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Fitch, John

(Encyclopedia)Fitch, John, 1743–98, American inventor, b. Windsor, Conn. Fitch began (1785) work on the invention of the steam engine and steamboat and secured soon afterward the exclusive right to build and oper...

Collingdale

(Encyclopedia)Collingdale, borough (2020 pop. 8,820), Delaware co., SE Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia; inc. 1891.

Flórina

(Encyclopedia)Flórina or Phlorina both: flôrˈĭnə [key], city, capital of Flórina prefecture, N Gr...

Chiltern Hills

(Encyclopedia)Chiltern Hills, range of chalk hills, c.45 mi (70 km) long and 15 to 20 mi (24–32 km) wide, S England, NW of London, extending NE from Goring Gap. Its highest elevation is Coombe Hill (852 ft/260 m)...

Delmarva

(Encyclopedia)Delmarva dĕlmärˈvə [key], peninsula, c.180 mi (290 km) long, separating Chesapeake Bay on the west from Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the east; named for the three states (Delaware, Maryl...

Lenape

(Encyclopedia)Lenape: see Delaware, Native North Americans. ...

Lenni-Lenape

(Encyclopedia)Lenni-Lenape: see Delaware, Native North Americans. ...

synapse

(Encyclopedia)synapse sĭnˈăps [key], junction between various signal-transmitter cells, either between two neurons or between a neuron and a muscle or gland. A nerve impulse reaches the synapse through the axon,...

Du Pont

(Encyclopedia)Du Pont do͞opŏnt [key], family notable in U.S. industrial history. The Du Pont family's importance began when Eleuthère Irénée Du Pont established a gunpowder mill on the Brandywine River in N De...

Muncie

(Encyclopedia)Muncie mŭnˈsē [key], city (1990 pop. 71,035), seat of Delaware co., E Ind., on the White River; inc. 1854. It is a trade, processing, and manufacturing center. The city is in a fertile agricultural...