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(Encyclopedia) Tiangong, Chinese space station: see space exploration; space station.Mir, Soviet and Russian space station
(Encyclopedia) Mir, Soviet and Russian space station: see space exploration; space station.Esquimalt
(Encyclopedia) Esquimalt Esquimalt skwīˈmôlt, –mălt, ĕskwīˈ– [key], regional district…Texas A&M University
(Encyclopedia) Texas A&M University, main campus at College Station; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1871 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, opened 1876…Dniprohes
(Encyclopedia) DniprohesDniprohesdənyĭprōˈhās [key] [Ukr. abbr.,=Dnieper hydroelectric station], Rus. Dneproges, a hydroelectric station, central Ukraine, on the Dnieper River near Zaporizhzhya. The…Shatsky, Stanislaus
(Encyclopedia) Shatsky, Stanislaus, 1878–1934, Russian educator. After graduating from Moscow Univ. and attending the Moscow Agricultural Institute, Shatsky organized (1905) a colony for workers'…Bryan
(Encyclopedia) Bryan, city (2020 pop. 83,980), seat of Brazos co., E central Tex.; inc. 1872. Settled in the early 19th cent. in an area of large…loran
(Encyclopedia) loranloranlôrˈănˌ [key], long-range, accurate radio navigational system used by a ship or aircraft to confirm or to determine its geographical position. The term loran is derived from…Eiffel Tower
(Encyclopedia) Eiffel Tower, structure designed by A. G. Eiffel and erected in the Champ-de-Mars for the Paris exposition of 1889. The tower is 984 ft (300 m) high and consists of an iron framework…West Virginia University
(Encyclopedia) West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. It operates 15 schools and…Trending
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