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(Encyclopedia) naphthalenenaphthalenenăfˈthəlēnˌ [key], colorless, crystalline, solid aromatic hydrocarbon with a pungent odor. It melts at 80℃, boils at 218℃, and sublimes upon heating. It is…Logan, Sir William Edmond
(Encyclopedia) Logan, Sir William Edmond, 1798–1875, Canadian geologist. Educated in England, he managed (1831–38) coal mines and a copper smelter in Wales. In addition to making studies of clays…Allegheny
(Encyclopedia) AlleghenyAlleghenyălˈəgāˌnē, ălˈəgäˌnē [key], river, 325 mi (523 km) long, rising in N central Pa., and flowing NW into N.Y., then SW through Pa. to the Monongahela, with which it…Banjarmasin
(Encyclopedia) Banjarmasin or Bandjarmasin Bandjarmasin both: bänˌjərmäˈsĭn [key], city,…Schuman, Robert
(Encyclopedia) Schuman, RobertSchuman, Robertrōbĕrˈ sh&oomacr;mäNˈ [key], 1886–1963, French statesman and lawyer, b. grand duchy of Luxembourg. A member of the Catholic Mouvement Républicain…Będzin
(Encyclopedia) Będzin Będzin bĕNˈjēn [key], Ger. Bendzin Będzin…long-wall mining
(Encyclopedia) long-wall mining: see coal mining.Springhill
(Encyclopedia) Springhill, town (1991 pop. 4,373), N N.S., Canada. Located in a region of mixed farming and lumbering, it was formerly an active coal-mining center.ECSC
(Encyclopedia) ECSC: see European Coal and Steel Community.Neunkirchen, city, Germany
(Encyclopedia) Neunkirchen, city (1994 pop. 51,997), Saarland, SW Germany. Industries include metalworking; coal mining was important until 1968. Neunkirchen was first mentioned in the 13th cent.Trending
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