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When borne by the red, white, and blue. 𝄆 When borne by the red, white, and blue. 𝄇 Thy banners make tyranny tremble, When borne by the red, white and blue. When war wing'd its wide desolation, And threaten'd the land to deform, The ark then of freedom's foundation, Columbia rode safe thro' the storm; With her garlands of vict'ry around her,
Blood accounts for 7% of the human body weight,[9][10]with an average density around 1060 kg/m3, very close to pure water's density of 1000 kg/m3.[11] The average adult has a blood volumeof roughly 5 litres(11 US pt) or 1.3 gallons,[10]which is composed of plasma and formed elements.
An 1831 color lithograph by Robert Seymour depicts cholera as a robed, skeletal creature emanating a deadly black cloud.. The miasma theory (also called the miasmic theory) is an abandoned medical theory that held that diseases—such as cholera, chlamydia, or the Black Death—were caused by a miasma (μίασμα, Ancient Greek for 'pollution'), a noxious form of "bad air", also known as ...
Two different Red Knights appear in the tale of Gareth in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.. The first of them is named Sir Perimones and is also known as "The Puce Knight", who, like his three brothers the Black Knight, Sir Partolope the "Green Knight" (distinct from the character in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), and Sir Persant of Inde "The Blue Knight", is bested by the young Gareth.
Rubedo. Rubedo is a Latin word meaning "redness" that was adopted by alchemists to define the fourth and final major stage in their magnum opus. [1] Both gold and the philosopher's stone were associated with the color red, as rubedo signaled alchemical success, and the end of the great work. [2] Rubedo is also known by the Greek word iosis.
The black cross stands for the Cologne Cathedral Foundation, the red one for the Prince-Bishopric of Trier. The bugle-horn is the charge borne by the Braunshorn noble family in Beilstein. The arms have been borne since 5 January 1981.
Bone marrow is a semi-solid tissue found within the spongy (also known as cancellous) portions of bones. [ 2 ] In birds and mammals, bone marrow is the primary site of new blood cell production (or haematopoiesis). [ 3 ] It is composed of hematopoietic cells, marrow adipose tissue, and supportive stromal cells.
OCLC. 318274261. Light spectrum, from Theory of Colours – Goethe observed that colour arises at the edges, and the spectrum occurs where these coloured edges overlap. Theory of Colours (‹See Tfd› German: Zur Farbenlehre) is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the poet's views on the nature of colours and how they are perceived by ...