(Encyclopedia) glass, hard substance, usually brittle and transparent, composed chiefly of silicates and an alkali fused at high temperature.
Glass has become invaluable in modern architecture,…
(Encyclopedia) locomotive, vehicle used to pull a train of unpowered railroad cars.
Richard Trevithick, a British engineer and inventor, built and operated (1803–4) the first successful steam…
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Capital: Springfield State abbreviation/Postal code: Ill./IL Governor: Bruce Rauner, R (to Jan. 2019) Lieut. Governor: Evelyn Sanguinetti, R (to Jan. 2019) Senators:…
(Encyclopedia) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–90, American statesman, printer, scientist, and writer, b. Boston. The only American of the colonial period to earn a European reputation as a natural…
(Encyclopedia) wind, flow of air relative to the earth's surface. A wind is named according to the point of the compass from which it blows, e.g., a wind blowing from the north is a north wind.
The…
(Encyclopedia) Japanese art, works of art created in the islands that make up the nation of Japan.
In the mid-19th cent. a few print designers attained distinction, but no masters appeared…
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tennis, game played indoors or outdoors by two players (singles) or four players (doubles) on a level court.
In 1900 the international team competition known as…
