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Rushmore, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rushmore, Mount: see Mount Rushmore National Memorial. ...

Rainier, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Rainier, Mount: see Mount Rainier National Park. ...

Schofield, John McAllister

(Encyclopedia)Schofield, John McAllister skōˈfēld [key], 1831–1906, Union general in the American Civil War, b. Gerry, N.Y. He taught at West Point (1855–60) and on the outbreak of the Civil War became chief...

Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron

(Encyclopedia)Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron, 1719–92, British admiral. He served with distinction in the Seven Years War (1757–63), his most notable achievement being the capture (1762) of Martinique...

Kiso Ontake, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Kiso Ontake, Mount, volcano, Japan: see Ontake, Mount. ...

Robson, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Robson, Mount, British Columbia: see Mount Robson Provincial Park. ...

hat

(Encyclopedia)hat, headdress developed from the simple close-fitting cap and hood of antiquity. The first hat, which was distinguished as such by having a brim, was the felt petasus of the Greeks, which tied under ...

Fuji, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Fuji, Mount fo͞oˈjē-sän [key], volcanic peak, 12,389 ft (3,776 m) high, central Honshu, Japan, in Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (472 sq mi/1,222 sq km; est. 1936). The highest mountain in Japan, i...

Frissell, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Frissell, Mount frĭzĕlˈ [key], peak, 2,380 ft (725 m) high, NW Conn., in the Taconic Mts., near the Mass.–N.Y. line. ...

Ida, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Ida, Mount īˈdə [key], Gr. Ídhi, 8,058 ft (2,456 m) high, central Crete, Greece; the highest mountain on Crete. ...
 

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