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• 61 cm Type 90 torpedo
  ...than the Japanese 6th and 8th Year torpedoes. Twenty of these were bought with training warheads in 1926 for ¥30,000 each and the British allowed Japanes ...of the prototypes was prolonged by the need to correct a number of design errors and manufacturing defects, but two prototypes were turned over to the Under
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  [[Image:Mk37 Director circa1944.jpg|upright|thumb|Mk 37 Director c1944 with Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 "orange peel"]] ...wa class battleship|USS ''Iowa'']]. After the 1950s, GCFSs were integrated with missile [[fire-control system]]s and other ship sensors.
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• Procaine benzylpenicillin
  This combination is aimed at reducing the pain and discomfort associated with a large [[intramuscular injection]] of penicillin. It is widely used in vet ...nia, 1999-2004 |journal=MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. |volume=54 |issue=9 |pages=217–9 |year=2005 |pmid=15758893 |doi= |author1= Centers for Disease Contr
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• Acetic acid
  ...n regarded as misleading. In either case, the ''Ac'' is not to be confused with the abbreviation for the [[chemical element]] [[actinium]]. ...= The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science|volume = 44|issue = 4|pages = 785–88|doi = 10.1093/bjps/44.4.785}}</ref> To better reflect its struct
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• Morphine
  ...ast1=Ramoutsaki|first1=I|journal=International Congress Series|volume=1242|pages=43}}</ref> Around 1522, [[Paracelsus]] made reference to an opium-based eli ...any in 1827 by the pharmacy which became the pharmaceutical compary Merck, with morphine sales being a large part of their early growth. <ref>[[Opium]]</re
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• Lupin poisoning
  ...the better flavour that results. Improper preparation of bitter [[lupin]]i with insufficient [[soak]]ing allows pharmacologically significant amounts of th ...08.Antichol%20Kurzbaum_Postprod.pdf</ref> Dry lupini beans are rarely sold with instructions.
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• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ...Hooper's association with ''The Times'' ceased in 1909, and he negotiated with the [[Cambridge University Press]] to publish the 29-volume eleventh editio ...1911 edition for the first time included a number of female contributors, with 34 women contributing articles to the edition.<ref>[[Gillian Thomas]] (1992
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...ias for scholarship and literary style.<ref name="kogan_1958" /> Beginning with the 11th edition, the ''Britannica'' shortened and simplified articles to ...ze of the ''Britannica'' has remained roughly constant over 70&nbsp;years, with about 40&nbsp;million words on half a million topics.<ref name="index_prefa
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  ...ped out of school at age 14 to become a copy boy for the ''New York Sun'', with the ultimate aspiration to become a journalist.<ref name="NYT Obit" /><ref | pages = 113
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...768, appearing in 15 official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (3rd–6th) or undergone drastic re-organization ...er, English-composed encyclopedias appeared in the 18th century, beginning with ''Lexicon technicum, or A Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
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• Gunpowder
  ...der]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]]. ...ic electricity]], the granules of modern black powder are typically coated with [[graphite]], which prevents the build-up of electrostatic charge.
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• Cancer
  ...or]] but some, like [[leukemia]], do not. The branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is [[oncology]]. ...obal 2007 cancer deaths | publisher =Reuters |month=December | year=2007 | url =http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSN1633064920071217 | accessda
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• Air safety
  ...100,000 person-miles, making it comparable with methods of transportation with different numbers of passengers, such as one person driving a [[Automobile| .... Alaska accounted for 513 (36%) of the total U.S. crashes.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aviation/ |title=NIOSH Commercial Aviation
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• Wildfire
  ...such as roads, rivers and [[fire break]]s.<ref name = NIFC>{{vancite web | url = http://www.nifc.gov/preved/comm_guide/wildfire/fire_4.html | title = The ...ne - Public Broadcasting System (PBS)|accessdate=2009-07-13|date=June 2002|url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/fire/world.html}}</ref> Wildfires can cause ex
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• Electronic health record
  ...nic health records (EHR) can help lessen patient sufferance due to medical errors and the inability of analysts to assess quality.<ref name=autogenerated4 /> ...are claimed to help reduce medical errors by providing healthcare workers with decision support.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} Fast access to medi
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• Mining accident
  ...technology.infomine.com/reviews/mis/</ref> flooding, or general mechanical errors from improperly used or malfunctioning mining equipment (such as [[safety l ...> A mining cart on an elevator cage hit an oil pipe and electricity lines, with the resulting fire trapping the miners. Most of the victims were [[immigran
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• Hemoglobin
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• List of cutaneous conditions
  [[Image:RougeoleDP.jpg|thumb|alt=Young child with a red rash covering face, chest, shoulders, and arms.|[[Measles]]]] ...ar=2008 |month=April |pmid=18413712 |pmc=2732395 |doi=10.1101/gad.1645908 |url=}}</ref>
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• Hydromorphone
  ...table of contents | year = 2003 | month = July | pmid = 12818953 | doi = | url = }}</ref> ...| pages = 152–6 | year = 1981 | month = April | pmid = 6165742 | doi = | url = }}</ref>
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• John F. Kennedy assassination
  |caption=President Kennedy with his wife, Jacqueline, and [[Texas Governor]] [[John Connally]] in the [[Pre ...sal Time|UTC]]) in [[Dealey Plaza]]. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding with his wife [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline]] in a Presidential [[moto
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