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Słupsk

(Encyclopedia) SłupskSłupsksl&oomacr;psk [key], Ger. Stolp, city (1993 est. pop. 102,800), Pomorskie prov., NW Poland. It is a rail junction and commercial center with industries manufacturing…

Solvay process

(Encyclopedia) Solvay process [for Ernest Solvay], commercial process for the manufacture of sodium carbonate (washing soda). Ammonia and carbon dioxide are passed into a saturated sodium chloride…

Ponta Delgada

(Encyclopedia) Ponta DelgadaPonta Delgadapônˈtə dĕlgäˈdə [key], city (1991 pop. 21,091), capital of Ponta Delgada dist., in the Azores, Portugal. An important port on São Miguel island, it is the…

pyroligneous acid

(Encyclopedia) pyroligneous acidpyroligneous acidpīˌrəlĭgˈnēəs [key], a dark liquid that is essentially a mixture of acetic acid and methanol (wood alcohol) and is obtained in the destructive…

Savona

(Encyclopedia) SavonaSavonasävôˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 67,177), capital of Savona prov., in Liguria, NW Italy, on the Riviera. It is a major seaport and an industrial center. Manufactures include…

Tarija

(Encyclopedia) TarijaTarijatärēˈhä [key], city (1992 pop. 90,113), alt. 6,421 ft (1,957 m), capital of Tarija dept., S Bolivia. It was founded in 1574. Tarija lies in a fertile valley in the eastern…

Tanga

(Encyclopedia) TangaTangatängˈgə, –gä [key], city (2012 pop. 273,332), capital of Tanga prov., NE Tanzania, a port on the Indian Ocean. It is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center,…

Tappan, Lewis

(Encyclopedia) Tappan, Lewis, 1788–1873, American abolitionist, b. Northampton, Mass. He became a partner in his brother Arthur's New York mercantile house in 1828 and in 1841 founded the first…

Teresina

(Encyclopedia) TeresinaTeresinatārāzēˈnä [key], city (1991 pop. 599,272), capital of Piauí state, NE Brazil, on the Parnaíba River. It is the main commercial and agricultural distribution center in…

Koforidua

(Encyclopedia) KoforiduaKoforiduakōfōrēd&oomacr;ˈä [key], town (1984 pop. 58,731), capital of the Eastern region, S Ghana. It is the commercial center for a region producing cocoa, palm oil,…