Academy:
is a Greek term. Originally applied to the groves where Plato taught
but subsequently adopted to indicate higher educational institutes
of special kinds.
Alchemy:
Regarded by 17th century Philosophers and enthusiasts as a science
capable to transmute base metals into gold the elixir of life that
was to prolong existence indefinitely.
Alphabet:
So called from the first two letters of Greek- (Alpha Beta). The
term applied to the collection of letters from which the words of a
language are made up.
Ant:
There are 6,000 species of ants.
Arabian
Nights: A
collection of fascinating Tales of Orient of mixed Indian, Persian,
Arabic and Egyptian origin. First made known to Europe by Antoine
Galland, a French Scholar.
Atomic
Bomb: The
weapon was the result of the concerted efforts of a team of
Scientists during the Second World War.
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