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Purbeck, Isle of

(Encyclopedia)Purbeck, Isle of, peninsula, c.12 mi (20 km) long and c.8 mi (13 km) wide, Dorset, S England, between Poole Harbour and the English Channel. St. Albans Head is the most southerly point of the rocky sh...

Jingdezhen

(Encyclopedia)Jingdezhen fo͞oˈlyängˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 294,000), NE Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River. It is world famous for its fine porcelain, made since the Han dynasty (202 b.c.–a.d. 220...

Fuzhou, city, Fujian province, China

(Encyclopedia)Fuzhou fo͞oˈchouˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 952,300), capital of Fujian prov., China, a port on the Min River delta c.25 mi (40 km) from the coast. A regional commercial and fishing center that u...

Fuzhou, city, Jiangxi province, China

(Encyclopedia)Fuzhou, city, Jiangxi prov., China: see Linchuan. ...

cire perdue

(Encyclopedia)cire perdue sēr pĕrdüˈ [key] [Fr.,=lost wax], sculptural process of metal casting that may be used for hollow and solid casting. The sculptor makes a model in plaster or clay that is then coated w...

Saint Austell

(Encyclopedia)Saint Austell sŭnt ôˈstəl; [key], town (1991 pop. 36,639), Cornwall, SW England, at the mouth of the Fowey River on St. Austell Bay. China clay (discovered there c.1755) is produced and exported, ...

Falmouth, town, England

(Encyclopedia)Falmouth fălˈməth [key], town, Cornwall, SW England, on a small peninsula between Falmouth ...

loess

(Encyclopedia)loess lĕs, lōˈəs, Ger. lös [key], unstratified soil deposit of varying thickness, usually yellowish and composed of fine-grained angular mineral particles mixed with clay. It is found in many reg...