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Cluny Museum

(Encyclopedia)Cluny Museum, 14th- and 15th-century Gothic and Renaissance structure in Paris, built by Pierre de Chaslus, abbot of Cluny, and rebuilt by Jacques d'Ambroise. The site is that of the ancient Roman bat...

Gijón

(Encyclopedia)Gijón hēhōnˈ [key], city, Oviedo prov., N Spain, in Asturias, on the Bay of Biscay. This ...

gilding

(Encyclopedia)gilding, process of applying a thin layer of real or imitation gold to a surface. The process is employed on wood, metal, ivory, leather, paper, glass, porcelain, and fabrics and is used to embellish ...

Dumdum

(Encyclopedia)Dumdum dŭmˈdəm [key], four towns in Suburban Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal state, E cent...

Ealing

(Encyclopedia)Ealing ēˈlĭng [key], outer borough of Greater London, SE England.At one time, it was highl...

Leiria

(Encyclopedia)Leiria lārˈyə [key], town (1991 pop. 27,531), capital of Leiria dist., W central Portugal, in Beira Litoral. It is an agricultural trade center producing leather goods and cement. There Alfonso I e...

Marsh test

(Encyclopedia)Marsh test, method for the detection of arsenic, so sensitive that it can be used to detect minute amounts of arsenic in foods (the residue of fruit spray) or in stomach contents. The sample is placed...

rare earths

(Encyclopedia)rare earths, in chemistry, oxides of the rare-earth metals. They were once thought to be elements themselves. They are widely distributed in the earth's crust and are fairly abundant, although they we...

Barranquilla

(Encyclopedia)Barranquilla bärängkēˈyä [key], city, capital of Atlántico dept., N Colombia, on the Ma...

Dera Ismail Khan

(Encyclopedia)Dera Ismail Khan ĭsmīlˈ khän [key], town (1981 pop. 64,358), N central Pakistan, c.1 mi (1.6 km) on the western bank of the Indus River. A district administrative center, it is known for its lacqu...