human sensory reception: Salt: …of heavy metals such as mercury have a metallic taste, although some of the salts of lead (especially lead acetate) and beryllium are sweet. Both parts of the molecule (e.g., lead and acetate) contribute to taste quality and to stimulating efficiency. The following is a series for degree of saltiness,…

mercury: Principal compounds: …(mixed with graphite) in zinc-mercuric oxide electric cells and in mercury batteries. Mercury(II) sulfide, HgS, is a black or red crystalline solid used chiefly as a pigment in paints, rubber, and plastics.

Messenger, U.S. spacecraft that studied Mercury’s surface and environment. The name was selected in honour of ancient Greek observers who perceived Mercury in its 88-day orbit of the Sun and named it for the messenger of the gods (Hermes, known to the Romans as Mercury). Messenger was launched on

electric switch: The so-called mercury, or “silent,” switch is used extensively for controlling home lighting circuits. The oil switch has its live parts immersed in oil to reduce arcing. The aggregate of switching or circuit-breaking equipment for a power station or a transforming station, frequently located in an outdoor…

crystal: Growth from the melt: Another lattice-matched epitaxial system is mercury telluride (HgTe) and cadmium telluride (CdTe). These two semiconductors form a continuous semiconductor alloy CdxHg1 − xTe, where x is any number between 0 and 1. This alloy is used as a detector of infrared radiation and is incorporated in particular in night-vision goggles.

Joseph Cotten: …joined Welles’s and John Houseman’s Mercury Theatre ensemble of radio actors in 1938.

calomel (Hg2Cl2), a very heavy, soft, white, odourless, and tasteless halide mineral formed by the alteration of other mercury minerals, such as cinnabar or amalgams. Calomel is found together with native mercury, cinnabar, calcite, limonite, and clay at Moschellandsberg, Germany; Zimapán, Mexico;

fungicide: Mercury(II) chloride, or corrosive sublimate, is sometimes used as a dip to treat bulbs and tubers; it is highly toxic to humans. Strobilurin compounds are used in industrial agriculture to kill various types of mildews, molds, and rusts. Other substances occasionally used to kill fungi include chloropicrin,

mercury: Principal compounds: Mercury(II) oxide, HgO, provides elemental mercury for the preparation of various organic mercury compounds and certain inorganic mercury salts. This red or yellow crystalline solid is also used as an electrode (mixed with graphite) in zinc-mercuric oxide electric cells and in mercury batteries. Mercury(II) sulfide,…

mercury: Principal compounds: …(mixed with graphite) in zinc-mercuric oxide electric cells and in mercury batteries. Mercury(II) sulfide, HgS, is a black or red crystalline solid used chiefly as a pigment in paints, rubber, and plastics.

fungicide: Mercury(II) chloride, or corrosive sublimate, is sometimes used as a dip to treat bulbs and tubers; it is highly toxic to humans. Strobilurin compounds are used in industrial agriculture to kill various types of mildews, molds, and rusts. Other substances occasionally used to kill fungi include chloropicrin,

Freddie Mercury was a British rock singer and songwriter whose flamboyant showmanship and powerfully agile vocals, most famously for the band Queen, made him one of rock’s most dynamic front men. Bulsara was born to Parsi parents who had emigrated from India to Zanzibar, where his father worked as

Mercury, any of the first series of crewed spaceflights conducted by the United States (1961–63). The series began with a suborbital flight about three weeks after the Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin became the first human in space (see Vostok). Alan B. Shepard, Jr., rode a Mercury space capsule

Baiae: The “Temple of Mercury” (about 71 feet [21.5 metres] in diameter) dates from the late Republic. Reminiscent in its present condition of the Pantheon, it was the swimming pool of a large bath. The “temples” of Venus and Diana are of the Hadrianic period (2nd century…

lamp: Electric discharge lamps: …Peter Cooper Hewitt marketed the mercury-arc lamp in 1901, the energy efficiency of which proved to be two or three times that of the contemporary incandescent lamp. Creating a nearly shadow-free light and less glare, the lamp immediately found wide use for industrial and street lighting in the United States.

