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• 14"/50 caliber gun
  |caption= New Mexico-class battleship [[USS Idaho (BB-42)]] in 1920, showing six 14"/50 caliber guns |origin= {{flag|United States}}
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• 12.8 cm FlaK 40
  |caliber=128 mm (5.03 in) ...[[88 mm gun]]. Although it was not produced in high numbers, it was one of the most effective heavy AA guns of its era.
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. |cartridge= Complete round: -<br>L/60 40x311mmR (1.57 in), L/70 40x364mmR
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  |caption= A Mark 14 torpedo on display at [[Fisherman's Wharf]] in [[San Francisco]] |origin= [[United States]]
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  ...s of Oerlikon cannon were used during [[World War II]], and they are still in use today. ...sed on a limited scale as an aircraft gun and an anti-aircraft gun towards the end of that war.
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• QF 3.7 inch AA gun
  |name= QF 3.7-in Heavy Anti-aircraft Gun ...ay at the [[United States Army Ordnance Museum|U.S. Army Ordnance Museum]] in [[Aberdeen, Maryland]]
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• Type 91 torpedo
  ...ard an aircraft carrier, each lower half was retouched in black to conceal the roll rudders. |unit_cost= 20,000 yen (in the year 1941)
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• Mercury (element)
  ...Frostburg State University| author=Senese, F}}</ref><ref name="Norrby" /> the others being [[caesium]], [[francium]], [[gallium]], and [[rubidium]]. ...tion from cinnabar. Cinnabar is highly toxic by ingestion or inhalation of the dust. [[Mercury poisoning]] can also result from exposure to soluble forms
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• Morphine
  {{About|the drug|other meanings|Morphine (disambiguation)}} *[[Flushing (physiology)|Flushing]] of the [[face]]
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• Autarky
  ...defend itself without help from another country. Autarky can be said to be the policy of a state or other entity when it seeks to be self-sufficient as a ...ertarian]] theorist Robert LeFevre used "autarchy" and "[[autarchism]]" in the sense of self-government to describe his own political philosophy and to di
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• Airspeed Oxford
  |caption=Oxford II inflight over [[Saskatchewan]], Canada in 1942 |first flight= 19 June 1937
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• Harry Ashmore
  ...tanding on the right) with other Planetary Society enthusiasts sometime in the 1970's]] ...tzer Prize]] for his editorials in 1957 on the school integration conflict in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]].
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• William Benton (senator)
  ...tes|U.S.]] senator from [[Connecticut]] (1949 - 1953) and [[publisher]] of the ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' (1943 - 1973). ...ich point he matriculated at [[Yale University]], where he was admitted to the [[Zeta Psi]] fraternity.
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  | birth_place = [[New York, New York]], [[United States]] | death_place = [[Palo Alto, California]], United States
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• Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography
  ...nd supplementary lists, and thematic indexes to the whole work, was issued in 1901. ...eral hundred views of birthplaces, residences, monuments, and tombs famous in history.<ref name="appletons">{{Cite Appleton's|Preface|year=1900}}</ref>
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• Siding
  ...ingVolt Corrugated Steel Siding.jpg|thumb|Corrugated [[steel]] siding, for the side of a [[barn (building)|barn]].]] ...g that uses siding, it may act as a key element in the aesthetic beauty of the structure and directly influence its property value.
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• Cemesto
  ...or DOcumentation and COnservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the MOdern MOvement)</ref> Cemesto was used primarily for interior and exterior ...ft|m}}, featuring large commercial-style windows in their principal rooms. In 1941 a total of 600 homes were built at Aero Acres using this design.<ref n
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• Structural insulated panel
  ...can be sheet metal, plywood, cement or [[oriented strand board]] (OSB) and the foam either expanded [[polystyrene|polystyrene foam]] (EPS), [[extruded pol ...SIP acts as a web, while the OSB sheathing exhibits the same properties as the flanges. SIPs combine several components of conventional building, such as
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• Rammed earth
  ...de of rammed earth at [[Dunhuang]], [[Gansu]] province, the eastern end of the [[Silk Road]]]] ...y of useful soil and building design for the local climatic conditions are the factors which favour its use.
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• Hemp
  ...ut|industrial hemp|its psychoactive variant|Cannabis (drug)|the biology of the plant|Cannabis|other uses|Hemp (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Cannab2 new.png|thumb|right|The variety of appearances for cannabis. Only ''C. sativa'' (left) is suited fo
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