(Encyclopedia) Carson City, city (2020 pop. 58,639), state capital, W Nev., in the Eagle valley; inc. 1875. The city is a trade center for a mining and…
(Encyclopedia) TepliceTeplicetĕˈplĭtsĕ [key] or Teplice-ŠanovTeplice–shäˈnôf [key], Ger. Teplitz-Schönau, city (1991 pop. 53,004), NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, in the Erzgebirge [ore mountains] and…
(Encyclopedia) BeskidsBeskidsbĕsˈkĭdz [key], Czech and Slovak Beskydy, Pol. BeskidyBeskidsbĕskēˈdē [key], mountain range of the Carpathians, extending c.200 mi (320 km) along Poland's border with the…
Biographies of of U.S. representatives and Senators from Texas
Member Name Birth-Death ABBOTT, J/biography/us/congress/o (J/biography/us/congress/oseph) 1840-1908 ALGER, Bruce Reyn/…
(Encyclopedia) Danish language, member of the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. The official language of Denmark, it is spoken…
(Encyclopedia) JosJosjôs [key], city (1991 est. pop. 182,000), central Nigeria, on the Jos Plateau. It is a mining center for tin ore, which is processed in the city, and a collection point for hides…
(Encyclopedia) PotosíPotosípōtōsēˈ [key], city (1992 pop. 112,078), capital of Potosí dept., S Bolivia, at the foot of one of the world's richest ore mountains. In the cold, bleak, high Andes at an…
(Encyclopedia) bellows, expansible, gas-tight chamber used to pump or store a gas. One of the simplest and most familiar types of bellows is the manual one used for providing a forced draft to a fire…
