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Southern Pacific Company
(Encyclopedia)Southern Pacific Company, transportation system chartered (1865) in California and later reincorporated in Kentucky (1885) and Delaware (1947). Small railroads—known collectively as the Southern Pac...Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(Encyclopedia)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Slo...Cambridge Bay
(Encyclopedia)Cambridge Bay, hamlet, Canadian government post and weather station, on the southeast shore of Victoria Island, Nunavut Territory. ...bay leaf
(Encyclopedia)bay leaf: see laurel.Mirs Bay
(Encyclopedia)Mirs Bay: see Hong Kong.Humboldt Bay
(Encyclopedia)Humboldt Bay: see Jayapura, Indonesia. ...Huna Bay
(Encyclopedia)Huna Bay: see Húnaflói, Iceland. ...Kings Bay
(Encyclopedia)Kings Bay, Spitsbergen: see Kongsfjorden. ...Murray Bay
(Encyclopedia)Murray Bay, Canada: see La Malbaie. ...Delaware Bay
(Encyclopedia)Delaware Bay: see Delaware, river. ...Browse by Subject
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