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Windisch

(Encyclopedia)Windisch vĭnˈdĭsh [key], town, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, on the Reuss River near its confluence with the Aare. Textiles and cables are made there. Originally a Helvetian settlement, it later be...

Canonsburg

(Encyclopedia)Canonsburg, borough (2020 pop. 8,672), Washington co., SW Pa., inc. 1802. Its steel and coal industries have declined significantly. A gram of radium pr...

Bogardus, James

(Encyclopedia)Bogardus, James bōgärˈdəs [key], 1800–1874, American architect, b. Catskill, N.Y. Among the first to use cast iron in the construction of building facades, Bogardus was noted for his commercial ...

Lethaby, William Richard

(Encyclopedia)Lethaby, William Richard lĕthˈəbē [key], 1857–1931, English architect. He was a founder and first principal (1893–1911) of the London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts, and prof...

atlantes

(Encyclopedia)atlantes ătlănˈtēz [key] [Latin plural of Atlas], sculptured male figures serving as supports of entablatures, in place of a column or pier. The earliest (c.480–460 b.c.) and most important exam...

Ledoux, Claude Nicolas

(Encyclopedia)Ledoux, Claude Nicolas klōd nēkôläˈ lədo͞oˈ [key], 1736–1806, French architect. He built palaces and various public buildings, among them the tollhouses (barrières) around Paris (1784). His...

San José, city, Uruguay

(Encyclopedia)San José ᵺā, mäˈyō [key], city (1996 pop. 33,351), capital of San José dept., S Uruguay, on the San José River. It is a commercial center for a large dairy and livestock region. The city was ...

Santa Clara, pueblo, United States

(Encyclopedia)Santa Clara sänˌtä kläˈrä [key], pueblo (1990 pop. 1,156), N N.Mex., on the Rio Grande. Its inhabitants are Pueblo of the Tanoan linguistic family. Having their own elected government, the resid...

Illinois Institute of Technology

(Encyclopedia)Illinois Institute of Technology, in Chicago; coeducational; founded 1940 by a merger of Armour Institute of Technology (founded 1892) and Lewis Institute (1896). The school's present campus was plann...

Ribe

(Encyclopedia)Ribe rēˈbə [key], city (1992 pop. 7,892), capital of Ribe co., SW Denmark, on the Ribe River. One of the oldest cities of Denmark, Ribe was mentioned in the 9th cent. and became an episcopal see in...