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nounTennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
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- bryan United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
- microscopy research with the use of microscopes
- spectroscopy the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
- spectrometry the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra
- microsurgery surgery using operating microscopes and miniaturized precision instruments to perform intricate procedures on very small structures
- william jennings bryan United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
- great commoner United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925)
- dark-field microscope light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
- ultramicroscope light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
- high-powered (used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification