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Wistar, Isaac Jones

(Encyclopedia)Wistar, Isaac Jones, 1827–1905, American financier, b. Philadelphia; great-nephew of Caspar Wistar. His early manhood was spent adventurously in the West as a muleteer, trapper, and gold miner. In t...

Sitapur

(Encyclopedia)Sitapur sēˈtäpo͞or [key], town (1991 pop. 121,842), Uttar Pradesh state, N central India. The town is a market for grain, oilseed, and jute. The sugar and plywood industries are important. There i...

Sarnia

(Encyclopedia)Sarnia, city (1991 pop. 74,376), S Ont., Canada, on the St. Clair River, at the south end of Lake Huron and opposite Port Huron, Mich. The two cities are connected by a railroad tunnel, and there is a...

Armada, Spanish

(Encyclopedia)Armada, Spanish ärmäˈdə [key], 1588, fleet launched by Philip II of Spain for the invasion of England, to overthrow the Protestant Elizabeth I and establish Philip on the English throne; also call...

Duff, Sir Lyman Poore

(Encyclopedia)Duff, Sir Lyman Poore, 1865–1955, Canadian jurist, b. Ontario. A lawyer and judge in British Columbia, he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1906, and in 1933 he became chief ju...

Darlington

(Encyclopedia)Darlington, city and borough, NE England, on the Skerne River near its junction with the Tees River. Darlington was a railroad center, with extensive lo...

Albury-Wodonga

(Encyclopedia)Albury-Wodonga ôlˈbərē-wədôngˈgə [key], twin cities (2016 combined pop. 83,104). Albury is in New South Wales, SE Australia, on the Murray River. Wodonga is on the S side of the river in Victo...

Hepburn, Alonzo Barton

(Encyclopedia)Hepburn, Alonzo Barton, 1846–1922, American legislator and banker, b. Colton, St. Lawrence co., N.Y. He served (1875–80) in the New York state legislature and became chairman of the legislative co...

Havre

(Encyclopedia)Havre hăvˈər [key], city (2020 pop. 9,955), seat of Hill co., N Mont., on the Milk River; ...

Hoosac Range

(Encyclopedia)Hoosac Range ho͞oˈsək [key], southern continuation of the Green Mts., NW Mass. and SW Vt., running from north to south. Its maximum height is c.3,000 ft (910 m). The Hoosac railroad tunnel, c.5 mi ...