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A nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe. Synonyms: atomic number 1, hydrogen.

A unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second. Synonym: henry.

The constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second. Synonym: Planck's constant.

The 8th letter of the Roman alphabet.

(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure. Synonyms: enthalpy, heat content, total heat.

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"H" Quotes from Famous Books

... a pig fool as he don't look to be, somedimes I dinks he knows more nodins dan nopody; den van he h'ists sail in his canoe and sails off mitout saying nodings to nopody, den I ...

— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis

... is ascribed a poem entitled the "Masquerade. Inscribed to C—t H—d—g—r. By Lemuel Gulliver, Poet Laureate to the King of Lilliput." In this Fielding made his satirical contribution to the attacks on those impure gatherings organised by the notorious Heidegger, which Hogarth had not long before stigmatised pictorially in the plate known ...

— Fielding - (English Men of Letters Series) • Austin Dobson

... Charlevoix, Paris, 1744, Vol. III, p. 319.] says the number of players was variable and adds "for instance if they are eighty," thus showing about the number he would expect to find in a game. When Morgan [Footnote: League of the Iroquois, by Lewis H. Morgan, Rochester, 1851, p. 294.] speaks of six or eight on a side, he must allude to a later period, probably after the game was modified by the whites who had adopted it among their amusements. [Transcriber's Note: Lengthy footnote ...

— Indian Games • Andrew McFarland Davis

... account of this whole subject is to be found in the edition of 'Poetaster' and 'Satiromastrix' by J. H. Penniman in 'Belles Lettres Series' shortly to appear. See also his earlier work, 'The War of the Theatres', 1892, and the excellent contributions to the subject by H. C. Hart in 'Notes and Queries', and in his edition of ...

— Sejanus: His Fall • Ben Jonson

... resemble the wretched captive, was implacable. Surajah Dowlah was led into a secret chamber, to which in a short time the minister of death were sent. In this act the English bore no part and Meer Jaffier understood so much of their feelings that h thought it necessary to apologise to them for having avenge them on ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 1 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

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