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Châtillon-sur-Seine

(Encyclopedia)Châtillon-sur-Seine shätēyôNˈ-sür-sĕn [key], town (1993 est. pop. 7,451), Côte d'Or dept., N central France, in Burgundy, on the Seine River. It was a residence of the early dukes of Burgundy ...

Seelye, Laurenus Clark

(Encyclopedia)Seelye, Laurenus Clark, 1837–1924, American educator and Congregational clergyman, b. Bethel, Conn., grad. Union College, 1857, and studied at Andover Theological Seminary and in Germany; brother of...

Preradović, Petar

(Encyclopedia)Preradović, Petar pĕˈtär prĕräˈdôvĭch [key], 1818–72, Croatian soldier, poet, and Slavophile. His early works were in German. His later lyrics, written in Croatian under Kollár's inspirati...

Newcomen, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Newcomen, Thomas nyo͞oˈkəmən, nyo͞okŭmˈən [key], 1663–1729, English inventor of an early atmospheric steam engine (c.1711). It was an improvement over an earlier engine patented (1698) by Th...

Newmarket

(Encyclopedia)Newmarket, town (1991 pop. 15,861), Suffolk, E England. It has been a horse-racing center since early in the 17th cent. There are four principal races: the One Thousand Guineas, the Two Thousand Guine...

Saint-Dizier

(Encyclopedia)Saint-Dizier săN-dēzyāˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 35,558), Haute-Marne dept., NE France, on the Marne River. It is a trading and transportation center; its manufactures include machinery, musical ins...

Balfour, Francis Maitland

(Encyclopedia)Balfour, Francis Maitland, 1851–82, Scottish embryologist; brother of A. J. Balfour. He was an early exponent of recapitulation. His Treatise on Comparative Embryology (2 vol., 1880–81) is a class...

Rhoecus

(Encyclopedia)Rhoecus rēˈkəs [key] Gr. Rhoikos, fl. 6th cent. b.c., Greek sculptor of Samos. He and Theodorus, another Samian, are said to have introduced better methods of casting bronze for sculpture. Rhoecus ...

Aversa

(Encyclopedia)Aversa ävĕrˈsä [key], city, Campania, S Italy. It is an agricultural and transportation center, noted for its sparkling white wine. It also produces shoes, mozzarella ...

Obuasi

(Encyclopedia)Obuasi ōbwäˈsē [key], town (1984 pop. 60,617), S central Ghana. Highly concentrated gold ore is mined, and there are gold-extraction plants. Gold was mined in Obuasi by indigenous peoples as early...