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Anaxagoras

(Encyclopedia) AnaxagorasAnaxagorasănˌəksăgˈərəs [key], c.500–428 b.c., Greek philosopher of Clazomenae. He is credited with having transferred the seat of philosophy to Athens. He was closely…

Karmathians

(Encyclopedia) Karmathians or CarmathiansCarmathianskärmāˈthēənz [key], a Muslim sect of the 9th and 10th cent., similar to the Assassin sect. They were part of a movement for social reform that…

Petrified Forest National Park

(Encyclopedia) Petrified Forest National Park, 93,533 acres (37,881 hectares), E Ariz.; est. as a national monument 1906, designated a national park 1962. A part of the Painted Desert, it contains…

curling

(Encyclopedia) curling, winter sport, similar in principle to bowls and quoits (see horseshoe pitching), played on an ice court called a sheet by teams of four. Each player hurls a squat, circular…

Pontypridd

(Encyclopedia) PontypriddPontypriddpôntəprēᵺˈ [key], town (1981 pop. 32,992), Rhondda Cynon Taff, S Wales, on the Taff River. Electrical equipment, cables, and chains are made. The famous stone…

Kingsville

(Encyclopedia) Kingsville, city (1990 pop. 25,276), seat of Kleberg co., S Tex.; inc. 1911. It is headquarters of the gigantic King Ranch. The city is a processing center for cotton, livestock,…

Mayfield

(Encyclopedia) Mayfield, city (2020 pop. 10,017), seat of Graves co., SW Ky., in an area of farms and clay deposits; founded 1823. It is an…