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Greenfield Village
(Encyclopedia) Greenfield Village, reproduction of an early American village, est. 1933 by Henry Ford at Dearborn, Mich., as part of the Edison Institute. A white-spired church, a town hall, an inn,…Tei Fu Chen Biography
Tei Fu Chenskin care entrepreneurBorn: 1948Birthplace: Chiayi, Taiwan Chen studied Chinese medicine and attended pharmacy school in Tawian. He married Oi Lin. The couple came to the United…Port Huron
(Encyclopedia) Port HuronPort Huronhy&oobreve;rˈən [key], city (1990 pop. 33,694), seat of St. Clair co., S Mich., a natural, deepwater port of entry at the junction of the St. Clair River with…Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson
(Encyclopedia) Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828–1914, English chemist and physicist. He made an incandescent lamp using a carbon filament (1860), 20 years before Edison's lamp. Noted for important…Time Tangled Island: Thomas Edison
Factropica Fast Facts and quizzes by Beth Rowen Related Links Thomas Edison Biography A Guide to Inventions and Discoveries…Thomas Edison National Historical Park
(Encyclopedia) Thomas Edison National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).Chen Shui-bian, 2000 News
Taiwanese lawyer and opposition politician, was elected president of Taiwan in March, with 39% of the vote. Chen, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, had long supported independence…Six Dynasties
(Encyclopedia) Six Dynasties, period of Chinese history between the fall of the Han dynasty (a.d. 220) and the unification of China under the Sui dynasty (a.d. 589). It is named for the six…Farmer, Moses Gerrish
(Encyclopedia) Farmer, Moses Gerrish, 1820–93, American inventor, b. Boscawen, N.H. He helped build and maintain some of the pioneer telegraph lines of Massachusetts and experimented in multiple…Taiwan
(Encyclopedia) CE5 TaiwanTaiwantīˈwänˈ [key], Portuguese Formosa, officially Republic of China, island nation (2015 est. pop. 23,486,000), 13,885 sq mi (35,961 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean,…Trending
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