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(Encyclopedia) horsepower, unit of power in the English system of units. It is equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute or 550 foot-pounds per second or approximately 746 watts. The term horsepower originated with Jam...

(Encyclopedia) Kalispell kălˈĭspĕlˌ, –pĕlˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 11,917), seat of Flathead co., NW Mont., at the head of Flathead Lake near Glacier National Park; inc. 1892. It is the tourist and trade cen...

(Encyclopedia) Hazard, Ebenezer, 1744–1817, American public official and historian, b. Philadelphia. He became a publisher in New York City. He was appointed (1775) first postmaster of the city under the Continent...

(Encyclopedia) travois trăvoiˈ [key], device used by Native North Americans of the Great Plains for transporting their tepees and household goods. It consisted of two poles, lashed one on either side of a dog or, ...

(Encyclopedia) zebra, herbivorous hoofed African mammal of the genus Equus, which also includes the horse and the ass. It is distinguished by its striking pattern of black or dark brown stripes alternating with whit...

(Encyclopedia) Martin, Steve, 1945–, American comedian, actor, and writer, b. Waco, Tex. An Emmy-winning television comedy writer in the late 1960s for the Smothers ...

(Encyclopedia) Poitier, Sir Sidney, 1927–2022, Bahamian-American actor, b. Miami, raised in the Bahamas, returned to the United States at 14. Poitier served in the 1...

(Encyclopedia) Hofuf äl ho͝o– [key], town, E Saudi Arabia. Textile manufacturing, food processing, and A...

(Encyclopedia) Shelbyville. 1 City (1990 pop. 15,336), seat of Shelby co., central Ind., in a rich corn and livestock area; platted 1822, inc. as a city 1860. A farm-trade center, it manufactures glass, metal, and p...

(Encyclopedia) Celle tsĕlˈə [key], city, Lower Saxony, N Germany, on the Aller River. Its manufactures in...