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North Bay

(Encyclopedia) North Bay, city (1991 pop. 55,405), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Nipissing. It is the transportation and commercial center of lumbering and mining districts and a popular summer resort.…

Fairborn

(Encyclopedia) Fairborn, city (2020 pop. 34,240), Greene co., SW Ohio; settled 1799, inc. 1950 with the merging of Osborn and Fairborn. Major employers…

blast furnace

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Blast furnace for production of iron blast furnace, structure used chiefly in smelting. The principle involved in this means of extracting metals is that of the reduction of…

respiration

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Respiratory system respiration, process by which an organism exchanges gases with its environment. The term now refers to the overall process by which oxygen is abstracted from…

sound

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Sound waves: An air pressure wave radiating outward from a loudspeaker is perceived as sound. sound, any disturbance that travels through an elastic medium such as air, ground…

Trenton , town, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Trenton, town (1991 pop. 16,908), SE Ont., Canada, on the Bay of Quinte at the mouth of the Trent River and at the south end of the Trent Canal. Its manufactures include textiles,…

Smith, Dean Edwards

(Encyclopedia) Smith, Dean Edwards, 1931–2015, American college basketball coach, b. Emporia, Kans. After playing basketball at the Univ. of Kansas (grad. 1953), Smith joined (1954) the Air Force and…

pumice

(Encyclopedia) pumicepumicepŭmˈĭs [key], volcanic glass formed by the solidification of lava that is permeated with gas bubbles. Usually found at the surface of a lava flow, it is colorless or light…

Ky, Nguyen Cao

(Encyclopedia) Ky, Nguyen CaoKy, Nguyen Caonəwēˈĕn kou kē [key], 1930–2011, premier (1965–67) and vice president (1967–71) of the former Republic of South Vietnam. Flight trained by the French, he…

epiphyte

(Encyclopedia) epiphyteepiphyteĕpˈəfītˌ [key] or air plant, any plant that does not normally root in the soil but grows upon another living plant while remaining independent of it except for support…