John Glenn: …20, 1962, his space capsule, Friendship 7, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Its orbit ranged from approximately 161 to 261 km (100 to 162 miles) in altitude. The flight went mostly according to plan, aside from a faulty thruster that forced Glenn to control Friendship 7 manually. A faulty…

Alan B. Shepard, Jr.: …15-minute suborbital flight in the Freedom 7 spacecraft, which reached an altitude of 115 miles (185 km). The flight came 23 days after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel in space, but Shepard’s flight energized U.S. space efforts and made him a national hero.

mercury lamp, electric discharge lamp (q.v.) in which light is emitted by electrically excited atoms of vapourized

Shakespeare in Love: …to play the part of Mercutio. After rehearsal, Shakespeare discovers that Kent, the actor playing Romeo, is in fact Viola, and he and Viola begin a love affair as he continues working on the play, which becomes Romeo and Juliet. Viola is later summoned to an audience with Queen Elizabeth…

Lucille Clifton: …Selected Poems, 1988–2000 (2000), and Mercy (2004). Generations: A Memoir (1976) is a prose piece celebrating her origins, and Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir, 1969–1980 (1987) collects some of her previously published verse. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton: 1965–2010 (2012) aggregated much of her oeuvre, including a substantial…

John Cale: Solo career: His 17th studio album, Mercy, was released in early 2023.

University of Detroit Mercy, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Detroit, Mich., U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuits and the Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Roman Catholic Church. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs in business, engineering,

Florimund Mercy, Count d’Argenteau was an Austrian diplomat who, at the outset of the French Revolution, attempted to maintain the Austro-French alliance and to save the life of the Austrian-born French queen Marie-Antoinette. Entering the diplomatic service in 1751, Mercy served at the Sardinian

euthanasia, act or practice of painlessly putting to death persons suffering from painful and incurable disease or incapacitating physical disorder or allowing them to die by withholding treatment or withdrawing artificial life-support measures. Because there is no specific provision for it in most

Kate DiCamillo: …of the exuberant toast-loving pig Mercy Watson. Later books in the series include Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006), Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006), Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (2007), Mercy Watson Thinks like a Pig (2008), and Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009). Characters from these…

Kate DiCamillo: The first series began with Mercy Watson to the Rescue (2005) and follows the adventures of the exuberant toast-loving pig Mercy Watson. Later books in the series include Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006), Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006), Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (2007), Mercy Watson Thinks like…

Kate DiCamillo: …Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006), Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (2007), Mercy Watson Thinks like a Pig (2008), and Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009). Characters from these works later appeared in the Tales from Deckawoo Lane series, which includes Leroy Ninker Saddles Up (2014), Eugenia Lincoln and…

Toni Morrison: Later novels: A Mercy (2008) deals with slavery and social class in 17th-century America. In the redemptive Home (2012), a traumatized Korean War veteran encounters racism after returning home and later overcomes apathy to rescue his sister. In God Help the Child (2015), Morrison chronicled the ramifications…

Claudius Florimund, count von Mercy was an Austrian field marshal and military governor of the Banat of Temesvár, one of the ablest commanders during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14) and the Turkish wars of 1716–18. Mercy entered the Austrian army in 1682, and distinguished himself in

Franz, baron von Mercy was an Austrian and Bavarian field marshal during the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), whose defense of Bavaria made him one of the most successful imperial commanders of his time. Mercy entered the Austrian army around 1606. Wounded in the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631), he made

Sisters of Mercy, (R.S.M.), Roman Catholic religious congregation founded in Dublin in 1831 by Catherine Elizabeth McAuley. The congregation’s members are often known simply as Mercy Sisters. The order grew quickly, establishing communities that offer social services and operate schools, hospitals,

Colin Firth: Later credits: …an imperiled amateur sailor in The Mercy. Also that year he assumed the role of William Weatherall Wilkins, president of the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, in Mary Poppins Returns. Firth then portrayed a British general in the World War I drama 1917 (2019), which was directed by Sam Mendes. His credits…

Marj ʿUyūn, town, southern Lebanon, lying on a fertile plain east of Al-Līṭānī River, at an elevation of 2,500 feet (760 metres) above sea level. Marj ʿUyūn is an agricultural market centre serving a tobacco-, cereal-, grape-, and orange-growing region. The nearby town of Ḥāṣbayyā contains the

