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(Encyclopedia)Merrick, uninc. city (1990 pop. 23,042), Nassau co., SE N.Y., on Long Island. Although chiefly residential, it has some light manufacturing. ...Collingswood
(Encyclopedia)Collingswood, borough (2020 pop. 14,186), Camden co., SW N.J.; settled 1682 by Quakers, inc. 1888. The borough has some light industry. ...Castro Valley
(Encyclopedia)Castro Valley, uninc. city (2020 pop. 66,441), Alameda co., W Calif., near San Francisco Bay. Chiefly residential, it also has light industries. ...Bedlingtonshire
(Encyclopedia)Bedlingtonshire, town, Northumberland, NE England. A coal mining region in the 19th cent., its present economy depends upon a variety of light manufacturing. ...Rockland
(Encyclopedia)Rockland, industrial town (1990 pop. 16,123), Plymouth co., E Mass.; settled 1673, set off from Abington and inc. 1874. There is light manufacturing. ...polarimeter
(Encyclopedia)polarimeter: see polarization of light. ...polariscope
(Encyclopedia)polariscope: see polarization of light. ...Kirkwood
(Encyclopedia)Kirkwood, city (1990 pop. 27,291), St. Louis co., E Mo., a suburb of St. Louis; inc. 1865. Primarily residential, it has some light manufacturing. ...zodiacal band
(Encyclopedia)zodiacal band: see zodiacal light. ...spectroheliograph
(Encyclopedia)spectroheliograph, device for photographing the surface of the sun in a single wavelength of light, usually one corresponding to a chief element contained in the sun, e.g., hydrogen or calcium; the re...Browse by Subject
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