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Pea Ridge National Military Park

(Encyclopedia)Pea Ridge National Military Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Kings Mountain National Military Park

(Encyclopedia)Kings Mountain National Military Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

armor

(Encyclopedia)armor, apparatus for defense of persons, horses, and such objects as vehicles, naval vessels, and aircraft. Body armor developed early as protective suits made of such materials as leather, shells, wo...

resuscitator

(Encyclopedia)resuscitator rĭsŭsˈĭtāˌtər [key], device used to revive a person whose normal breathing has been disrupted. Several types are in wide use. The automatic tank resuscitator consists of a face mas...

cesspool

(Encyclopedia)cesspool: see septic tank.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

(Encyclopedia)Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

mechanized warfare

(Encyclopedia)mechanized warfare, employment of modern mobile attack and defense tactics that depend upon machines, more particularly upon vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel engines. Central to the waging of m...

sewage treatment

(Encyclopedia)sewage treatment: see septic tank; sewerage. ...

standpipe

(Encyclopedia)standpipe, tank or pipe for holding water in an elevated position to create pressure in a water supply system. For a tall building, where the pressure from the mains at street level is insufficient to...

Croghan, George, 1791–1849, American military officer

(Encyclopedia)Croghan, George, 1791–1849, American military officer, b. near Louisville, Ky.; nephew of George Rogers Clark and William Clark. He won public acclaim and a congressional award for his defense of Fo...