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• United States 40 mm grenades
  ...omplex multi-purpose ones, they are nonetheless an important part of their development. ...to development of grenade launchers attached to standard infantry rifles, development commenced on non-explosive cartridges to allow those armed with grenade lau
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• Dahlgren gun
  ...k |authorlink1= |last2= |first2= |title= Ironclads at war : the origin and development of the armored warship, 1854 - 1891|url= http://books.google.com/books?id=R | series =Second Series: Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the Rebellion, Being Papers Read Before
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• QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun
  ...berts|Lord Roberts]], the British commander in South Africa and became his personal property. They were known as the "Elswick Battery" and were manned by men f * {{cite book |last= Brown|first=D. K.|title=Warrior to Dreadnought: Warship Development 1860-1905|year=2003|publisher=Book Sales|id=ISBN 978-1-84067-529-2}}
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• QF 4.7 inch Gun Mk I–IV
  ==Design and development== ...o Artillery at Anzac, from 25th April to 25th August, 1915. (Compiled from personal diary.)] Appendix II in ''General Sir Ian Hamilton, G.C.B. Gallipoli Diary
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• Type 91 torpedo
  ..., which was highly advanced and the biggest breakthrough in aerial torpedo development in 1941. The development project team at [[Yokosuka Naval Arsenal]] of ''Ko-Hon'' or [[Imperial Japa
  63 KB (9,925 words) - 20:39, 2 July 2010
• Aluminium hydroxide
  ...urnal |author=Perl DP, Moalem S |title=Aluminum and Alzheimer's disease, a personal perspective after 25 years |journal=J. Alzheimers Dis. |volume=9 |issue=3 S
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• Ibuprofen
  ...'s Awards for Enterprise|Queen's Award For Technical Achievement]] for the development of the drug in 1987.<ref name="title Dr. Stewart Adams: I tested ibuprofen
  29 KB (3,955 words) - 21:17, 21 September 2010
• EDTA
  ...(ii) the displacement of one carboxylate arm by water. Early work on the development of EDTA was undertaken by [[Gerold Schwarzenbach]] in the 1940s.<ref>[http: ...chnology | volume=18 | issue=12 | pages=1874–1882 | year=1964}}</ref> In personal care products, it is added to [[cosmetics]] to improve their stability towa
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• Temazepam
  ...rally be monitored very closely for signs of [[Substance abuse|abuse]] and development of dependence.<ref name="tembnf" /> ...at hypnotics in the hospital be limited to 5 nights use only, to avoid the development of withdrawal symptoms like insomnia.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hecker R |
  45 KB (6,129 words) - 21:16, 19 September 2010
• J. Gordon Melton
  ...ious groups known to exist in the United States at the time and led to the development of a classification system that has come to be widely used. ...an seeking primary source literature, and so he has generally made direct, personal contact with the leaders or official representatives of a church or religio
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• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ...ed by misstatement, inexcusable omissions, rabid and patriotic prejudices, personal animosities, blatant errors of fact, scholastic ignorance, gross neglect of ...gro is inferior to the white... the arrest or even deterioration of mental development [after adolescence] is no doubt very largely due to the fact that after pub
  27 KB (3,441 words) - 12:31, 19 September 2010
• Mortimer J. Adler
  ...ese must be regarded only as wishes or demands we make on others. They are personal opinions and subjective prejudices, not objective knowledge. In short, the ..."acquired" refers to that the possession of which depends upon a change or development in human beings whereby they have a state of mind, or character, or persona
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...ce (1936), in which owners of the ''Britannica'' could write to have their personal questions researched and answered by the editorial staff. ===Development of electronic versions===
  61 KB (8,890 words) - 12:32, 19 September 2010
• Superabsorbent polymer
  The largest use of SAP is found in personal disposable hygiene products, such as baby diapers, adult protective underwe ...The USDA gave the technical know how to several USA companies for further development of the basic technology. A wide range of grating combinations were attempt
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• Emulsion
  ...ormulator to use further accelerating methods in order to reach reasonable development time for new product design. Thermal methods are the most commonly used and In [[pharmaceutics]], [[Hairstyling product|hairstyling]], [[personal hygiene]] and [[cosmetics]], emulsions are frequently used. These are usual
  16 KB (2,286 words) - 09:12, 20 September 2010
• Building insulation materials
  ...ed the plywood industry very well, which in turn led to the North American development of its now-massive [[Oriented strand board|oriented strand board (OSB)]] in ...on the workers that work with the raw materials to manufacture the product,Personal Protective Equipment is required for all people in the area being sprayed t
  49 KB (7,250 words) - 09:14, 20 September 2010
• Gunpowder
  ...and 10% sulfur.<ref name = earl-2>{{Harvcolnb|Earl|1978|loc=Chapter 2: The Development of Gunpowder}}</ref> These ratios have varied over the centuries and by cou The development of [[smokeless powder]]s, such as [[Cordite]], in the late 19th century cre
  51 KB (7,447 words) - 09:15, 20 September 2010
• History of clothing and textiles
  ==Prehistoric development== ...es since the late twentieth century, including ''Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the Aeg
  36 KB (5,348 words) - 09:16, 20 September 2010
• Steel
  ...Hartwell|title=Markets, Technology and the Structure of Enterprise in the Development of the Eleventh Century Chinese Iron and Steel Industry|journal=Journal of ...he critical role played by steel in infrastructural and overall [[economic development]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Steel Industry|url = http://bx.businessweek.com/
  44 KB (6,419 words) - 09:22, 20 September 2010
• Building material
  ...r [[yurt]]. It has been revived as a major construction technique with the development of [[tensile architecture]] and synthetic fabrics. Modern buildings can be ...s, and in some parts of the world, many country homes or communities had a personal wood-lot from which the family or community would grow and harvest trees to
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