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(Encyclopedia)Laurens lôˈrənz [key], city (1990 pop. 9,694), seat of Laurens co., NW S.C.; inc. 1875. Ceramics, motor vehicle parts, glass and fiberglass products, and textiles are made; livestock is raised. ...Logansport
(Encyclopedia)Logansport, city (1990 pop. 16,812), seat of Cass co., N central Ind., at the confluence of the Wabash and the Eel rivers; inc. 1838. In a fertile farm area, it has diversified manufacturing, includin...Normal
(Encyclopedia)Normal, town (1990 pop. 40,023), McLean co., central Ill.; inc. 1865. It is the center of a productive farming region. Motor vehicles are manufactured in Normal. The town originally grew around Illino...Olten
(Encyclopedia)Olten ôlˈtən [key], town (1990 pop. 17,805), Solothurn canton, N Switzerland, on the Aare River. It is an important rail center and has manufactures of machinery, motor vehicles, textiles, and shoe...Allen Park
(Encyclopedia)Allen Park, city (2020 pop. 26,636), Wayne co., SE Mich., a suburb of Detroit; inc. as a city 1957. Its manufactures include motor vehicle and marine prototypes, liquor, and sheet metal. T...octane number
(Encyclopedia)octane number, figure of merit representing the resistance of gasoline to premature detonation when exposed to heat and pressure in the combustion chamber of an internal-combustion engine. Such detona...storage battery
(Encyclopedia)storage battery: see battery, electric. ...dry cell
(Encyclopedia)dry cell: see battery, electric. ...solvent
(Encyclopedia)solvent, constituent of a solution that acts as a dissolving agent. In solutions of solids or gases in a liquid, the liquid is the solvent. In all other solutions (i.e., liquids in liquids or solids i...series circuit
(Encyclopedia)series circuit: see electric circuit. ...Browse by Subject
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