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Orekhovo-Zuyevo

(Encyclopedia)Orekhovo-Zuyevo əryĕˈkhəvə-zo͞oˈyĭvə [key], city (1989 pop. 137,000), W central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. There is a large textile industry (dating from the 18th cent.) and a maj...

Sarcelles

(Encyclopedia)Sarcelles särsĕlˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 57,121), Val-d'Oise dept., N central France. Mostly residential, it has some light industry. A church dating partly from the 12th cent. and partly from the ...

radiochemistry

(Encyclopedia)radiochemistry, chemistry of radioactive substances (see radioactivity). Radioactive isotopes are very useful as tracers to study the mechanisms of complex organic reactions, since even minute amounts...

Herisau

(Encyclopedia)Herisau hāˈrĭzou [key], town, capital of Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden half canton, NE Switzerla...

Châtellerault

(Encyclopedia)Châtellerault shätĕlrōˈ [key], town, Vienne dept., W central France. It is an industrial center ...

Westerly

(Encyclopedia)Westerly, town (1990 pop. 21,605), Washington co., extreme SW R.I., between the Pawcatuck River and Block Island Sound; inc. 1669. Formerly important industries include textile manufacturing (dating f...

Kamen, Martin David

(Encyclopedia)Kamen, Martin David kāˈmən [key], 1913–2002, American biochemist, b. Toronto, Canada, grad. Univ. of Chicago (B.S., Ph.D. 1937). He discovered carbon-14, the radioactive isotope of carbon used to...

Huancayo

(Encyclopedia)Huancayo wänkīˈō [key], city, alt. 10,731 ft (3,721 m), capital of Huancayn prov. and Jun...

Montes Claros

(Encyclopedia)Montes Claros môNˈtəsh kläˈro͝osh [key], city (1996 pop. 271,324), Minas Gerais state, E central Brazil. Cattle breeding is the chief economic activity, and agriculture is important. Montes Clar...

Boscoreale

(Encyclopedia)Boscoreale bôsˌkōrā-äˈlā [key], town, in Campania, S Italy, at the foot of Vesuvius. Roman villas ...