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district (1991 pop. 124,300), 63 sq mi (163 sq km), Essex, SE England, on the Thames River. The district includes Tilbury, which has large docks that ...
(v n´ v r) (KEY) , 1890–1974, American electrical engineer and physicist, b. Everett, Mass., grad. Tufts College (B.S., 1913). He went to Massachus...
1892–1992, American public administrator and educator, b. Osaka, Japan, grad. Oberlin College, 1914. He studied at the Training School for Public Se...
(br l, Fr. lw br ´y ) (KEY) , 1809?–1852, French inventor of the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind. Having become blind from an...
1750–1823, English cartographer and geographer. He founded the map-making and publishing business carried on by his sons and by his nephew John Arro...
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