(Encyclopedia) RoanneRoannerôänˈ [key], town (1990 pop. 42,848), Loire dept., E central France, on the Loire River. Cotton and metals are the chief products; other industries include tanning, machine…
(Encyclopedia) Crompton, Samuel, 1753–1827, English inventor of the mule spinner, or muslin wheel, an important step in the development of fine cotton spinning. Working as a young man in a spinning…
(Encyclopedia) De la Rue, WarrenDe la Rue, Warrendĕlˈər&oomacr;, dĕlər&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1815–89, British scientist and inventor. Especially noted as an astronomer, he was a pioneer in…
(Encyclopedia) Hollerith, HermanHollerith, Hermanhōˈlərĭth [key], 1860–1929, American inventor, b. Buffalo, N.Y. After graduating from Columbia Univ. (B.S., 1879), he worked on the U.S. Census of…
(Encyclopedia) Kamyanets-PodilskyyKamyanets-Podilskyykəmyänˈyĭts-pôdyĭlˈskyē [key], Rus. Kamenets-Podolski, city (1989 pop. 102,000), Khmelnytskyy region, Ukraine. It is a rail terminus and has…
(Encyclopedia) StryyStryystrē [key], Pol. Stryj, city (1989 pop. 67,000), Ukraine, on the Stryy River (a tributary of the Dniester) and in the Carpathian foothills. It is a major rail junction and a…
(Encyclopedia) Xuzhou or SuchowXuzhouboth: sh&oomacr;ˈjōˈ [key], city (1994 est. pop. 879,800), N Jiangsu prov., E central China. It is a rail center at the junction of railroads serving Jiangsu…
