POWELL, JOHN W
\pˈa͡ʊɛl], \pˈaʊɛl], \p_ˈaʊ_ɛ_l]\
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born in 1824, was a lieutenant-colonel of Illinois artillery during the Civil War. He secured the establishment of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Ethnography at the Smithsonian Institution, and is director of the former.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.