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chain
chain flexible series of connected links used in various ways, especially for the transmission of motive power, for hoisting (see pulley ), and for securing or fastening. Commonly, mechanical energy from a motor or other source applied to a sprocket wheel is conveyed by means of an endless chain t...
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Richelieu
Richelieu , river, c.75 mi (120 km) long, issuing from the north end of Lake Champlain, near the N.Y.-Que. border, and flowing N across S Que. to the St. Lawrence River at Sorel. It is a link in the waterway connecting the Hudson and St. Lawrence rivers. Visited (1609) by Samuel de Champlain, the Fr...
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Trans-Siberian Railroad
Trans-Siberian Railroad rail line, linking European Russia with the Pacific coast. Its construction began in 1891, on the initiative of Count S. Y. Witte , and was completed in 1905. The completion of the railroad greatly affected the history of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and modern Rus...
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Daniel Brodhead
Daniel Brodhead 1736-1809, American Revolutionary officer and Indian fighter, b. probably near Albany, N.Y. He was taken as an infant to Pennsylvania, where he later served as deputy surveyor general (1773-75). In the Revolution he commanded a detachment of militia in the battle of Long Island, was...
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Frederick Edwin Church
Frederick Edwin Church 1826-1900, American landscape painter of the Hudson River school , b. Hartford, Conn., studied with Thomas Cole at Catskill, N.Y. He traveled and painted in North and South America and in Europe and excelled in panoramic scenes. He painted exotic and foreign landscapes as we...
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Leven
Leven , town (1991 pop. 8,591), Fife, E Scotland, at the mouth of the Leven River on the Firth of Forth. It is a summer resort, famous for its golf links and beaches.
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Vinh
Vinh , city (1989 pop. 175,167), E central Vietnam, near the Song Ca River and the Gulf of Tonkin coast. It is the commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area and is linked to Hanoi by highway and railroad.
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thermoplastics
thermoplastics materials that soften or melt when heated and harden when cooled. Thermoplastic polymers consist of long polymer molecules that are not linked to each other. i.e., have no cross-links. They are often supplied as granules and heated to permit fabrication by methods such as molding or ...
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Mohawk
Mohawk river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, rising in central New York and flowing S then SE past Utica and Schenectady to enter the Hudson River at Cohoes. The Mohawk is canalized from Rome to its mouth (completed 1918) as part of the New York State Canal System's rebuilt Erie Canal, which links the Hud...
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Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain 490 sq mi (1,269 sq km), 125 mi (201 km) long and from 0.5 to 14 mi (0.8-23 km) wide, forming part of the New York-Vermont border and extending into Quebec. Lake Champlain lies in an elongated plain between the Adirondacks and the Green Mts. A link in the Hudson-Saint Lawrence waterw...
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