Columbia Encyclopedia

(Encyclopedia) Ischia ēsˈkyä [key], volcanic island, 18 sq mi (47 sq km), Campania, S Italy, in the Tyrrh...

(Encyclopedia) Dartmouth, town, Devon, SW England, on the Dart estuary. The principal feature of the town is Britannia Royal Naval College. Dartmouth has engineering a...

(Encyclopedia) Nuristan no͝orĭstănˈ [key] [Persian,=land of light or the enlightened], region on the southern slopes of the Hindu Kush, NE Afghanistan, bordered on the E by Pakistan. Formerly called Kafiristan [...

(Encyclopedia) Gifu gēˈfo͞o [key], city, capital of Gifu prefecture, central Honshu, Japan. A manufacturi...

(Encyclopedia) willow-pattern ware, sometimes porcelain but frequently opaque pottery, originated in Staffordshire, England, c.1780. Thomas Minton (see Minton, family), then an apprentice potter, developed and engra...

(Encyclopedia) forgery, in art, the false claim to authenticity for a work of art. A forger often unconsciously produces a confusion of styles or subtly accents elements reflecting contemporary bias. A major examp...

(Encyclopedia) Paracas päräˈkäs [key], Native American culture of ancient Peru. Named after the Paracas peninsula on the south coast, where their remains were first found, the Paracas produced resin-painted pott...

(Encyclopedia) Fermanagh fərmănˈə [key], district, 656 sq mi (1,699 sq km), SW Northern Ireland. Enniskillen is the major town, ...

(Encyclopedia) kiln kĭl, kĭln [key], furnace for firing pottery and enamels, for making brick, charcoal, lime, and cement, for roasting ores, and for drying various substances (e.g., lumber, chemicals). Kilns may ...

(Encyclopedia) Bennington, town (2020 pop. 15,333), seat of Bennington co., SW Vt.; chartered 1749, settled 1761. It includes the villages of North Bennington and Old ...