold medals at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. His victory in the 400-metre event there set a world record that lasted for two decades. In 1966 Evans attracted national attention when he won the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) 440-yard championship;

Mari Evans was an African American author of poetry, children’s literature, and plays. Evans attended the University of Toledo and later taught at several other schools, including Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She began five years of

George Eliot was an English Victorian novelist who developed the method of psychological analysis characteristic of modern fiction. Her major works include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876). Evans was born on an

Martin Evans is a British scientist who, with Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, won the 2007 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for developing gene targeting, a technology used to create animal models of human diseases in mice. Evans studied at the University of Cambridge, earning a B.A.

George Eliot was an English Victorian novelist who developed the method of psychological analysis characteristic of modern fiction. Her major works include Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Middlemarch (1871–72), and Daniel Deronda (1876). Evans was born on an

Matilda Coxe Stevenson was an American ethnologist who became one of the major contributors to her field, particularly in the study of Zuni religion. Matilda Evans grew up in Washington, D.C. She was educated at Miss Anable’s Academy in Philadelphia. In April 1872 she married James Stevenson, a

Maurice Evans was a British-born stage actor who became one of the best-known Shakespearean actors in the United States in the 1930s and ’40s. Evans acted as an amateur from childhood and obtained his first professional role in 1926. He first achieved recognition as Lieutenant Raleigh in R.C.

circus: Circus music: …musicians as star circus performers, Merle Evans, the “Music Maestro of the Big Top,” is fondly remembered for his skilled conducting of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus band for more than 50 years until his retirement in 1970.

Front Range: Other high peaks include Mount Evans (14,265 feet [4,348 metres]), about 35 miles (55 km) west-southwest of Denver, and Pikes Peak (14,115 feet [4,302 metres]), just west of Colorado Springs; each has a paved road to its summit. Notable passes through the range include Berthoud (11,307 feet [3,446 metres]),…

First Battle of Bull Run: There stands Jackson like a stone wall!: Nathan Evans, who had been left to guard the Stone Bridge, quickly assessed that the attack on the bridge was merely a demonstration, and he was able to move 11 of his 15 companies to Matthews Hill above Sudley Springs. There he was supported by…

Oliver Evans was an American inventor who pioneered the high-pressure steam engine (U.S. patent, 1790) and created the first continuous production line (1784). Evans was apprenticed to a wheelwright at the age of 16. Observing the trick of a blacksmith’s boy who used the propellant force of steam

Apollo 17: The third crew member was Ronald Evans, the command module pilot. Like Cernan, he had been a naval aviator before becoming an astronaut.