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Holzer, Jenny
(Encyclopedia) Holzer, Jenny, 1950–, American artist, b. Gallipolis, Ohio. She links text and image in works of art composed of short aphorisms or longer declarations. Influenced by Dada, conceptual…Jenney, William Le Baron
(Encyclopedia) Jenney, William Le Baron, 1832–1907, American engineer and architect, b. Fairhaven, Mass. He studied at Harvard Scientific School and the École des Beaux-Arts. Later he learned…McKeesport
(Encyclopedia) McKeesportMcKeesportməkēzˈpôrt [key], city (1990 pop. 26,016), Allegheny co., SW Pa., in hilly terrain at the confluence of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers; settled 1755, inc.…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,…Omuta
(Encyclopedia) OmutaOmutaōˈm&oomacr;tä [key] or OmudaOmuda–dä [key], city (1990 pop. 150,453), Fukuoka prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, a port on the Amakusa Sea. With conversion from coal to…ocarina
(Encyclopedia) ocarinaocarinaŏkərēˈnə [key], musical wind instrument with eight finger holes and two thumb holes, rather egg-shaped, and made of metal, terra-cotta or plastic. Unlike other wind…Nampa
(Encyclopedia) NampaNampanămˈpə [key], city (1990 pop. 28,365), Canyon co., SW Idaho, in the fertile Treasure Valley; inc. 1890. It is the commercial, processing, and shipping center for an irrigated…Menominee, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) MenomineeMenomineemənŏmˈənē [key], city (1990 pop. 9,398), seat of Menominee co., N Mich., W Upper Peninsula, on Green Bay at the mouth of the Menominee River; inc. 1883. It is a…Chladni, Ernst Florens Friedrich
(Encyclopedia) Chladni, Ernst Florens FriedrichChladni, Ernst Florens Friedrichĕrnst flōˈrĕns frēˈdrĭkh klädˈnē [key], 1756–1827, German physicist. An authority on acoustics, he made studies of the…Chomutov
(Encyclopedia) Chomutov Chomutov khôˈm&oomacr;tôf [key], Ger. Komotau, city, NW Czech Republic, near the…Trending
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