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(Encyclopedia) KarlstadKarlstadkärlˈstäd [key], city (1990 pop. 52,930), capital of Värmland co., S Sweden, on Lake Vänern. It has ironworks and machine shops and other industries that manufacture…Nikopol, city, Ukraine
(Encyclopedia) NikopolNikopolnyĭkôˈpəl [key], city (1989 pop. 158,000), SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River. It is a rail terminus and the industrial center of one of the world's richest manganese-…Pabianice
(Encyclopedia) PabianicePabianicepäbyänēˈtsĕ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 75,900), Łódzkie prov., central Poland, a suburb of Łódź. It has industries producing chemicals, machine tools, and textiles.…Babbage, Charles
(Encyclopedia) Babbage, CharlesBabbage, Charlesbăbˈĭj [key], 1792–1871, English mathematician and inventor. He devoted most of his life and expended much of his private fortune and a government…Chomutov
(Encyclopedia) Chomutov Chomutov khôˈm&oomacr;tôf [key], Ger. Komotau, city, NW Czech Republic, near the…Dzierżoniów
(Encyclopedia) Dzierżoniów Dzierżoniów jēĕrzhôˈny&oomacr;f [key], Ger. Reichenbach, town, Dolnośląskie…Halifax, urban area, England
(Encyclopedia) Halifax, urban area, Calderdale metropolitan district, central England, on the Hebble, a small tributary of the Calder River. Halifax is…Xiangtan
(Encyclopedia) XiangtanXiangtanshyängˈtänˈ [key] or SiangtanXiangtanshyängˈtänˈ, syängˈ– [key], city (1994 est. pop. 490,100), E central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River. Formerly an…robotics
(Encyclopedia) robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of…Minsk
(Encyclopedia) MinskMinskmĭnsk, Rus. mēnsk [key], city (1990 est. pop. 1,610,000), capital of Belarus and of the Minsk region, on a tributary of the Berezina. It is a railroad junction with machine,…Trending
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