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Townsville
Townsville city (1991 pop. 101,398), NE Queensland, Australia, on Cleveland Bay. It is a major port. Wool, hides, meat, copper, and sugar are the chief exports. Copper and sugar refining, meat and fish packing and freezing, and cement making are other industries. Within easy reach of the Great Bar...
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Deer Park
Deer Park. The Deer Park (Pāli, migadāya) at Isipatana near present-day Vārāṇasī was the site of the first sermon. After gaining enlightenment (bodhi) the Buddha came here and preached this sermon to five of his former ascetic companions, later known as the pa&#x...
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Puebla
Puebla , state (1990 pop. 4,126,101), 13,126 sq mi (33,996 sq km), E central Mexico. The city of Puebla is the capital. The state is almost entirely mountainous, with large valleys between its ranges. N Puebla is dominated by the Sierra Madre Oriental, and a volcanic belt stretches across the cent...
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Chatham
Chatham, ‘homestead or village in or by the wood’, Celtic *cę̄d + OE hām: Chatham Medway. Cetham 880, Ceteham 1086 (DB). Chatham Green Essex. Cetham 1086 (DB)....
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Tete
Tete , town (1997 pop. 101,984), capital of Tete province, W central Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. It is a trade center; coal mines are at nearby Moatize. Founded by the Portuguese in 1531, Tete long served as headquarters for traders, slave-raiders, and gold prospectors.
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Altai
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ruthenium
ruthenium , metallic chemical element; symbol Ru; at. no. 44; at. wt. 101.07; m.p. about 2,310°C; b.p. about 3,900°C; sp. gr. 12.41 at 20°C; valence commonly +2, +3, +4, +6, or +8. Ruthenium is a hard, lustrous, silver-gray metal with a close-packed hexagonal crystalline structure. It is...
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Periodic Table of the Elements: Mendelevium
Periodic Table of the Elements: Mendelevium
Periodic Table of the Elements: Mendelevium
Atomic Number:
101
Atomic Symbol:
Md
Mendelevium
Atomic Weight:
(258)
Electron
Configuration:
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Pag
Pag , Ital. Pago, island (101 sq mi/262 sq km), in the Adriatic, off the Dalmatian coast, Croatia. Noted for its fine embroidery and lace, it also has vineyards, a fishing industry, and bauxite deposits. The chief village is Pag, a resort on the eastern coast; it has a palace and a cathedral from ...
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Tinian
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