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Lake Nipigon
Lake Nipigon , c.1,870 sq mi (4,840 sq km), central Ont., Canada. It has many islands. Its outlet, the Nipigon River (40 mi/64 km long) flows south, past the logging town of Nipigon, into Lake Superior.... Read more |
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Log Cabin
LOG CABIN LOG CABIN. Origins of the log cabin remain obscure. Historians asserted that Swedes on the lower Delaware introduced such construction in 1638. Others cited a log blockhouse, McIntyre Garrison (York, Maine), built between 1640 and 1645, as evidence that New England colonists had learned... Read more |
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pH
pH range of numbers expressing the relative acidity or alkalinity of a solution. In general, p H values range from 0 to 14. The p H of a neutral solution, i.e., one which is neither acidic nor alkaline, is 7. Acidic solutions have p H values below 7; alkaline, or basic, solutions have p H... Read more |
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birling
birling , sport in which two competitors try to maintain balance on a floating log, each seeking to rotate the log and spill the other into the water. With origins in the spring log drives in New England, it became popular with American lumberjacks after the middle of the 19th cent. The first public... Read more |
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log
log. 1. The shortened name for a log book. 2. The name given to any device for measuring the speed of a vessel through the water or the distance it has sailed in a given time. All the early types of devices for doing this were based on the same principle.Common Log. This was first described in... Read more |
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rock crawler
Grylloblattodea (rock crawlers; class Insecta, subclass Pterygota) Small order of exopterygote insects, which are secondarily wingless. They are slender, about 2–3 cm long; and have long, filiform antennae and cerci, and a sword-shaped ovipositor. They live in rock crevices, ice caves, and in... Read more |
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William Tennent
William Tennent 1673-1745, American Presbyterian clergyman and educator, b. Ireland, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1695. He was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1706. He emigrated to America c.1718; in 1726 he was called to a pastorate in Neshaminy, Pa., where he stayed the remainder of his life.... Read more |
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Palawan
Palawan , island (1990 pop. 528,287), 4,550 sq mi (11,785 sq km), 5th largest of the Philippines, N of Borneo and between the Sulu Archipelago and the South China Sea. Lumbering is an important industry on Palawan. There is concern that excessive logging and slash-and-burn farming will deplete the... Read more |
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...WakamatsuInstead of leading Seattle to its first postseason...Brown, manager of Seattle's Triple A team...went 127-147 in Seattle, is the fifth...in Europe March 4 and 5, between...became an annual event," Stern said...already owns the ... |
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Sport Digest
...with the seven-event series to start...and "classic" events. The premium...doubles with a 7-0, 7-3, 7...7-1, 7-4, and Tatiana...of Austria 7-0, 7-0 7-1...Switzerland) 7-4, 7-3, 7...foot injury to ... |
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