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Iserlohn

(Encyclopedia)Iserlohn ēˌzərlōnˈ [key], city, North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It is a commercial ...

Gadsden

(Encyclopedia)Gadsden gădzˈdən [key], city (2020 pop. 33,945), seat of Etowah co., NE Ala., on the Coosa ...

Aubusson

(Encyclopedia)Aubusson ōbüsôN [key], town (1993 est. pop. 5,546), Creuse dept., central France, in the former province of Marche, on the Creuse River. Its famous tapestry and carpet manufactures date from the 15...

Musi

(Encyclopedia)Musi mo͞oˈsē [key], river, c.325 mi (520 km) long, rising in the Pegunungan Barisan, S Sumatra, Indonesia. It flows SE to Palembang (head of oceangoing navigation), then northeast through the swamp...

Kolomna

(Encyclopedia)Kolomna kəlômˈnə [key], city (1990 pop. 163,000), central European Russia, at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka rivers. Locomotives and synthetic rubber are produced. Known in 1177, the city be...

Pôrto Velho

(Encyclopedia)Pôrto Velho pōrˈto͝o vĕˈlyo͝o [key], city (1996 pop. 287,534), capital of Rondônia state, NW Brazil, on the Madeira River. It is a rail terminus and the last point of navigation on the river. ...

Wagga Wagga

(Encyclopedia)Wagga Wagga wŏgˈə wŏgˈə [key], city (2016 pop. 62,385), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Murrumbidgee River. It is the center of an agricultural district with food-processing and rubber-goo...

Sarnia

(Encyclopedia)Sarnia, city (1991 pop. 74,376), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Clair River, at the south end of Lake Huron and opposite Port Huron, Mich. The two cities are connected by a railroad tunnel, and there is a...

Skokie

(Encyclopedia)Skokie skōˈkē [key], village (1990 pop. 59,432), Cook co., NE Ill., an industrial suburb adjacent to Chicago; inc. 1888. Its varied products include communications, computer, and electrical equipme...

electrophorus

(Encyclopedia)electrophorus, device used to generate static electric charges. It has two parts: a nonconducting plate (e.g., of hard rubber) that is negatively charged and a metal plate with an insulated handle. A ...