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(Encyclopedia) Lynn, city (1990 pop. 81,245), Essex co., E Mass.; inc. as a town 1631, as a city 1850. Lynn is an old industrial center. The first ironworks (1643) and the first fire engine (1654) in…Menai Strait
(Encyclopedia) Menai StraitMenai Straitmĕnˈī [key], channel of the Irish Sea, 14 mi (23 km) long and from 200 yd (183 m) to 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, between the island of Anglesey and mainland Gwynedd, NW…Edmundston
(Encyclopedia) Edmundston Edmundston ĕdˈmənstən [key], city, NW N.B., Canada, at the confluence of the St. John and…Birrell, Augustine
(Encyclopedia) Birrell, AugustineBirrell, Augustinebĭrˈəl [key], 1850–1933, English essayist and public official. As chief secretary for Ireland (1907–16) his failure to end the plotting that…Rodbertus, Karl Johann
(Encyclopedia) Rodbertus, Karl JohannRodbertus, Karl Johannkärl yōˈhän rôdbĕrˈt&oobreve;s [key], 1805–75, German economist and conservative socialist. He held several public offices but after…Conshohocken
(Encyclopedia) Conshohocken Conshohocken kŏnˌshəhŏkˈən [key], borough (2020 pop. 8,039), Montgomery co., SE Pa., on…Palmer, Ray
(Encyclopedia) Palmer, Ray, 1808–87, American Congregational clergyman and hymn writer, b. Little Compton, R.I., grad. Yale, 1830. He held pastorates in Bath, Maine (1835–50), and Albany, N.Y. (1850–…Good, James Isaac
(Encyclopedia) Good, James Isaac, 1850–1924, American clergyman of the German Reformed Church, b. York, Pa. He held pastorates in York, Philadelphia, and Reading, Pa., and in 1890 he became professor…bone china
(Encyclopedia) bone china, variety of porcelain developed by English potters in the last half of the 18th and early 19th cent. The clay is tempered with phosphate of lime or bone ash. This innovation…Carson Sink
(Encyclopedia) Carson Sink, swampy area, c.100 sq mi (260 sq km), W Nev.; a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan. Fallon National Wildlife Refuge is located there. The Carson River (c.125 mi/200 km long…Trending
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