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Canal du Midi

(Encyclopedia)Canal du Midi känälˈ dü mēdēˈ [key], canal, c.150 mi (240 km) long, linking Sète and Toulouse, S France. It was built to carry oceangoing ships between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean...

chemical industry

(Encyclopedia)chemical industry, the business of using chemical reactions to turn raw materials, such as coal, oil, and salt, into a variety of products. During the 19th and 20th cent. technological advances in the...

COBE

(Encyclopedia)COBE: see infrared astronomy.

IRAS

(Encyclopedia)IRAS: see infrared astronomy.

NICMOS

(Encyclopedia)NICMOS: see infrared astronomy.

SOFIA

(Encyclopedia)SOFIA: see infrared astronomy.

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