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(Encyclopedia) steel industry, the business of processing iron ore into steel, which in its simplest form is an iron-carbon alloy, and in some cases, turning that metal into partially finished…Blaydon
(Encyclopedia) Blaydon, town, Gateshead metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River in the Newcastle upon Tyne metropolitan area. It…Meroë
(Encyclopedia) MeroëMeroëmĕrˈōē [key], ancient city in N Sudan, on the east bank of the Nile, N of Khartoum. In the mid-6th cent. b.c., Meroë replaced Napata as the central city of the Cushite…Villanovan culture
(Encyclopedia) Villanovan culture, the culture of a people of N Italy in the early Iron Age (c.1100–700 b.c.). The term is derived from the town of Villanova, near Bologna, where the first…Beskids
(Encyclopedia) BeskidsBeskidsbĕsˈkĭdz [key], Czech and Slovak Beskydy, Pol. BeskidyBeskidsbĕskēˈdē [key], mountain range of the Carpathians, extending c.200 mi (320 km) along Poland's border with the…basic oxygen process
(Encyclopedia) basic oxygen process, method of producing steel from a charge consisting mostly of pig iron. The charge is placed in a furnace similar to the one used in the Bessemer process of…Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de
(Encyclopedia) Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault deRéaumur, René Antoine Ferchault derāˈəmy&oobreve;r, Fr. rənāˈ äNtwänˈ fĕrshōˈ də rāōmürˈ [key], 1683–1757, French physicist and naturalist. He…Kettering, town, England
(Encyclopedia) Kettering, town (1991 pop. 44,758), Northamptonshire, central England. It is a road and rail center that manufactures footwear, leather products, and textiles. Industries include iron…Wadsworth
(Encyclopedia) Wadsworth, city (1990 pop. 15,718), Medina co., NE Ohio, an industrial suburb of Akron; settled c.1816, inc. 1866. Matches, iron and steel valves, and rubber products are manufactured…Unión, La
(Encyclopedia) Unión, La, town (1990 pop. 15,144), Murcia prov., SE Spain. It is a center for the rich lead, silver, iron, manganese, and zinc mines of the vicinity, which have been worked since…Trending
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