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• USCGC Staten Island (WAGB-278)
  ...fourth United States ship to [[circumnavigate]] the [[North America|North American continent]], traveling over {{convert|23000|mi|km}} in the process. Later in the year the ship departed Seattle for Arctic Summer North carrying scientists from the [[University of Alaska Anchorage|University of Anchorage]], the [[
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• Arc Welding
  ...lectrodes in the late 1800s by a Russian, Nikolai Slavyanov (1888), and an American, C. L. Coffin. Around 1900, A. P. Strohmenger released in Britain a coated ...tinuously fed. Shielding gas became a subject receiving much attention as scientists attempted to protect welds from the effects of oxygen and nitrogen in the a
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• Air Defense Anti-Tank System
  ...Area Air-Defense System [FAADS<nowiki>]</nowiki>], Federation of American Scientists Web site. Accessed 2 January 2007.</ref> program under the designation MIM
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• 9M133 Kornet
  ...|title=Kornet (AT-14) |accessdate=2008-11-08 |work=Federation of American Scientists |date=1999-06-19}}</ref>. ...rban wars against many of well known tanks like the Israeli Merkava 3, the American M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, Stryker and even the russian BTR-90 & BMP. Thes
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• ERYX
  ....htm|title=Eryx|author=|date=|accessdate=|publisher=Federation of American scientists}}</ref> Canadian industries, including Simtran and Solartron Systems, also * [[M47 Dragon]] - American designed anti-tank missile. Similar in size and role to the ERYX. Retired
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• 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 gun
  ...16-inch/50-caliber gun |accessdate=2007-03-12 |work=Federation of American Scientists}}</ref>
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• 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42
  ...te at 60 degree impact, 1500 m range<ref name="fas">Federation of American Scientists, BMP-2 Fighting Vehicle. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/bmp-2.
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• M242 Bushmaster
  *[http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/m242.htm Federation of American Scientists: M242] ...rchive.org/web/20060629232015/http://www.sfu.ca/casr/101-m242.htm Canadian-American Strategic Review: M242]
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...t the .50 Browning the best weapon in its class, certainly the best of the American weapons, including the M1 Garand and carbine.<ref name="Dunlap, Roy F. 1948 * Hogg, Ian. (2001). ''The American Arsenal''. Ian Hogg, ed. London, UK: Greenhill Books, ISBN 9781853674709
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• M61 Vulcan
  ...e=April 23, 2000 |year= |month= |work= |publisher=[[Federation of American Scientists]] |pages= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}</ref> *Anderton, David A. ''North American F-100 Super Sabre.'' , Osprey Publishing Limited, 1987. ISBN 0-85045-622-2.
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• Type 91 torpedo
  ...1942, B5N torpedo-bomber units of ''The 5th Air Flotilla'' penetrated the American defenses at 0910[JST]<ref>Carrier Zuikaku Action Report</ref>, swooped to [ === Scientists and engineers developing aerial torpedo ===
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• Erythromycin
  The antibiotic [[clarithromycin]] was invented by scientists at the Japanese drug company [[Taisho Pharmaceutical]] in the 1970s as a re Scientists at [[Chugai Pharmaceuticals]] discovered an erythromycin-derived [[motilin]
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• Sodium nitrite
  ...3 = Hankinson | first3 = J. L. | last4 = Barr | first4 = R. G. | journal = American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | volume = 175 | issue = ...le they found "equivocal evidence" in the forestomachs of female mice, the scientists have determined that the finding is not relevant to human health because hu
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• Fluoxetine
  | journal = American Journal of Psychiatry ...d |first3=P |last4=Timmusk |first4=T |last5=Castrén |first5=E}}</ref> The American Association of Pediatrics classifies fluoxetine as a drug for which the eff
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• Aspirin
  ...and the proliferation of aspirin brands and products, especially after the American patent held by Bayer expired in 1917.<ref>Jeffreys, ''Aspirin'', pp. 136– ...it was found that aspirin might prevent liver damage. In their experiment, scientists from [[Yale University]] and The [[University of Iowa]] induced damage in c
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• Glucose
  .../high-blood-glucose-and-diabetes-complications | year = 2010 | publisher = American Diabetes Association | issn = 0095-8301}}</ref> In contrast, [[enzyme]]-reg
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• Epinephrine
  ...athetic nervous system]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Cannon, W. B.|journal=American Journal of Physiology|volume=89|pages=84–107|year=1929}}{{full|date=Novem ...ve use of nebulized racemic epinephrine in the treatment of croup |journal=American Journal of Emergency Medicine |author=Thomas LP, Friedland LR |year=1998 |v
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• Morphine
  ...addictive than either alcohol or opium, and its extensive use during the [[American Civil War]] allegedly resulted in over 400,000<ref>[http://www.asahq.org/Ne ...eumonia]], [[tuberculosis]], and [[Human immunodeficiency virus|HIV]]) led scientists to believe that morphine may also affect the [[immune system]]. This possib
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• Amoxicillin
  ...ionizable]] groups. A once daily dosing form (Moxatag) was approved by the American [[Food and Drug Administration (United States)|FDA]] in January 2008. ...tic penicillins discovered by [[Beecham (pharmaceutical company)|Beecham]] scientists. The patent for amoxicillin has expired, thus amoxicillin is marketed under
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• Water dropwort
  ...article.cfm?id=in-brief-aug-09 News Scan Briefs: Killer Smile], Scientific American, August 2009</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal = Journal of Natural Products
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