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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: July 26, 1806

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark July 25, 1806July 27, 1806July 26, 1806 Saturday July 26th 1806. The moring was cloudy and continued to rain as usual, tho the cloud seemed…

Chemistry: Solutions

SolutionsChemistrySolutionsWhat Are Solutions?How and Why Do Things Dissolve?Determining the Concentration of a SolutionFactors That Affect SolubilityDilutions As I mentioned in the beginning of…

The Divine Comedy: Postscript

Six Sonnets on Dante's Divine...Postscript 'Ich habe unter meinen Papieren ein Blatt gefunden, wo ich die Baukunst eine erstarrte Musik nenne.' Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1829…

Soignies

(Encyclopedia) SoigniesSoigniesswänyēˈ [key], Du. Zinnik, commune (1991 pop. 23,793), Hainaut prov., S Belgium. Paper and hollow glass are manufactured, and limestone is quarried nearby. Of note is…

Sapulpa

(Encyclopedia) SapulpaSapulpasəpŭlˈpə [key], city (1990 pop. 18,074), seat of Creek co., E central Okla; inc. 1898. It is the trade center of a farm and oil region. Furniture, zinc alloys, dinnerware…

Jonesboro

(Encyclopedia) Jonesboro, city (1990 pop. 46,535), a seat of Craighead co., NE Ark., on Crowley's Ridge; founded 1859, inc. 1883. The city services a rich agricultural area with many processing…

Avilés

(Encyclopedia) Avilés Avilés ävēlāsˈ [key], town Oviedo prov., NW Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. Coal was long a major export, but coal mining is now in decline…

Meadville

(Encyclopedia) Meadville, city (1990 pop. 14,318), seat of Crawford co., NW Pa.; settled 1788, inc. 1866. It is an industrial city in a rich agricultural region. There is food processing and…

Garden Grove

(Encyclopedia) Garden Grove, city (2020 pop. 171,949), Orange co., S Calif., a suburb of Long Beach and Los Angeles, on the Santa Ana River; founded…

Beckley

(Encyclopedia) Beckley, city (2020 pop. 17,286), seat of Raleigh co., S W.Va.; inc. 1927. Beckley's major industries include tourism, agriculture (…