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DK Science: Forces & Energy

  FORCES NEWTONS TURNING FORCES COMBINED FORCES FIND OUT MORE DYNAMICS LAWS OF MOTION INERTIA MOMENTUM FIND OUT MORE FRICTION LUBRICATING MACHINERY…

Lidköping

(Encyclopedia) LidköpingLidköpinglēdˈchöˌpĭng [key], city (1990 pop. 22,010), Skaraborg co., S Sweden, a port on Lake Vänern; chartered 1446. It has an important porcelain industry, in addition to…

Saransk

(Encyclopedia) SaranskSaransksəränskˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 312,000), capital of Mordovia, central European Russia. Machine building and food processing are the major industries. Saransk was founded…

Palatine, village, United States

(Encyclopedia) PalatinePalatinepălˈətīn [key], village (1990 pop. 39,253), Cook co., NE Ill.; inc. 1869. Primarily residential, the growing village manufactures a variety of products, such as machine…

Hjørring

(Encyclopedia) Hjørring Hjørring yörˈĭng [key], city, Nordjylland co., N Denmark. The center of an agricultural…

Isafjörður

(Encyclopedia) Isafjörður Isafjörður ēˈsäfyörˌᵺür [key], town, NW Iceland, on the Isafjarðardjúp, an arm of…

Kelowna

(Encyclopedia) KelownaKelownakĭlōˈnə [key], city (1991 pop. 75,950), S British Columbia, Canada, on Okanagan Lake. Kelowna is a tourist resort and serves as a trade center for a fruit-growing and…

Carpentersville

(Encyclopedia) Carpentersville, village (2020 pop. 36,494), Kane co., NE Ill., on the Fox River, settled 1834, platted 1851, inc. 1887. In a…

Borlänge

(Encyclopedia) Borlänge Borlänge bôrˈlĕngˌə [key], city, Kopparberg co., S central Sweden, on the Dalälven…

Rice, Elmer

(Encyclopedia) Rice, Elmer, 1892–1967, American dramatist, b. New York City, LL.B. New York Law School, 1912. After the success of his first play, On Trial (1914), he turned his interests to the…