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• Type 91 torpedo
  ...ard an aircraft carrier, each lower half was retouched in black to conceal the roll rudders. |designer= Rear Admiral Shoji Naruse and his team
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• Hydroelectric
  ...est hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power station]] in the world]] ...tics database</ref> This was approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewable sources.<ref name="RE
  39 KB (5,447 words) - 23:02, 2 July 2010
• Metformin
  ...setting. It is also used in the treatment of [[polycystic ovary syndrome]] and has been investigated for other diseases where [[insulin resistance]] may b ...cs in the [[World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines]] (the other being [[glibenclamide]]).<ref name=WHOessential>(March 2009) {{PDFlin
  66 KB (8,976 words) - 16:47, 27 September 2010
• Aspirin
  {{Redirect|Asprin|the author|Robert Asprin}} | bioavailability = Rapidly and completely absorbed
  78 KB (10,918 words) - 16:52, 27 September 2010
• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ...yclopaedia Britannica 1911.png|300px|thumb|right|Encyclopædia Britannica, the eleventh edition]] ...alue and interest to modern scholars as [[cultural artifact]]s of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899) | country = United Kingdom (1768–1900)<br>United States (1901–present)
  94 KB (12,721 words) - 13:31, 19 September 2010
• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...spin-off" products to leverage its reputation as a reliable reference work and educational tool. ...nica''. The first encyclopedia to include biographies of living people was the 64-volume ''[[Grosses Universal-Lexicon]]'' (published 1732–1759) of [[Jo
  61 KB (8,890 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Materials Knowledge Transfer Network
  ...ions, [[trade associations]], the financial market, academia and others in the materials community. ...ational and other training for people involved in materials. Membership of the KTN is free.
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• Polyethylene
  {{Redirect|Polythene|the Feeder album|Polythene (album)}} [[Image:Polyethylene-repeat-2D.png|thumb|The repeating unit of '''polyethylene''', showing its [[stereochemistry]].]]
  20 KB (2,802 words) - 10:11, 20 September 2010
• Petroleum
  ...s first used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 by the [[Germany|German]] mineralogist [[Georg Bauer]], also known as Georgius Agr ...es depending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
  69 KB (9,885 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
• Asphalt
  {{dablink|The term '''asphalt''' is often used as an abbreviation for [[asphalt concrete] ...extremely large".<ref name="Quddus99">Muhammad Abdul Quddus (1992), p.99, in ch.5 pdf</ref>
  34 KB (5,036 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716 ...}}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
  80 KB (11,721 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
• Metallurgy
  ...science is applied to their practical use. Metallurgy is commonly used in the [[craft]] of [[metalworking]]. ...n America|Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica|History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent}}
  14 KB (1,922 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
• Gunpowder
  ...er|muzzleloading]] rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. [[Quarter (United States coin)|Coin]] (diameter 24 mm) for comparison.]] ...ern firearms do not use the traditional gunpowder (black powder) described in this article, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or
  51 KB (7,447 words) - 10:15, 20 September 2010
• Steel
  ...he resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and stronger than iron, but such steel is also less [[ductile]] than iron. ...n]]s. Two distinguishing factors are steel's increased [[rust]] resistance and better [[weldability]].
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• Ethylene oxide
  ...on to humans, showing carcinogenic, [[mutagenicity|mutagenic]], irritating and narcotic effects. ...liquid.<ref name=Ullmann>Siegfried Rebsdat, Dieter Mayer "Ethylene Oxide" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.{{
  82 KB (11,709 words) - 21:31, 20 September 2010
• Air safety
  ...n also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]]. ===United States===
  53 KB (7,764 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Occupational hygiene
  ...the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at large.''<ref>[http://www.ioha.net International Occupational H ...iene'', but is likely to be about broad industry or broad issues effecting the local community, broader society, region or country.
  36 KB (4,956 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Ergonomics
  ...onomics: the science of designing the job, equipment, and workplace to fit the worker.]] ...ve strain injury|repetitive strain injuries]], which can develop over time and can lead to long-term disability.<ref>Berkeley Lab. [http://www.lbl.gov/ehs
  28 KB (4,034 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Emergency management
  ...zational level after the current level's resources have been exhausted. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as [[business ...gement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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