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Aizuwakamatsu

(Encyclopedia)Aizuwakamatsu īˈzo͞owäkämätˈso͞o [key], city, Fukushima prefecture, N Honshu, Japan. It has a large semiconductor plant and continues to produce many traditional p...

Firestone, Harvey Samuel

(Encyclopedia)Firestone, Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, American industrialist, manufacturer of rubber products, b. Columbiana co., Ohio. The son of a prosperous farmer, Harvey Firestone began to manufacture rubber ti...

Urubamba

(Encyclopedia)Urubamba o͞oro͞obämˈbä [key], river, c.450 mi (720 km) long, rising in the Andes Mts., S Peru, and flowing generally north to join the Apurímac River to form the Ucayali. The Urubamba is extensi...

Ussuriysk

(Encyclopedia)Ussuriysk o͝oˌso͝orēskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 158,000), Maritime Territory, Russian Far East, on the Suyfun River. It is a coal-mining center and a Trans-Siberian RR junction. A direct rail line...

Hugli-Chinsura

(Encyclopedia)Hugli-Chinsura or Hooghly-Chinsura chĭnˈso͝orə [key], city, West Bengal state, E Indi...

Húnaflói

(Encyclopedia)Húnaflói ho͞oˈnä [key], inlet of the Greenland Sea, c.60 mi (100 km) long and 30 mi (50 km) wide, NW Iceland, between the Vestfjarða and Skagafjarða peninsulas. It has several fishing ports. ...

duralumin

(Encyclopedia)duralumin do͝orălˈyəmĭn, dyo͝o– [key], alloy of aluminum (over 90%) with copper (about 4%), magnesium (0.5%–1%), and manganese (less than l%). Before a final heat treatment the alloy is duct...

Almeida, Antonio José de

(Encyclopedia)Almeida, Antonio José de äNtôˈnyo͝o zho͝ozĕˈ dĭ älmāˈdə [key], 1866–1929, Portuguese statesman. A republican, he was minister of the interior in the provisional government after the ove...

Elbrus, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Elbrus, Mount ĕlbro͝osˈ, ālbro͞osˈ [key], highest mountain of the Caucasus, SE European Russia, in Georgia, formed by two extinct volcanic cones, respectively 18,481 ft (5,633 m) and 18,356 ft (...

John Henry

(Encyclopedia)John Henry, legendary African American famous for his strength, celebrated in ballads and tales. In the most popular version of the story, John Henry tries to outwork a steam drill with only his hamme...