Mr. Merdle, fictional character, a financier, in Little Dorrit (1855–57) by Charles

Beowulf: Editions and adaptations: …monster, while Maria Dahvana Headley’s The Mere Wife (2018) was set in contemporary American suburbia and offered a more sympathetic portrayal of Grendel’s mother, who was presented as an army veteran suffering from PTSD. In 2020 Headley also published a feminist translation of Beowulf, and her version featured modern language,…

French literature: The honnête homme: …of the ideal defined by Antoine Gombaud, chevalier de Méré, in his Discours de la vraie honnêteté (1701; “Discourse on True Honnêteté”), as it does of the example set by Charles de Saint-Denis, sieur de Saint-Évremond, who, in the opinion of contemporaries, most nearly lived up to such an ideal.…

Eritrea: Drainage: …the Gash, known as the Mereb River, forms the border on the plateau.

Sports Illustrated: Ownership: In 2018 Meredith Corporation gained control of the magazine through its acquisition of Time Inc., and that year Sports Illustrated, which faced declining subscriptions, began publishing its regular weekly edition once every two weeks. In 2019 the magazine’s intellectual property was sold to Authentic Brands Group for…

Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director who, in a career that spanned nearly seven decades, played a diverse range of characters on the stage, on television, and in film. Meredith attended Amherst College but left before graduating. He subsequently held a variety of jobs—notably working

Monday Night Football: A new approach to televising sports: …Keith Jackson and colour commentator Don Meredith, who had retired as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys in 1968. In the program’s second year, former New York Giant and future Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford replaced Jackson. According to The New York Times, this combination was “the most…

George Meredith was an English Victorian poet and novelist, whose novels are noted for their wit, brilliant dialogue, and aphoristic quality of language. Meredith’s novels are also distinguished by psychological studies of character and a highly subjective view of life that, far ahead of his time,

James Meredith is an American civil rights activist who gained national renown at a key juncture in the civil rights movement in 1962, when he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. State officials, initially refusing a U.S. Supreme Court order to integrate the

Ted Meredith was an American middle-distance runner, a world-record holder in the 800-metre (1912–26), 440-yard (1916–31), and 880-yard (1912–26) races and as a team member in the 4 × 400-metre relay race (1912–24) and the 4 × 440-yard relay race (1915–28). Meredith began his running career at

James Meredith is an American civil rights activist who gained national renown at a key juncture in the civil rights movement in 1962, when he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. State officials, initially refusing a U.S. Supreme Court order to integrate the

James Meredith is an American civil rights activist who gained national renown at a key juncture in the civil rights movement in 1962, when he became the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. State officials, initially refusing a U.S. Supreme Court order to integrate the

Monday Night Football: A new approach to televising sports: …Keith Jackson and colour commentator Don Meredith, who had retired as the quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys in 1968. In the program’s second year, former New York Giant and future Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford replaced Jackson. According to The New York Times, this combination was “the most…

Burgess Meredith was an American actor and director who, in a career that spanned nearly seven decades, played a diverse range of characters on the stage, on television, and in film. Meredith attended Amherst College but left before graduating. He subsequently held a variety of jobs—notably working

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton was a British diplomat and viceroy of India (1876–80) who also achieved, during his lifetime, a reputation as a poet. Lytton, son of the 1st Baron Lytton, began his diplomatic career as unpaid attaché to his uncle Sir Henry Bulwer, then minister at

Ted Meredith was an American middle-distance runner, a world-record holder in the 800-metre (1912–26), 440-yard (1916–31), and 880-yard (1912–26) races and as a team member in the 4 × 400-metre relay race (1912–24) and the 4 × 440-yard relay race (1915–28). Meredith began his running career at

William Meredith was an American poet whose formal and unadorned verse was compared to that of Robert Frost. Meredith was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Meredith attended Princeton University (A.B., 1940), where he first began to write poetry. After a short stint as a reporter for the New York

William Meredith was an American poet whose formal and unadorned verse was compared to that of Robert Frost. Meredith was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Meredith attended Princeton University (A.B., 1940), where he first began to write poetry. After a short stint as a reporter for the New York

Silurian Period: Clastic wedges: The Mereenie Sandstone in central Australia (Amadeus Basin) is one of the few examples of a possible Silurian desert sandstone.

