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(Encyclopedia) ElloraElloraĕlōˈrə [key], village, E central Maharashtra state, India. Extending more than 1 mi (1.6 km) on a hill are 34 rock and cave temples (5th–13th cent.), most of them Hindu but…forging
(Encyclopedia) forging, shaping metal by heating it and then hammering or rolling it. Forging is the method by which metal was first worked when it came into use about 4000 b.c. in Egypt and Asia.…Branson
(Encyclopedia) Branson, city (2020 pop. 12,638), Taney and Stone cos., SW Mo.; inc. 1912. Located in the Ozark mountains, the town was originally…weber, unit of magnetic flux
(Encyclopedia) weberwebervāˈbər, wē–, wĕbˈər [key] [for W. E. Weber], abbr. Wb, unit of magnetic flux in the mks system of weights and measures; 1 Wb is equal to 1 volt-second. The weber per square…Virginia Company
(Encyclopedia) Virginia Company, name of two English colonizing companies, chartered by King James I in 1606. By the terms of the charter, the Virginia Company of London (see London Company) was…Turing machine
(Encyclopedia) Turing machine, a mathematical model of a device that computes via a series of discrete steps and is not limited in use by a fixed maximum amount of data storage. Introduced by the…ziggurat
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Ziggurat zigguratzigguratzĭgˈ&oobreve;răt [key], form of temple common to the Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians. The earliest examples date from the end of the 3d…plateau
(Encyclopedia) plateau, elevated, level or nearly level portion of the earth's surface, larger in summit area than a mountain and bounded on at least one side by steep slopes, occurring on land or in…President's Park
(Encyclopedia) President's Park, c.82 acres (33 hectares), Washington, D.C. A unit of the National Park system, it includes the White House, the official residence of the president of the United…Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste
(Encyclopedia) Bartholdi, Frédéric AugusteBartholdi, Frédéric Augustefrādārēkˈ ōgüstˈ bärtōldēˈ [key], 1834–1904, French sculptor, b. Colmar, Alsace. He studied painting under Ary Scheffer but turned…Trending
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