(Encyclopedia) PabianicePabianicepäbyänēˈtsĕ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 75,900), Łódzkie prov., central Poland, a suburb of Łódź. It has industries producing chemicals, machine tools, and textiles.…
(Encyclopedia) XiangtanXiangtanshyängˈtänˈ [key] or SiangtanXiangtanshyängˈtänˈ, syängˈ– [key], city (1994 est. pop. 490,100), E central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River. Formerly an…
(Encyclopedia) MinskMinskmĭnsk, Rus. mēnsk [key], city (1990 est. pop. 1,610,000), capital of Belarus and of the Minsk region, on a tributary of the Berezina. It is a railroad junction with machine,…
(Encyclopedia) robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of…
MURPHY, James Joseph, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 3, 1898; educated in the public schools of Staten Island, N.Y.; served as a noncommissioned…
WEYMOUTH, George Warren, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in West Amesbury (now Merrimac), Mass., August 25, 1850; attended the public schools and the Merrimac High School; moved to…
inventor of barbed wireBorn: 1/18/1813Birthplace: Charlestown, N.H. Glidden grew up on his father's farms in New Hampshire and (later) New York State. In 1837 he married Clarissa Foster, and the…
physician, inventor of refrigeration and air-conditioningBorn: Oct. 3, 1802Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina or Nevis, West Indies John Gorrie attended medical school in New York, graduating…
gun manufacturerBorn: 10/28/1793Birthplace: Suffield, Conn. With his father, he founded a smithy in upstate New York originally to manufacture farming tools. In 1816, Remington introduced a highly…
ANDREWS, Arthur Glenn, a Representative from Alabama; born in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., January 15, 1909; attended the Birmingham public schools; graduated from Phillips High School and…