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(Encyclopedia) Glastonbury, town (2020 pop. 35,159),
Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford on the Connecticut River;
inc. 1690. Located near a farming regi...
(Encyclopedia) Green, George, 1793–1841, English mathematician and physicist. He was largely self-taught until, in 1833, he entered Caius College, Cambridge. In addition to making a number of contributions to the ...
(Encyclopedia) Este, town, in Venetia, NE Italy. It
is an agricultural and light manufacturing center. The ancient Ateste, it
was a center of civilization (10th–2d c...
(Encyclopedia) evening star or morning star, planet that becomes visible in the western sky shortly after sunset or in the eastern sky shortly before sunrise. It can usually be seen in twilight, when it is too light...
(Encyclopedia) pigmentation, name for the coloring matter found in certain plant and animal cells and for the color produced thereby. Pigmentation occurs in nearly all living organisms. Almost all plants synthesize ...
(Encyclopedia) stellar structure, physical properties of a star and the processes taking place within it. Except for that of the sun, astronomers must draw their conclusions regarding stellar structure on the basis ...
(Encyclopedia) Lewes lo͞oˈĭs, –ĭz [key], town (1991 pop. 14,499) and district, East Sussex, SE England. The county seat of East Sussex, Lewes is a farm market with light manufactures. St. Pancras priory was fo...
(Encyclopedia) Paris pârˈĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 24,699), seat of Lamar co., E Tex., in the Red River valley; settled 1824. It is a processing center for the rich farms of the blackland region, which produces c...
(Encyclopedia) La Mesa lə māˈsə [key], city (1990 pop. 52,931), San Diego co., S Calif., a suburb of San Diego; inc. 1912. It is a retail center and a popular residence for upper- and middle-income professionals...
(Encyclopedia) iridescence ĭrˌədĕsˈəns [key], exhibition of rainbowlike colors on a surface. It usually results from interference when light composed of different wavelengths is reflected from the superficial ...