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Midland Canal

(Encyclopedia) Midland Canal, Ger. Mittelland Kanal, artificial waterway system of Germany, extending eastward c.200 mi (320 km) along the North German plain from the Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany, to…

Ashtabula

(Encyclopedia) Ashtabula Ashtabula ăshˌtəby&oomacr;ˈlə [key], city (2020 pop. 17,863), Ashtabula co., NE Ohio, on Lake Erie at the mouth of the Ashtabula River; settled…

magnalium

(Encyclopedia) magnaliummagnaliummăgnāˈlēəm [key], alloy of aluminum and about 5% magnesium. Although weak and soft in the elemental state, magnesium alloys with aluminum, manganese, zinc, tin,…

Aust-Agder

(Encyclopedia) Aust-Agder Aust-Agder oustˌ-ägˈdər [key], county, 3,610 sq mi (9,350 sq km), S Norway, bordering on the Skagerrak in the east. Arendal is the capital. The…

Katowice

(Encyclopedia) KatowiceKatowicekätôvēˈtsĕ [key], Ger. Kattowitz, city (1993 est. pop. 366,200), capital of Śląskie prov., S Poland. One of the chief mining and industrial centers of Poland, it has…

Lufkin

(Encyclopedia) Lufkin, city (1990 pop. 30,206), seat of Angelina co., E Tex.; inc. 1890. Situated in the deep pine woods, it is the core of a region of forest industries with many sawmills and the…

Disko

(Encyclopedia) DiskoDiskodĭsˈkō [key], island, 3,312 sq mi (8,578 sq km), in the Davis Strait off W Greenland. It is mountainous (rising to 6,296 ft/1,919 m) and partly glaciated. Telluric iron and…

Davis, James John

(Encyclopedia) Davis, James John, 1873–1947, American public official, b. Wales. After emigrating (1881) to the United States, he worked as a puddler in ironworks in Pennsylvania and, moving to…

Davis, Rebecca Harding

(Encyclopedia) Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831–1910, American novelist, b. Washington, Pa.; mother of Richard Harding Davis. Her early nonfiction pieces, particularly those collected under the title…

Chaumont

(Encyclopedia) Chaumont Chaumont shōmōNˈ [key], town, capital of Haute-Marne dept., NE France, in Champagne, at the…