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Willard Boyle Born: 1924 Birthplace: Nova Scotia Charge-coupled device—The charge-coupled device (CCD) was key to…William Upjohn
William Upjohn Born: 1853 Birthplace: Richland, Michigan Dissolvable pill—In 1880, Upjohn began developing a pill…Groveton
(Encyclopedia) Groveton, town (2020 pop. 15,725), Fairfax co., N Va. Primarily residential, Groveton has developed with the high-technology industries…Koch
(Encyclopedia) KochKochkōk [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Fred Chase Koch, 1900–1967, b. Quanah, Tex., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1922, was a Wichita…European Space Research and Technology Center
(Encyclopedia) European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC): see European Space Agency.National Bureau of Standards
(Encyclopedia) National Bureau of Standards: see National Institute of Standards and Technology.Lawrence
(Encyclopedia) Lawrence. 1 City (1990 pop. 26,763), Marion co., central Ind., a residential suburb of Indianapolis, on the West Fork of the White River. It has light manufacturing. 2 City (1990 pop.…Ottawa, city, Canada
(Encyclopedia) OttawaOttawaŏtˈəwə [key], city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers and across the Ottawa from Gatineau, Que. The Rideau…Zapf, Hermann
(Encyclopedia) Zapf, Hermann, 1918–2015, German calligrapher and type designer, b. Nuremberg. While apprenticing as a photo retoucher (1934–38) Zapf became interested in the work of calligrapher and…Pickering, William Henry
(Encyclopedia) Pickering, William Henry, 1858–1938, American astronomer, b. Boston, grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1879). He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (…Trending
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