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(Encyclopedia) San CarlosSan Carlossăn kärˈlōs [key], residential city (1990 pop. 26,167), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1925. The chief manufactures are plastic products, hardware, and machine parts.Kovrov
(Encyclopedia) KovrovKovrovkərôfˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 160,000), central European Russia, on the Klyazma River. Kovrov is an industrial center that produces excavating machines, linen textiles, and…Johnstone
(Encyclopedia) JohnstoneJohnstonejŏnˈstən [key], town (1991 pop. 42,731), Renfrewshire, W Scotland. Industries include flax and cotton mills in addition to engineering works. Chemicals, machine tools…Sydney Mines
(Encyclopedia) Sydney Mines, town (1991 pop. 7,551), Cape Breton Island, N.S., Canada, on Sydney Harbour. It is a former coal-mining center, coal having been mined in the area from 1784 to 2001.…threshing
(Encyclopedia) threshing or thrashing, separation of grain from the stalk on which it grows and from the chaff or pod that covers it. The first known method was by striking the reaped ears of grain…Menomonee Falls
(Encyclopedia) Menomonee FallsMenomonee Fallsmənŏmˈənē [key], village (1990 pop. 26,840), Waukesha co., SE Wis., on the Menominee River; inc. 1892. Wire, metal, paper, concrete, plumbing fixtures,…Kokkola
(Encyclopedia) KokkolaKokkolakōkˈkōlä [key], Swed. Gamlakarleby, city (1996 pop. 35,510), Western Finland prov., W Finland, on the Gulf of Bothnia. It is a port with lumber, machine, and leather…Elwood
(Encyclopedia) Elwood, city (2020 pop. 8,410), Madison co., central Ind.; inc. 1872. It has large canneries and plants that make a variety of metal,…work
(Encyclopedia) work, in physics and mechanics, transfer of energy by a force acting to displace a body. Work is equal to the product of the force and the distance through which it produces movement.…Hjørring
(Encyclopedia) Hjørring Hjørring yörˈĭng [key], city, Nordjylland co., N Denmark. The center of an agricultural…Trending
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