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the electric organ in the posterior part of the body in Electrophorus
Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.
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SACHS, MICHAEL — (1808–1864), German rabbi and scholar. Sachs, who was born in Glogau, Silesia, became a preacher in Prague in 1836, succeeding L. Zunz, and from 1844 was a preacher in Berlin, where he also served as dayyan at the bet din. He declined an… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ORGAN — Antiquity In its conventional form, an organ is basically a set of pipes activated by compressed air, under the control of a keyboard. It is thought to have been invented in Hellenistic Alexandria around the beginning of the second century C.E.,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sachs, (Ferdinand Gustav) Julius von — ▪ German botanist born Oct. 2, 1832, Breslau, Ger. [now Wrocław, Pol.] died May 29, 1897, Würzburg, Ger. German botanist whose experimental study of nutrition, tropism, and transpiration of water greatly advanced the knowledge of plant… … Universalium
Hornbostel-Sachs — (or Sachs Hornbostel) is a system of musical instrument classification devised by Erich Moritz von Hornbostel and Curt Sachs, and first published in the Zeitschrift für Ethnologie in 1914. An English translation was published in the Galpin… … Wikipedia
Michael Sachs — (1808–1864) was a German rabbi from Glogau (Głogów), Silesia. He was one of the first Jewish graduates from the modern universities, earning a Ph.D. degree in 1836. He was appointed Rabbi in Prague in 1836, and in Berlin in 1844. He took the… … Wikipedia
List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number — The following lists contain musical instruments, categorized according to the Hornbostel Sachs system by how they make sound.*List of idiophones by Hornbostel Sachs number *List of membranophones by Hornbostel Sachs number *List of chordophones… … Wikipedia
Morbus Tay-Sachs — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 E75.0 GM2 Gangliosidose Tay Sachs Krankheit … Deutsch Wikipedia
Tay-Sachs-Krankheit — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 E75.0 GM2 Gangliosidose Tay Sachs Krankheit … Deutsch Wikipedia
Students for Organ Donation — is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting organ donation awareness and registration. Active in the United States and Canada and run entirely by students, the organization actively recruits college and high school students to establish… … Wikipedia
List of aerophones by Hornbostel-Sachs number — The Hornbostel Sachs system of musical instrument classification groups all instruments in which sound is produced through vibrating air. This can include a column of air being set in vibration (as in wind instruments) or an air flow being… … Wikipedia
