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(Encyclopedia) Post, Wiley, 1899–1935, American aviator, b. Grand Plain, Tex. He won fame in 1931 when he and Harold Gatty flew around the northern part of the earth in 8 days 15 hr 51 min. In 1933 he made a secon...

(Encyclopedia) Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844–1930, American chemist, b. Kent, Ind., grad. Hanover College (B.A., 1867), M.D. Indiana Medical College, 1871. After serving (1874–83) as state chemist of Indiana, h...

(Encyclopedia) parcel post, sending of packages through the mail service. At the congress of the Universal Postal Union in Paris in 1878, an international parcel-post system was established. The British parcel-post ...

(Encyclopedia) Edmond, city (2020 pop. 94,428), Oklahoma co., central Okla.; settled 1889. It is a trading center with a huge oil field and small industries that manuf...

(Encyclopedia) Arkansas Post ärˈkənsô [key], community on the Arkansas River, SE Ark. Founded by the French in 1686 as a trading post, it is the oldest white settlement in the state; it became the capital of the...

(Encyclopedia) Barrow, city (2020 pop. 4,390), N Alaska; inc. 1958. It is the northernmost (71° 16′ N) U.S. settlement and the trade center of the Alaska North Slop...

(Encyclopedia) Point Barrow, northernmost point of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean, at lat. 71°23′N and long. 156°30′W. Visited in 1826 by Frederick W. Beechey, a British explorer, and named by him for the British...

(Encyclopedia) post office: see postal service. ...

(Encyclopedia) Post, C. W. (Charles William Post), 1854–1914, American food manufacturer and developer of breakfast cereals, b. Springfield, Ill. He worked (1872–86) selling agricultural machines and invented a ...

(Encyclopedia) post-mortem examination or autopsy, systematic examination of a cadaver for study or for determining the cause of death. Post-mortems use many methodical procedures to determine the etiology and patho...