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superphosphate

(Encyclopedia) superphosphate or superphosphate of lime, Ca(H2PO4)2, is a compound produced by treating rock phosphate with sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid, or a mixture of the two. It is the…

Fort Walton Beach

(Encyclopedia) Fort Walton Beach, city (2020 pop. 20,922), Okaloosa co., NW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1941. It is a year-round beach and…

tenure, in law

(Encyclopedia) tenure, in law, manner in which property in land is held. The nature of tenure has long been of great importance, both in law and in the broader economic and political context. Tenure…

Groote Schuur

(Encyclopedia) Groote SchuurGroote Schuurkhr&oobreve;ˈtə skür [key] [Afrik.,=large barn], estate, Cape Town, Western Cape, SW South Africa. The main building of the estate, which is a good…

Hoffman Estates IL Housing Statistics

Hoffman estates illinois dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection,…

Hoffman Estates, IL Demographic Statistics

NumberPercentTotal population49,495100.0SEX AND AGEMale24,64449.8Female24,85150.2Under 5 years3,5707.25 to 9 years3,9017.910 to 14 years4,0168.115 to 19 years3,6757.420 to 24 years3,0536.225 to…

Hoffman Estates, IL Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units17,489100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached10,13858.01-unit, attached2,93316.82 units800.53 or 4 units2611.55 to 9 units7654.410 to 19 units9245.320 or more…

Hoffman Estates, IL Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school15,229100.0Nursery school, preschool1,0226.7Kindergarten8675.7Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,58043.2High school (…

Hubert Baxter SCUDDER, Congress, CA (1888-1968)

SCUDDER Hubert Baxter , a Representative from California; born in Sebastopol, Sonoma County, Calif., November 5, 1888; graduated from the public schools; supplemented school training with…

Shiller, Robert James

(Encyclopedia) Shiller, Robert James, 1946–, American economist, b. Detroit, grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A., 1967), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.M., 1968; Ph.D., 1972). A professor at Yale…