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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…

Barrow-in-Furness

(Encyclopedia) Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness –fûrˈnĭs [key], city and district, Cumbria, NW England, on the tip…

life

(Encyclopedia) life, although there is no universal agreement as to a definition of life, its biological manifestations are generally considered to be organization, metabolism, growth, irritability,…

Workington

(Encyclopedia) Workington, town (1991 pop. 25,978), Cumbria, NW England, at the mouth of the Derwent River. Workington has a significant harbor. Industries include iron and engineering works,…

Youngstown

(Encyclopedia) Youngstown, city (1990 pop. 95,732), seat of Mahoning co., NE Ohio, near the Pa. line; founded 1797, inc. 1849. It was formerly a major U.S. iron and steel center. In the 1970s many of…

Baotou

(Encyclopedia) Baotou or PaotowPaotowboth: bou-tō [key], city (1994 est. pop. 1,032,900), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. A port and major trade center on the Huang He (Yellow River), it is…

Notodden

(Encyclopedia) NotoddenNotoddennōˈtôˌdən [key], town (1995 pop. 12,169), Telemark co., SE Norway. The world's first nitrate factory was built there in 1905. Today, the town also has paper mills, iron…

Newcastle, city, Australia

(Encyclopedia) Newcastle, city (2016 pop. 155,411), New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Pacific Ocean. It is the center of one of the country's largest coal-mining areas and is a large port. Coal,…

Creusot, Le

(Encyclopedia) Creusot, Le Creusot, Le lə krözōˈ [key], city, Saône-et-Loire dept., E central France, in Burgundy…

Chicoutimi, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia) Chicoutimi Chicoutimi shĭk&oomacr;ˈtĭmēˌ [key], city, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the…