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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  |Ship in service= |Ship in service=
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• USS Bastion (ACM-6)
  ...laid down= as USAMP ''[[Henry Jackson Hunt|Colonel Henry J. Hunt]]'' for the [[U.S. Army]] |Ship in service=
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• The Colony (TV series)
  | show_name = The Colony | image = <!--[[File:The colony title card.jpg|250px]]-->
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• USS Marvel (AM-262)
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship length={{convert|184|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
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• USS Nucleus (AM-268)
  |Ship country={{nowrap|United States}} |Ship length={{convert|184|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
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• M242 Bushmaster
  {{redirect|M242|the Israeli Jeep derivative|AIL Storm#Storm II}} | origin = [[United States]]
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• Hydroelectric
  ...est hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power station]] in the world]] ...tion international statistics database</ref> This was approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewa
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• Activated carbon
  ...ough further chemical treatment often enhances the absorbing properties of the material. Activated carbon is usually derived from [[charcoal]]. ...oal]] and [[Pitch (resin)|petroleum pitch]]. It can be produced by one of the following processes:
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• Mercury (element)
  ...Frostburg State University| author=Senese, F}}</ref><ref name="Norrby" /> the others being [[caesium]], [[francium]], [[gallium]], and [[rubidium]]. ...tion from cinnabar. Cinnabar is highly toxic by ingestion or inhalation of the dust. [[Mercury poisoning]] can also result from exposure to soluble forms
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• Cryptostegia grandiflora
  ...], [[India]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Latin America]], the southern [[United States]], [[Fiji]] and [[New Caledonia]]. ...n grow as much as five metres in one month. Flowering usually occurs after the wet season ends, along with fruit set. It is usual to find both mature and
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• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ...yclopaedia Britannica 1911.png|300px|thumb|right|Encyclopædia Britannica, the eleventh edition]] ...special value and interest to modern scholars as [[cultural artifact]]s of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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• Slate
  ...f Europe's natural slate used for roofing originates from [[Slate Industry in Spain|Spain]].<ref>[http://www.euromines.org/cm_stats_slate.html European A ...or noticeboard etc, and especially for recording charges in pubs and inns. The phrase "clean slate" or "blank slate" comes from this use.
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• 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>
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• 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>
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• Metal
  ...nd [[heat]] and forms [[cations]] and [[ionic bonds]] with [[non-metal]]s. In [[chemistry]], a '''metal''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "μέταλλο ...d thus produced is held by electrostatic interactions between the ions and the electron cloud, which are called [[metallic bond]]s.<ref name="morty">{{cit
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• 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 ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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• Vermiculite
  | pleochroism = X in paler shades than Y and Z ...te]].<ref name=Mindat/> Large commercial vermiculite mines currently exist in [[South Africa]], [[China]], and [[Brazil]].
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• Gunpowder
  ...leloading]] 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
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• Dust
  ...Dust-storm-Texas-1935.png|thumb|A [[dust storm]] blankets [[Texas]] homes, in 1935.]] ...minerals from outdoor soil, and many other materials which may be found in the local environment.<ref name="hesskosa">Kathleen Hess-Kosa, (2002), ''Indoor
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• Tyndall stone
  ...ephalopod]], [[trilobite]], [[coral]], and [[stromatoporoid]] [[fossil]]s. The quarry is operated by Gillis Quarries Ltd., and is located approximately 40 ...n her [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]] winning [[novel]], ''[[The Stone Diaries]]''.
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