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• Ketamine
  ...agonists of N-methyl D-aspartate in slices of rat cerebral cortex |journal=British Journal of Pharmacology |volume=84 |issue=2 |pages=381–91 |year=1985 |mon ...ta2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Xenopus oocytes |journal=British Journal of Pharmacology |volume=134 |issue=4 |pages=871–9 |year=2001 |mon
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...s", primarily arranged for the [[Social structure of Britain#Upper classes|British upper class]], became an immediate success beginning in 1799. While the eff ...nitrous oxide is administered, a continuous-flow fresh-air [[Ventilation (architecture)|ventilation system]] or nitrous [[scavenger system]] is used to prevent a
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• Mercury (element)
  [[Image:Pound-coin-floating-in-mercury.jpg|thumb|left|A [[One pound (British decimal coin)|pound coin]] (density ~7.6 g/cm³) floats in mercur ...wo sources for those kinds of information the US geological survey and the British geological survey: the USGS Mercury production: NA; Hg mines : None. BGS: M
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...umes. The first number appeared on December 6, 1768 in Edinburgh, priced [[British sixpence coin|sixpence]] or 8 [[pence]] on finer paper. The ''Britannica'' ...inburgh, 1778-83. Vol. 3.)</ref> Conversely, the 2nd edition describes the architecture of [[Noah's Ark]] in detail (illustrated with a copperplate engraving) and,
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• List of types of limestone
  ===British Isles=== [[Category:Architecture lists|Stone]]
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• List of decorative stones
  |British Columbia |British Columbia
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• Scagliola
  ...a technique for producing [[stucco]] columns, [[sculpture]]s, and other [[architecture|architectural]] elements that resemble [[inlay]]s in [[marble]] and [[semi- ...ecture, scagliola decoration became popular in [[Italy|Italian]] [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] buildings in the 17th century, and was imitated throughout [[Euro
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
  |title= Architecture and authority in Japan ...year= 1990 |publisher= Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications|edition= illustrated|isbn= 0714114502|page=48|url= http
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• Architectural glass
  ...building material]]. It is most typically used as transparent [[glazing in architecture|glazing]] material in the building envelope, including windows in the exter ...cause serious injury, and thus, the reason it is considered a hazard in [[architecture|architectural]] applications. [[Building code]]s in many parts of the world
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• Concrete masonry unit
  ...ford University Press |chapter=breeze, ''n.³''}}</ref> in the [[British English|UK]] and are also known as '''besser blocks''' or bricks in Austral ...American [[suburban]] [[houses]] typically employ a concrete [[Foundation (architecture)|foundation]] and slab with a concrete block wall on the perimeter. Large b
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• Plaster
  ...[[fireproofing]] in a low-rise industrial [[building]] in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]].]] ===In architecture===
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• Jerusalem stone
  ...f [[Alexandria]].<ref>[http://www.biu.ac.il/js/rennert/history_12.html The British Mandate] from "Jerusalem: Life Throughout the Ages in a Holy City". Online ...darticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1300_217/ai_n14809395]</ref><ref>"ART/ARCHITECTURE; What Design For a Synagogue Spells Jewish?," By PHILIP NOBEL, December 2,
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• Cob (material)
  ...ladled onto a stone [[Foundation (architecture)|foundation]] in [[Course (architecture)|course]]s and trodden onto the wall by workers in a process known as ''cob ...attributes of cob is the ability for creating completely unique, handmade architecture; including aesthetic designs of an artistic nature.]]When Kevin McCabe buil
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• Adobe
  In more modern English usage, the term "adobe" has come to include a style of architecture that is popular in the [[desert]] [[climate]]s of [[North America]], especi ...the weight of the walls. Adobe bricks are laid by course. Each [[Course (architecture)|course]] is laid the whole length of the wall, overlapping at the corners
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• Pulhamite
  [[Category:British architecture]] [[Category:Victorian architecture]]
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• Steel
  ...s'' (1953; York 1989)</ref><ref>C. K. Hyde, ''Technological Change and the British iron industry'' (Princeton 1977)</ref><ref>B. Trinder, ''The Industrial Rev In 2005, the [[British Geological Survey]] stated China was the top steel producer with about one-
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• Building material
  ...ulation]] work. This reference deals with [[Human habitat|habitat]]s and [[architecture|structures]] including homes. ...evived as a major construction technique with the development of [[tensile architecture]] and synthetic fabrics. Modern buildings can be made of flexible material
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• Wrought iron
  ...th]] or other smith. It was used in this narrower sense in [[Great Britain|British]] [[Customs]] records, such manufactured iron being subject to a higher rat ...e air and oxidise its carbon content.<ref>H. R. Schubert, ''History of the British Iron and Steel Industry from 450 BC to AD 1775 (Routledge and Kegan Paul, L
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• Concrete
  ...ecture of ancient Rome|Roman structures]], a key event in the [[history of architecture]] termed the [[Roman Architectural Revolution]], freed [[Roman engineering| ...imilar structures in stone or brick.<ref>D.S. Robertson: ''Greek and Roman Architecture'', Cambridge, 1969, p. 233</ref></blockquote>
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• Cement
  ...http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/2006/4/06.04.04.x.html Aqueduct Architecture: Moving Water to the Masses in Ancient Rome.]</ref> The use of structural c ...p. cit.'', Chap.&nbsp;5</ref> working in Britain, produced what he called "British cement" in a similar manner around the same time, but did not obtain a pate
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