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(Encyclopedia) Saar zär [key], Fr. Sarre, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in the Vosges Mts., NE France, and flowing N past Sarrebourg and Sarreguemines. It enters Saarland, W Germany, and continues NW past S...

(Encyclopedia) land-grant colleges and universities, U.S. institutions benefiting from the provisions of the Morrill Act (1862), which gave to the states federal lands for the establishment of colleges offering prog...

(Encyclopedia) French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of France, including Adélie Land, which covers c.200,000 sq mi (520,000 sq km) in Antarctica, and a number of islands in the S Indian Ocean. Th...

(Encyclopedia) Doubs, river, c.270 mi (435 km) long, rising in the Jura Mts., E France, and flowing northeast, forming part of the French-Swiss border, then looping into W Switzerland before turning back into France...

(Encyclopedia) Lexington and Concord, battles of, opening engagements of the American Revolution, Apr. 19, 1775. After the passage (1774) of the Intolerable Acts by the British Parliament, unrest in the colonies inc...

(Encyclopedia) Newfoundland, island and province, Canada: see Newfoundland and Labrador, province. ...

(Encyclopedia) Life of Adam and Eve: see Adam and Eve, Life of. ...

(Encyclopedia) Dipper, Big, and Little Dipper: see Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. ...

(Encyclopedia) Belt, Great, and Little Belt, straits: see Store Bælt and Lille Bælt, straits, Denmark. ...

(Encyclopedia) formula, in mathematics and physics, equation expressing a definite fixed relationship between certain quantities. The quantities are usually expressed by letters, and their relationship is indicated ...