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(Encyclopedia) WillmarWillmarwĭlˈmär [key], city (1990 pop. 17,531), seat of Kandiyohi co., central Minn.; settled 1856, inc. as a city 1901. It is a railroad division point and a shipping center for…Pekin
(Encyclopedia) PekinPekinpēˈkĭn [key], city (1990 pop. 32,254), seat of Tazewell co., central Ill., a port on the Illinois River; inc. 1839. A processing, rail, and shipping point in a grain,…Rancho Cordova
(Encyclopedia) Rancho CordovaRancho Cordovarănˈchō kôrdōˈvə [key], uninc. residential city (1990 pop. 48,731), Sacramento co., N Calif. A suburb of Sacramento, it experienced rapid growth in the late…National City
(Encyclopedia) National City, city (1990 pop. 54,249), San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1887. Structural metal is fabricated, and there is shipbuilding and the manufacture of recycling…cloth of gold
(Encyclopedia) cloth of gold, fabric woven wholly or partly of gold threads. From remote times gold has been used as material for weaving either alone or with other fibers. In India tapestries were…cyano group
(Encyclopedia) cyano groupcyano groupsīˈənō, sī-ănˈō [key], in chemistry, functional group that consists of a carbon atom joined to a nitrogen atom by a triple bond; it can be joined to an atom or…Falkirk
(Encyclopedia) Falkirk Falkirk fŏlˈkûrk [key], town, Falkirk council area, central Scotland, on the Forth and…brass
(Encyclopedia) brass, alloy having copper (55%–90%) and zinc (10%–45%) as its essential components. The properties of brass vary with the proportion of copper and zinc and with the addition of small…Norwalk
(Encyclopedia) NorwalkNorwalknôrˈwôkˌ [key]. 1 City (1990 pop. 94,279), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1957. With the arrival (1875) of the Southern Pacific RR, it became a…electrolysis
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Electrolysis: In a typical reaction electrodes are placed in a solution of hydrogen chloride, HCl, which contains both hydrogen and chlorine ions. The battery removes electrons…Trending
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