The city of Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County, was an important rail and commercial center during the American Civil War. Although relatively small in population, the city became a critical point of contention during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 when a powerful Union army approached from Union-held Tennessee.
Rare-earth compounds containing lanthanum are extensively used in carbon lighting applications, especially by the motion picture industry for studio lighting and projection.
and some natural organochlorinated products exhibit potent antibacterial and anticancer properties; A large family. Organohalogens - organic compounds containing chlorine, bromine, iodine or fluorine - have been made by nature throughout the earth's history. Deposits have been found in lignite samples (woody textured rock) of 15 million years old and bituminous coal of 300 million years old.