The Joseph Jenkins House stands as a historic landmark in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Constructed around 1750 by Joseph Jenkins, this 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house serves as a testament to the early history of West Barnstable. Characterized by its well-preserved structure, the house features four bays in width, an off-center chimney, and an entryway. The main entrance is adorned with plain trim, complemented by a transom window and a triangular pediment. Throughout the 19th century, the property remained in the ownership of the Jenkins family.
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David A. Thompson is an American electrical engineer and inventor with a long career at IBM. He is noted for his many contributions to magnetic recording technology. Thompson was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for the invention and development of the thin-film inductive head and the magnetoresistive read head. These heads are now ubiquitous in all hard-disk drives and magnetic tape recorders.
"}{"type":"standard","title":"Illite","displaytitle":"Illite","namespace":{"id":0,"text":""},"wikibase_item":"Q1145804","titles":{"canonical":"Illite","normalized":"Illite","display":"Illite"},"pageid":2034220,"thumbnail":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Illite.jpg/330px-Illite.jpg","width":320,"height":213},"originalimage":{"source":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Illite.jpg","width":2048,"height":1360},"lang":"en","dir":"ltr","revision":"1280755454","tid":"2ece2043-023d-11f0-a71a-5397aa506fa7","timestamp":"2025-03-16T08:03:45Z","description":"Group of non-expanding clay minerals","description_source":"local","content_urls":{"desktop":{"page":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illite","revisions":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illite?action=history","edit":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illite?action=edit","talk":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Illite"},"mobile":{"page":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illite","revisions":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Illite","edit":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illite?action=edit","talk":"https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Illite"}},"extract":"Illite, also called hydromica or hydromuscovite, is a group of closely related non-expanding clay minerals. Illite is a secondary mineral precipitate, and an example of a phyllosilicate, or layered alumino-silicate. Its structure is a 2:1 sandwich of silica tetrahedron (T) – alumina octahedron (O) – silica tetrahedron (T) layers. The space between this T-O-T sequence of layers is occupied by poorly hydrated potassium cations which are responsible for the absence of swelling. Structurally, illite is quite similar to muscovite with slightly more silicon, magnesium, iron, and water and slightly less tetrahedral aluminium and interlayer potassium. The chemical formula is given as (K,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10[(OH)2·(H2O)], but there is considerable ion (isomorphic) substitution. It occurs as aggregates of small monoclinic grey to white crystals. Due to the small size, positive identification usually requires x-ray diffraction or SEM-EDS analysis. Illite occurs as an altered product of muscovite and feldspar in weathering and hydrothermal environments; it may be a component of sericite. It is common in sediments, soils, and argillaceous sedimentary rocks as well as in some low grade metamorphic rocks. The iron-rich member of the illite group, glauconite, in sediments can be differentiated by x-ray analysis.","extract_html":"
Illite, also called hydromica or hydromuscovite, is a group of closely related non-expanding clay minerals. Illite is a secondary mineral precipitate, and an example of a phyllosilicate, or layered alumino-silicate. Its structure is a 2:1 sandwich of silica tetrahedron (T) – alumina octahedron (O) – silica tetrahedron (T) layers. The space between this T-O-T sequence of layers is occupied by poorly hydrated potassium cations which are responsible for the absence of swelling. Structurally, illite is quite similar to muscovite with slightly more silicon, magnesium, iron, and water and slightly less tetrahedral aluminium and interlayer potassium. The chemical formula is given as (K,H3O)(Al,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10[(OH)2·(H2O)], but there is considerable ion (isomorphic) substitution. It occurs as aggregates of small monoclinic grey to white crystals. Due to the small size, positive identification usually requires x-ray diffraction or SEM-EDS analysis. Illite occurs as an altered