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Dzerzhinsk

(Encyclopedia)Dzerzhinsk dzĭrzhēnskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 285,000), W European Russia, a port on the Oka River above. There is a huge chemical complex there. The city was called Chernorech until about 1919 and...

ferric sulfate

(Encyclopedia)ferric sulfate or iron (III) sulfate, chemical compound, Fe2(SO4)3, a yellow rhombic crystalline hygroscopic water-soluble salt that decomposes when heated to a temperature of 480℃. The enneahydrate...

Fowler, William Alfred

(Encyclopedia)Fowler, William Alfred, 1911–95, American nuclear astrophysicist, b. Pittsburgh. While a professor at the California Institute of Technology, Fowler studied how chemical elements are formed in nucle...

Houma

(Encyclopedia)Houma hōˈmə [key], city (2020 pop. 33,406), seat of Terrebonne parish, SE La.; inc. 1848. ...

Morgantown

(Encyclopedia)Morgantown, city (1990 pop. 25,879), seat of Monongalia co., N W.Va., near the Pa. line, on the Monongahela River; inc. 1785. A shipping point for a coal and limestone region, it also has glass, chemi...

Mogi das Cruzes

(Encyclopedia)Mogi das Cruzes mo͝ozhēˈ däs kro͞oˈzəs [key], city (1996 pop. 314,947), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the Tietê River. It is an industrial center and an agricultural distribution point for S...

Nanping

(Encyclopedia)Nanping yänˈ– [key], city (1994 est. pop. 211,700), N central Fujian prov., China, on the upper Min River. An important rail hub, it has expanded from a regional market town to include cement, pap...

Mysuru

(Encyclopedia)Mysuru, formerly Mysore mīsôrˈ [key], city (2011 provisional pop. 887,446), Karnataka state, S India. Mysore is an industrial, commercial, and educational center whose products include silk saris, ...

Lawes, Sir John Bennet

(Encyclopedia)Lawes, Sir John Bennet, 1814–1900, English agriculturist. He founded the famous experimental farm at Rothamsted, where, with the English chemist Sir J. H. Gilbert, he experimented with plants and an...

Liuzhou

(Encyclopedia)Liuzhou or Liuchow both: lēō-jō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 707,200), N central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, S China, on the Liu River. At the intersection of highways and three railroads, it ...