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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...i Safra]], a Swiss billionaire and actor. Recent advances in [[information technology]] and the rise of electronic encyclopedias such as ''[[Microsoft Encarta]]' ...awards/04tech.htm | title = 2004 Distinguished Achievement Awards Winners: Technology | date = 1 August 2003 | accessdate = 11 April 2007 | publisher = [[Associa
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• Robert McHenry
  ...rriam-Webster|Merriam-Webster Inc.]]) where he edited ''Webster's American Military Biographies'', ''Famous American Women'', ''Liberty's Women'', and ''Webste ...es were due to a reluctance amongst senior management to fully embrace new technology, caused largely by the overriding influence of the sales staff and manageme
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• Propædia
  ...ction of the 3rd Division ("Major Fields of Technology") of the 7th Part ("Technology"). Forward slashes are used when a Part, Division or Section has more than ...;Technology:&nbsp;Its&nbsp;[[Technology|Scope]]&nbsp;and&nbsp;[[History of technology|History]] <br>'''7.1.2'''&nbsp;The&nbsp;[[Organization|Organization&nbsp;of
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• Salisbury screen
  ...time, motivated by the increasing interest in [[Stealth aircraft|stealth]] technology. [[Category:Military technology]]
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• Aramid
  ...resistant and strong [[synthetic fiber]]s. They are used in aerospace and military applications, for ballistic rated [[bulletproof vest|body armor]] [[cloth|f ...a-aramids'' are used in many high-tech applications, such as aerospace and military applications, for "bullet-proof" [[bulletproof vest|body armor]] [[cloth|fa
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• Radar-absorbent material
  ...rbent material''', or '''RAM''', is a class of materials used in [[stealth technology]] to disguise a vehicle or structure from radar detection. A material's abs * [[Stealth technology]]
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• Space blanket
  In addition to the space blanket, the [[United States military]] also uses a similar blanket called the "'''casualty blanket'''". It uses [[Category:NASA technology spinoffs]]
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• Ceramic materials
  Thus, there is an increasing need in the [[military]] sector for high-strength, robust materials which have the capability to [ ...s developed at the [[United States]] [[National Institute of Standards and Technology|National Bureau of Standards]] in 1954. PZT is used as an [[Ultrasonic sens
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• Kirza
  The material is mainly used in production of military boots, where it is a cheap and effective replacement for natural leather. I ...e winter conditions, and the production was halted. However, very soon the technology was improved and the mass production was resumed in the autumn and winter o
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• Polypropylene
  ...=PA76|page=76|title=Polymer Pioneers: A Popular History of the Science and Technology of Large Molecules|author=Peter J. T. Morris|publisher=Chemical Heritage Fo ...ly, polyester has replaced polypropylene in these applications in the U.S. military, such as in the [[Extended Cold Weather Clothing System|ECWCS]] <ref>[http:
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• Fire-safe polymers
  ...(Electrical)|insulation]] for [[electronics]],<ref name="kumar" /> and in military materials such as canvas tenting.<ref name=hindersinn>Hindersinn, R. R. His ...4 Steiner Tunnel, and the ASTM E 622 [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] (NIST) smoke chamber.<ref name="zhang" /> Research on developing fire-saf
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• Petroleum
  ...s, and is now important across society, including in economy, politics and technology. The rise in importance was mostly due to the invention of the [[internal c *Advanced technology cars such as [[hybrid vehicle]]s which use petroleum and/or biofuels, albei
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• Depleted uranium
  ...raphy]] equipment, and containers used to transport radioactive materials. Military uses include defensive armor plating and [[Armor-piercing shot and shell|ar ...nate wide areas around the impact sites or can be inhaled by civilians and military personnel.<ref name="ncbi.nlm.nih.gov">Mitsakou C, Eleftheriadis K, Housiad
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• Gunpowder
  ...% charcoal, and 30% sulfur.<ref>Julian S. Hatcher, ''Hatcher's Notebook'', Military Service Publishing Company, 1947. Chapter XIII Notes on Gunpowder, pages 30 ...nd founded the Yuan Dynasty, they used the Chinese gunpowder-based weapons technology in their invasion of Japan. Chinese also used gunpowder to fuel [[rocket]]s
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• Dyeing
  ...ge form, while viscose rayon yarns are partly dyed at hank form because of technology <ref>[http://www.farerthread.com Farer Thread]</ref>. ...Contact with [[Alexander the Great]], who had successfully used dyeing for military camouflage, may have further helped aid the spread of dyeing from India.<re
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• Glossary of textile manufacturing
  The '''manufacture of [[textile]]s''' is one of the oldest of human [[technology|technologies]]. To make textiles, the first requirement is a source of [[fi ..., two-down [[weaving|weave]]. The [[worsted]] variety is used in making [[military uniforms]], [[suit (clothes)|suit]]s, great and [[trench coat]]s. Its coun
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• Textile processing
  ...irement. Example - Suiting,<br /> Stripped shirting, awning materials and military clothing. ...using so <br />many wooden dyes and wax printing. But now the science and technology has developed so <br />that via digital printing any photograph can be prin
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• Textile manufacturing
  ...d [[ring spinning]].<ref name="RingMule">{{Citation|url=http://www.textile-technology.com/SST_Seminars/Jeremy.pdf SST Seminars|title=Technological Evolution in C ...s a replacement for [[silk]], and was used for [[parachutes]] and other [[military]] uses. {{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}
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• Kevlar
  ...1980s both have Kevlar as a key component, as do their replacements. Other military uses include bulletproof facemasks used by sentries and [[spall#Antitank wa Kevlar was used by scientists at [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] as a base textile for an experiment in electricity-producing clothing. T
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)
  ...nd Technology (Japan)|Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology]] of the government of [[Japan]] as [[National Treasures of Japan|National [[Category:Military history of Japan]]
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