Nine Men’s Morris, board game of great antiquity, most popular in Europe during the 14th century and played throughout the world in various forms. The board is made up of three concentric squares and several transversals, making 24 points of intersection. In modern play the diagonal lines of the

Nine Men’s Morris, board game of great antiquity, most popular in Europe during the 14th century and played throughout the world in various forms. The board is made up of three concentric squares and several transversals, making 24 points of intersection. In modern play the diagonal lines of the

history of logic: The theory of supposition: …is an animal”), and (3) merely confused (e.g., animal in “Every horse is an animal”). These types were described in terms of a notion of “descent to (or ascent from) singulars.” For example, in the statement “Every horse is an animal,” one can “descend” under the term horse to: “This…

merengue, couple dance originating in the Dominican Republic, strongly influenced by Venezuelan and Afro-Cuban musical practices and by dances throughout Latin America. Originally, and still, a rural folk dance and later a ballroom dance, the merengue is at its freest away from the ballroom. It is

merengue, couple dance originating in the Dominican Republic, strongly influenced by Venezuelan and Afro-Cuban musical practices and by dances throughout Latin America. Originally, and still, a rural folk dance and later a ballroom dance, the merengue is at its freest away from the ballroom. It is

merengue, couple dance originating in the Dominican Republic, strongly influenced by Venezuelan and Afro-Cuban musical practices and by dances throughout Latin America. Originally, and still, a rural folk dance and later a ballroom dance, the merengue is at its freest away from the ballroom. It is

Merneptah was a king of Egypt (c. 1213–03 bce) of the 19th dynasty (c. 1292–c. 1191) who successfully defended Egypt against a serious invasion from Libya. The 13th son of his long-lived father, Ramses II, Merneptah was nearing 60 years of age at his accession about 1213. Toward the end of his

Merenre, fourth king of the 6th dynasty (c. 2325–c. 2150 bce) in ancient Egypt, who extended the authority of one official over all Upper Egypt and encouraged intensive exploration and trade in Nubia. Merenre may have served briefly as coregent with Pepi I (his father) before succeeding to the

Merenre, fourth king of the 6th dynasty (c. 2325–c. 2150 bce) in ancient Egypt, who extended the authority of one official over all Upper Egypt and encouraged intensive exploration and trade in Nubia. Merenre may have served briefly as coregent with Pepi I (his father) before succeeding to the

mineral deposit: Immiscible melts: …in this way are the Merensky Reef of the Bushveld Complex, producer of a major fraction of the world’s platinum-group metals; the Stillwater Complex, Montana, host to platinum-group deposits similar to the Merensky Reef; and the Norilsk deposits of Russia, containing large reserves of platinum-group metals.

mereology, branch of logic, founded by the 20th-century logician Stanisław Leśniewski, that tries to clarify class expressions and theorizes on the relation between parts and wholes. It attempts to explain Bertrand Russell’s paradox of the class of all those classes that are not elements of

Egyptian art and architecture: Private tombs: In the mastaba of Mereruka, a vizier of Teti, first king of the 6th dynasty, there were 21 rooms for his own funerary purposes, with six for his wife and five for his son.

Francis Meres was an English author of Palladis Tamia; Wits Treasury, a commonplace book valuable for information on Elizabethan poets. Meres was educated at the University of Cambridge and became rector of Wing, Rutland, in 1602. His Palladis Tamia (1598) is most important for its list of

Ehud Barak: Later career: …list led by the left-wing Meretz party. The list won only five seats, however, and he was not returned to the Knesset.

Karachi: City layout: Beginning at Mereweather Tower in the vicinity of the port, these roads run through the centre of the city. Several roads, such as Napier Road, Dr. Zia-ud-din Ahmed Road (Kutchery Road), and Garden Road, cut perpendicularly across these arteries from north to south.

Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky was a Russian poet, novelist, critic, and thinker who played an important role in the revival of religious-philosophical interests among the Russian intelligentsia. After graduation from the University of St. Petersburg in history and philology, Merezhkovsky

torrent duck, (species Merganetta armata), long-bodied duck, found along rushing mountain streams in the Andes. It is usually classified as an aberrant dabbling duck (q.v.) but is sometimes placed in its own tribe, the Merganettini, family Anatidae (order Anseriformes). The torrent duck clings to

merganser, any of several species of Mergus, long-bodied, more or less crested diving ducks; though essentially freshwater birds, they are classified with scoters and goldeneyes in the sea duck tribe, Mergini (family Anatidae, order Anseriformes). They are called trash ducks because their flesh is

Noam Chomsky: Rule systems in Chomskyan theories of language: …in principle consist entirely of Merge (internal and external) together with some parametric settings. MP aims to achieve both of the major original goals that Chomsky set for a theory of language in Aspects of the Theory of Syntax: that it be descriptively adequate, in the sense that the grammars…

Naples: Layout and architecture: …at the yachting port of Mergellina—signaled by the church of Santa Maria del Parto. The nearby church of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta, centre of a now-diminished popular festival, is steeply overlooked by a small park encompassing the entrance to the Roman grotto called the Crypta Neapolitana. This poignant place also…

Ottmar Mergenthaler was a German-born American inventor who developed the Linotype machine. A precocious boy, Mergenthaler was anxious to study engineering, but his father, burdened with financing the higher education of older sons, found the expense beyond his means. He was apprenticed to a

Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne: Command of the French forces in Germany: …army was lost in the Battle of Marienthal (Mergentheim). Turenne fell back, and Mazarin sent Enghien to rescue him. Their united forces met the Bavarians in the Battle of Nördlingen and reached the Danube River but with such heavy losses in infantry that they soon had to return to the…

merger, corporate combination of two or more independent business corporations into a single enterprise, usually the absorption of one or more firms by a dominant one. A merger may be accomplished by one firm purchasing the other’s assets with cash or its securities or by purchasing the other’s

Mergers and acquisitions (known collectively as M&A) are transactions that bring together two businesses. The terms mean different things: A merger is usually the combination of two businesses of about equal strength, while an acquisition is the purchase of one company by another—typically a bigger

Anatidae: Classification: Somateriini Tribe Mergini (diving duck) Tribe Oxyurini (stifftail) Some authorities include the eiders (Somateriini) in the Mergini, some separate a tribe

Anatidae: Classification: Somateriini Tribe Mergini (diving duck) Tribe Oxyurini (stifftail) Some authorities include the eiders (Somateriini) in the Mergini, some separate a tribe

Mergui, town, extreme southeastern Myanmar (Burma). It occupies an offshore island in the Andaman Sea at the mouth of the Great Tenasserim River. Mergui is a busy port engaged in coastal trade (rubber, tin ore, rattans, dried fish, edible birds’ nests) north to Yangon (Rangoon) and south to

Mergui Archipelago, group of more than 200 islands in the Andaman Sea off the Tenasserim coast of extreme southeastern Myanmar (Burma). The island cluster begins with Mali Kyun (Tavoy Island) in the north and ends beyond the southern limits of Myanmar. The group includes Kadan (King),

merganser, any of several species of Mergus, long-bodied, more or less crested diving ducks; though essentially freshwater birds, they are classified with scoters and goldeneyes in the sea duck tribe, Mergini (family Anatidae, order Anseriformes). They are called trash ducks because their flesh is

merganser: The smew (M. albellus) is a small, compact merganser with a short bill; it breeds from Scandinavia to Siberia and south to Turkestan and winters on lakes and streams south to the Mediterranean and Central Asia.

merganser: Quite different is the hooded merganser (M., or Lophodytes, cucullatus) of temperate North America, a small, tree-nesting species of woodland waterways.

merganser: The common merganser, or goosander (M. merganser), is of mallard size; the male lacks a noticeable crest. It usually nests in hollow trees in north temperate to subarctic regions and migrates to more southerly rivers. The somewhat smaller and ground-nesting red-breasted merganser (M. serrator) has a…

merganser: The somewhat smaller and ground-nesting red-breasted merganser (M. serrator) has a similar range. In the United States, common and red-breasted mergansers are often called sheldrakes (properly a name for the shelducks).

