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• Welding Rod
  ...orticulture to adjust ph so it should be available in some form that MIGHT work in making welding rods. ...lcium carbonate with any binding agent. Then "painting rods" you cover it. Of course; 3/16 is most common diameter for concrete steel SAE 1035. But if po
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• Codeine
  ...'et al'' |title=Comparative metabolic capabilities and inhibitory profiles of CYP2D6.1, CYP2D6.10, and CYP2D6.17 |journal=Drug Metab. Dispos. |volume=35 ...ylation process is still much more common. It is considered the prototype of the weak to midrange opioids.
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• Zantedeschia
  ...ntings, and is visible in many of [[Diego Rivera|Diego Rivera's]] works of art (see The Flower Vendor, amongst others). ...ethiopica ) |accessdate=2007-11-18 |author=Miles, Jackie |date=2002-09-12 |work=South Coast Weeds |publisher=Eurobodalla Shire Council}}</ref>. However lea
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• Narcissus (plant)
  ...valence used by the American Daffodil Society.<ref name="ADS"/> The range of forms in cultivation has been heavily modified and extended, with new varia ...variations, he died of starvation and thirst from just sitting by the edge of the pool until he gave out, gazing at his reflection until he died. In bot
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• Staff of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...lopædia Britannica]] requires trained staff. According to the final page of the 2007 ''[[Propædia]]'', the staff are organized into ten departments:<r # Art and Cartography (9 employees)
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• William Smellie (encyclopedist)
  ...'' | Editors = J. De Lancey Fergusson and G. Ross Roy | Volume = Volume II of II | Publisher = Clarendon Press | location = Oxford | page = 10 | isbn = 0 ...second edition of the ''Britannica'', because he objected to the inclusion of biographical articles in an [[encyclopedia]] dedicated to the arts and scie
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• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ...ve special value and interest to modern scholars as [[cultural artifact]]s of the 19th and early 20th centuries. ...tors were American, and a New York office was established to run that side of the enterprise.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image = {{Double image|center|Spine of Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica.jpg|49|Americanized Encyclopædia Bri | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899)
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• Propædia
  ...es listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the ''Britannica''. ==The Outline of Knowledge==
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  ...ewanted=all William Grimes, "Mortimer Adler, 98, Dies; Helped Create Study of Classics," New York Times, June 29, 2001]</ref><ref name="Angelicum">[http: ...d to school to take writing classes at night where he discovered the works of men he would come to call heroes: [[Aristotle]], [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[Joh
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• Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
  ...e:Table of Trigonometry, Cyclopaedia, Volume 2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Table of [[Trigonometry]], 1728 ''[[Cyclopaedia]]'']] ...n numerous editions in the eighteenth century. The ''Cyclopaedia'' was one of the first general encyclopedias to be produced in English.
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• Encyclopædia Perthensis
  ...every source and intended to supersede the use of all other English books of reference''" was published in [[Perth, Scotland]] by [[C. Mitchel and Co]]. ...ement of 348 plates, of which only one could be described as a map, a plan of [[Washington, D.C.]] in 1800 by [[Andrew Ellicott]].
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• The Nuttall Encyclopædia
  '''''The Nuttall Encyclopædia: Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge'''''<ref name="pg">{{cite web|url=http://www.gutenberg.or ...uttall]] (d. 1869), whose works, such as ''Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language'' (published in 1863), were eventually acquired by Fre
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• Wattle and daub
  ...6,000 years, and is still an important construction material in many parts of the world. Many historic buildings include wattle and daub construction, a ...ttle hurdle under construction.JPG|right|175px|thumb|Wattle in the process of being made.]]
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• Ceramic materials
  ...action=list&grp=C Ceramic Tile and Stone Standards]</ref> [[Clay]] was one of the earliest materials used to produce [[ceramic]]s, but many different cer ==Types of ceramic materials==
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• Antimicrobial polymers
  ...e=The Chemistry and Applications of Antimicrobial Polymers: A State of the Art Review|journal=BioMacromolecules|publisher=American Chemical Society|volume ...age of cytoplasmic constituents leads to the death of the cell. Comparison of small molecule antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial polymers are shown in
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• Metal
  ...s a [[chemical element]] that is a good [[Electrical conductor|conductor]] of both [[electricity]] and [[heat]] and forms [[cations]] and [[ionic bonds]] ...ed by a sea of delocalized [[electron]]s. They are one of the three groups of elements as distinguished by their ionization and bonding properties, along
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• Metallurgy
  [[Image:Georg Agricola.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Georg Agricola, author of ''De re metallica'', an important early book on metal extraction]] ...plied to their practical use. Metallurgy is commonly used in the [[craft]] of [[metalworking]].
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• Refractory metals
  ...on.cws_home/405934/description#description | title = International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials | publisher = Elsevier| accessdate = 2 ...components from these metals. Some of their applications include tools to work metals at high temperatures, wire filaments, casting molds, and chemical re
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• Gunpowder
  ...le, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or replicas of antique firearms are often used with [[black powder substitute]]. ...explosives [[detonation|detonate]], producing a supersonic wave. Ignition of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it
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• Dust
  ...ust in homes, offices, and other human environments contains small amounts of plant [[pollen]], human and animal hairs, [[textiles|textile fibers]], [[pa ...logged with '''dust''', rendering the computer unusable due to possibility of [[overheating]].]]
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• Glossary of textile manufacturing
  :''For terms specifically related to sewing, see [[Glossary of sewing terminology]].'' ...louring yarn or the finished material is [[dyeing]]. For more information of the various steps, see [[textile manufacturing]].
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• African textiles
  [[File:Kanga.jpg|thumb|A variety of a [[kanga]] and [[kitenge]], both widely worn in [[East Africa]] ]] ...o the ninth century BCE from sites at [[Igbo Ukwu]] of the [[Igbo people]] of [[Nigeria]]. Some twelfth century cloth fragments date from the [[Tellem]]
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• Textile preservation
  ...ialized care. Always contact a professional conservator if you are unsure of how to proceed in the preservation process. ...rol, and rely strongly on natural light to display their furnishings, both of which may contribute to textile decay.
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• Tulle bi telli
  ..., is a [[textile]] marrying [[cotton]] or [[linen]] mesh with small strips of metal, with its origins dating back to [[Ancient Egypt]]. The name translat Thin strips of metal, such as [[copper]] wire, [[silver]], [[pot metal]], [[brass]], chrom
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• