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Birkenhead, city (1991 pop. 99,075) and port, Wirral metropolitan borough, W central England, at the mouth of the Mersey River; connected with Liverpool by the Mersey tunnel. Birkenhead has extensive docks. There are engineering, food-processing and clothing plants. Milling and shipbuilding were responsible for Birkenhead's rapid growth in the 19th cent. Birkenhead1 Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of, known as F. E. Smith. 1872--1930, British Conservative statesman, lawyer, and orator Birkenhead2 a port in NW England, in Wirral unitary authority, Merseyside: former shipbuilding centre. Pop.: 83 729 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| This suggests that the explosion came off the white dwarf in the form of jets, say scientists from Liverpool John Moores University in Birkenhead, England. The shock wave exhibits many features of remnant material that's been cast from a supernova and plows into surrounding space, says Michael Bode of the Liverpool John Moores University in Birkenhead, England. June and Pete Pemberton, who live in Birkenhead in North-West England, have been foster parents for nearly 40 years. |
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