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(Encyclopedia)Cortland kôrtˈlənd [key], city (2020 pop. 18,696), seat of Cortland co., central N.Y.; set...Cuneo
(Encyclopedia)Cuneo ko͞oˈnāō [key], city, capital of Cuneo prov., Piedmont, NW Italy, on the Stura Rive...Davis
(Encyclopedia)Davis, city (2020 pop. 66,850), Yolo co., central Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1917. It is an education center with light industry; machinery, pro...Alsop, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Alsop, Richard ôlˈsəp [key], 1761–1815, American author, b. Middletown, Conn. Best remembered as one of the Connecticut Wits, he collaborated with Theodore Dwight and others in writing light sati...Geissler tube
(Encyclopedia)Geissler tube gīsˈlər [key], gas discharge tube in which light is produced when an electric discharge passes through the rarefied gas in the tube. The color of the glow depends on the gas used. The...Fitzsimmons, Robert L.
(Encyclopedia)Fitzsimmons, Robert L., 1863–1918, British boxer, b. Cornwall, England. Fitzsimmons began fighting professionally in Australia and New Zealand before going to the United States in 1890. He won the w...Fort Madison
(Encyclopedia)Fort Madison, city (2020 pop. 10,270), seat of Lee co., SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1838. Fort Madison, a U.S. trading post, was established...Fairfax
(Encyclopedia)Fairfax, city (2020 pop. 24,146), historic seat of Fairfax co., NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1892, as a city 1961 (at which ti...Hemel Hempstead
(Encyclopedia)Hemel Hempstead hĕmˈəl [key], town, Hertfordshire, SE England. Hemel Hempstead was designated one ...Haviland, John
(Encyclopedia)Haviland, John hăvˈĭlənd [key], 1792–1852, American architect, b. Philadelphia. Haviland was noted as a pioneer in prison architecture. His design for the Pennsylvania Eastern State Penitentiary...Browse by Subject
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