Lennart Meri was an Estonian scholar and political leader, who was president of Estonia from 1992 to 2001. His father, Georg Meri, was a man of letters who served newly independent Estonia as a diplomat between World Wars I and II, and consequently Lennart was educated in Berlin, London, and Paris.

Veijo Meri was a Finnish novelist, poet, and dramatist of the generation of the 1960s. Meri devoted many of his novels and dramas to the depiction of war. Unlike his many Finnish predecessors, however, he did not treat war in the heroic mode. His soldiers existed in an incoherent and farcical

Torres Strait Islander peoples: Location and language: …in the Eastern Islands is Meriam Mir, and in the Western, Central, and Inner Islands the language spoken is Kala Lagaw Ya or Kala Kawa Ya, which are dialects of the same language. Since European colonization of Australia, the Torres Strait Creole (Kriol) language has developed as a mixture of…

Junius L. Meriam was an American educator who, though highly critical of progressive education, was best known for his work in experimental schools and for his departure from traditional teaching methods. Meriam was reared on a farm and attended Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (A.B., 1895); New York

Maria Sibylla Merian was a German-born naturalist and nature artist known for her illustrations of insects and plants. Her works on insect development and the transformation of insects through the process of metamorphosis contributed to the advance of entomology in the late 17th and early 18th

Matthäus Merian was an engraver, etcher, and book dealer, the leading German illustrator of the 17th century. In 1609 Merian began studying with Dietrich Meyer, a painter and engraver of Zürich, and in 1613 he moved to Nancy. After studying in Paris, Stuttgart (1616), and the Low Countries, he went

Moses: From Sinai to Transjordan: At Meribah, probably in the area of Kadesh-barnea, Moses addressed the complaining people as rebels and struck a rock twice in anger, whereupon water flowed forth for the thirsty people. He had been angry before in defense of Yahweh’s name, honour, and cause, but this time…

Maritsa River, river in Bulgaria, rising in the Rila Mountains southeast of Sofia on the north face of Musala Peak. It flows east and southeast across Bulgaria for 170 miles (275 km), forms the Bulgaria–Greece frontier for a distance of 10 miles (16 km), and then becomes the Greece–Turkey frontier

Mérida, estado (state), northwestern Venezuela. Except for a narrow neck extending northwestward to the shore of Lake Maracaibo, the territory lies entirely within that portion of the Andes Mountains known as the Cordillera de Mérida. The cordillera, which rises to 16,427 feet (5,007 metres) above

Mérida, city, capital of Yucatán estado (state), southeastern Mexico. It lies near the northwestern tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, about 20 miles (30 km) south of Progreso, its port on the Gulf of Mexico. In 1542 Francisco de Montejo gave the name Mérida to the captured Mayan city T’ho (Tihoo). An

Mérida, city, capital of Mérida estado (state), western Venezuela. The city lies on a large alluvial terrace near the Chama River in the Cordillera de Mérida. At an elevation of 5,384 feet (1,641 metres), it is the highest city in Venezuela and enjoys one of the most pleasant climates in the

Mérida, town, north-central Badajoz provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Extremadura, western Spain. It is located on the north bank of the Guadiana River, about 35 miles (55 km) east of Badajoz, the provincial capital. The town was founded by the Romans in 25

Carlos Mérida was a Guatemalan artist who was known primarily as a muralist and printmaker. From 1910 to 1914 Mérida traveled in Europe, living mainly in Paris, where he studied art and became personally acquainted with such leaders of the avant-garde as Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani. At the

Andes Mountains: Physiography of the Northern Andes: …and enters Venezuela as the Cordillera de Mérida. On the Caribbean coast just west of the Sierra de Perijá stands the isolated, triangular Santa Marta Massif, which rises abruptly from the coast to snowcapped peaks of 18,947 feet; geologically, however, the Santa Marta Massif is not part of the Andes.

Meriden, city, coextensive with the town (township) of Meriden, New Haven county, central Connecticut, U.S. Meriden is situated on the Quinnipiac River with the Hanging Hills to the west. It was settled in 1661 by Jonathan Gilbert, who named it for his birthplace, Meriden Farm in Dorking, England.