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Dixon and Sons (from the article "britannia metal") ...silvered by electrolysis. The good conducting qualities, together with its cheapness and ductility, made the ... J. Paul Getty Museum (from the article "Italy") In a landmark case, the J. Paul Getty Museum of Los Angeles agreed to return ... J. Walter Thompson Co. American advertising agency that was long one of the largest such enterprises in the world. ... J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. American retail company founded in 1902 by James Cash Penney and today engaged in marketing ... [1 Related Articles] J.P. Stevens & Co. (from the article "Stevens, J P") merchant who founded J.P. Stevens, one of the biggest firms in the American textile industry. J/psi particle type of meson consisting of a charmed quark and a charmed antiquark. It has a ... [3 Related Articles] J79 (from the article "F-104") ...The F-104 had a wingspan of 21 feet 11 inches (6.68 m) and a length ... 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Jabarti, al- (from the article "Egypt") ...of its historians, partly because the emirs patronized court historians; by contrast, in almost three ... Jabarti, Sheikh Isma'il (from the article "Somalia") ...century, the stage was set for the great movements of expansion of the Somali toward ... Jabavu, Davidson Don Tengo black educator and South African political leader. Jabbul, Al- (from the article "Syria") Scattered lakes are found in Syria. The largest is Al-Jabbul, a seasonal saline lake that ... Jaberg, Karl (from the article "linguistics") ...Romance- and Germanic-speaking countries, were the first to participate in such atlas projects. One of ... Jabesh-Gilead (from the article "David") ...and with his men he performed the mourning rites for Saul and Jonathan, memorializing them ... Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Musa alchemist known as the father of Arab chemistry. He systematized a "quantitative" analysis of substances ... [3 Related Articles] jabiru (species Jabiru mycteria), a typical stork of the New World, ranging from Mexico to Argentina. ... Jablonec nad Nisou city, northwestern Czech Republic. It lies about 1,600 feet (500 m) above sea level in ... Jablonski, Daniel Ernst Protestant theologian who worked for a unification of Lutherans and Calvinists. Jablonski, Johann Theodor (from the article "encyclopaedia") ...type. The form appealed to the rapidly growing middle class of the country, who welcomed ... Jablonskis, Jonas (from the article "Lithuanian language") ...used primarily in the region bordering East Prussia. The modern standard literary language, written in ... Jabneh ancient city of Palestine (now Israel) lying about 15 miles (24 km) south of Tel ... [2 Related Articles] Jaboatao city, eastern Pernambuco estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is located on the ... Jabor, Arnaldo (from the article "Literature") ...Hazin published Machado de Assis e a administracao publica federal, an analysis of Machado de ... jaboticaba any of several trees of the genus Myrciaria, of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), notably M. ... Jabotinsky, Vladimir Zionist leader, journalist, orator, and man of letters who founded the militant Zionist Revisionist movement ... [1 Related Articles] Jabr, Salih (from the article "Iraq") ...held under his government's supervision were no different from previous controlled elections. The parties boycotted ... Jabtsandamba Khutagt (from the article "Mongolia") ...a way was found to link church and state. A son of the line of ... Jaca city, Huesca provincia (province), in the communidad autonoma (autonomous ... jacamar any of 15 species of tropical American birds that constitute the family Galbulidae (order Piciformes). ... [1 Related Articles] jacana any of several species of water birds belonging to the family Jacanidae of the order ... [4 Related Articles] jacaranda (from the article "jacaranda") The name jacaranda is also applied to several tree species of the genus Machaerium of ... jacaranda any plant of the genus Jacaranda (family Bignoniaceae), especially the two ornamental trees J. mimosifolia ... Jacaranda cuspidifolia (from the article "jacaranda") any plant of the genus Jacaranda (family Bignoniaceae), especially the two ornamental trees J. mimosifolia ... Jacaranda mimosifolia (from the article "jacaranda") any plant of the genus Jacaranda (family Bignoniaceae), especially the two ornamental trees J. mimosifolia ... Jacare (from the article "Sao Francisco River") ...stretch the river receives its main left-bank tributaries-the Paracatu, Urucuia, Corrente, and Grande rivers-and its ... Jacarei city, eastern Sao Paulo estado (state), Brazil. It lies along the Paraiba ... Jachymov spa town, western Czech Republic. It lies at the foot of Mount Klinovec, the highest ... [1 Related Articles] Jacinto, Antonio white Angolan poet, short-story writer, and cabinet minister in his country's first postwar government. jack any of numerous species of fishes belonging to the family Carangidae (order Perciformes). The name ... [1 Related Articles] jack in practical mechanics, portable hand-operated device for raising heavy weights through short distances, exerting great ... jack (from the article "all fours") ...dating back to 17th-century England and first mentioned in The Complete Gamester ... jack (from the article "keyboard instrument") ...phase of Cristofori's work, Maffei's diagram may be in error. In the surviving instruments a ... jack (from the article "bowls") outdoor game in which a ball (known as a bowl) is rolled toward a smaller ... jack (from the article "harpsichord") ...placed beneath the horizontal plane of the strings, which pass over a bridge that is ... jack (from the article "gill") ...servings of whiskey or wine. The term jill appears in the nursery rhyme "Jack and ... Jack Adams Award (from the article "ice hockey") ...for the player best combining clean play with a high degree of skill; the Conn ... Jack Dempsey (from the article "cichlid") Among the better known of the many popular aquarium cichlids are the firemouth (Cichlasoma meeki), ... Jack Hills (from the article "Precambrian time") ...from about 4.0 to 2.5 billion years ago-more than a third of geologic time. Most ... Jack of Diamonds group of artists founded in Moscow in 1909, whose members were for the next few ... [1 Related Articles] jack pine (from the article "boreal forest") All North American tree species are distributed across the continent except jack pine (Pinus banksiana), ... Jack Russell terrier breed of terrier developed in England in the 19th century for hunting foxes both above ... Jack the Rapper (from the article "Jack the Rapper") Jack the Rapper (Jack Gibson) helped open the first African-American-owned radio station in the United ... Jack the Ripper pseudonymous murderer of at least five women, all prostitutes, in or near the Whitechapel district ... [1 Related Articles] Jack, Beau American boxer (b. April 1, 1921, Augusta, Ga.-d. Feb. 9, 2000, Miami, Fla.), was twice ... jack-in-the-pulpit (species Arisaema triphyllum), a North American plant of the arum family (Araceae), noted for the ... [1 Related Articles] jack-o'-lantern (from the article "Representative poisonous mushrooms") ...forms predominate in the tropics. The light of fungi ranges from blue to green and ... jack-o'-lantern in meteorology, a mysterious light seen at night flickering over marshes; when approached, it advances, ... jack-o'-lantern in American holiday custom, a hollowed-out-pumpkin lantern that is displayed on Halloween. The surface of ... [2 Related Articles] jack-up rig (from the article "petroleum production") Fixed platforms, which rest on the seafloor, are very stable, although they cannot drill in ... jackal any of several species of wolflike carnivores of the dog genus Canis, family Canidae, sharing ... [2 Related Articles] jackboot (from the article "dress") ...garters replaced points. Both men and women wore stout leather shoes with medium heels. Men ... jackdaw (species Corvus monedula), crowlike black bird with gray nape and pearly eyes of the family ... [1 Related Articles] jackfruit (species Artocarpus heterophyllus), tree native to tropical Asia and widely grown throughout the wetland tropics ... [1 Related Articles] jackknife stage (from the article "stage design") ...configurations that are easily identifiable. These include the wagon, in which scenery is built on ... Jackling, Daniel Cowan American mining engineer and metallurgist who developed methods for profitable exploitation of low-grade porphyry copper ... jackpot (from the article "slot machine") ...the Mills Novelty Company, which added on their reels a picture of a chewing gum ... jackrabbit (from the article "jackrabbit") any of several North American species of hare (genus Lepus).jackrabbitJackrabbit ... jacks game of great antiquity and worldwide distribution, now played with stones, bones, seeds, filled cloth ... [1 Related Articles] Jackson city, capital of Mississippi, U.S. It lies along the Pearl River, in the west-central part ... Jackson town, seat (1921) of Teton county, northwestern Wyoming, U.S. The town lies at the southern ... 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Jackson, Jackie (from the article "Jackson, Michael") ...most talented of five brothers whom his father, Joseph, shaped into a dazzling group of ... Jackson, James (from the article "cereal processing") ...Adventists, who wished to avoid consumption of animal foods. In the 1860s they organized the ... Jackson, Janet American singer and actress whose increasingly mature version of dance-pop music made her one of ... [3 Related Articles] Jackson, Jermaine (from the article "Jackson, Michael") ...Tito Jackson (byname of Toriano Jackson; b. October 15, 1953Gary), Jermaine Jackson (b. December 11, ... Jackson, Jesse American civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and politician whose bids for the U.S. presidency (in ... [3 Related Articles] Jackson, John American blues guitarist (b. Feb. 25, 1924, Woodville, Va.-d. Jan. 20, 2002, Fairfax, Va.), was ... Jackson, John English bare-knuckle boxer who was influential in securing acceptance of prizefighting as a legitimate sport ... 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