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Nizhni Tagil
(Encyclopedia)Nizhni Tagil nyēzhˈnyē təgēlˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 440,000), E European Russia, in the central Urals, on the Tagil River. A leading metallurgical and heavy industry center, it uses the ore fro...Tortosa
(Encyclopedia)Tortosa tōrtōˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 29,970), Tarragona prov., NE Spain, in Catalonia, on the Ebro (Ebre) River. It has a fishing industry and light manufacturing, producing cement, clothing, a...Burgess, Anthony
(Encyclopedia)Burgess, Anthony bûrˈjĭs [key], 1917–93, English novelist, b. Manchester as John Anthony Burgess Wilson, grad. Manchester Univ., 1940. He taught school in England and in East Asia and pursued an ...McAdoo, William Gibbs
(Encyclopedia)McAdoo, William Gibbs măkˈədo͞o [key], 1863–1941, American political leader, U.S. secretary of the treasury (1913–18), b. near Marietta, Ga. The son of a prominent Georgia jurist, McAdoo becam...Kidron
(Encyclopedia)Kidron sēˈdrən [key], in the Bible, brook or field, the present-day Qidron (West Bank), E of Jerusalem between the city and the Mount of Olives. See also Jehoshaphat. ...Sand to Snow National Monument
(Encyclopedia)Sand to Snow National Monument, 154,000 acres (62,000 hectares) in the San Bernadino Mountains, S Calif. It rises from the Sonoran Desert floor to Mount San Gorgonio (11,503 ft/3,506 m), the highest p...Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron
(Encyclopedia)Strathcona and Mount Royal, Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron străthkōˈnə [key], 1820–1914, Canadian fur trader, financier, and railroad builder, b. Scotland. Coming to Canada in 1838, he was hi...Meudon
(Encyclopedia)Meudon mödôNˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 46,173), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, a suburb SW of Paris. Metal products, automobile bodies, and explosives are the chief manufactures. The astroph...Loomis, Elias
(Encyclopedia)Loomis, Elias, 1811–89, American physicist and mathematician, b. Willington, Conn., grad. Yale, 1830. He taught at Western Reserve (1837–44), at New York Univ. (1844–47, 1849–60), and at Yale ...Amici, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia)Amici, Giovanni Battista jōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä ämēˈchē [key], 1786–1863, Italian astronomer, mathematician, and naturalist. He became director of the observatory and professor of astronomy...Browse by Subject
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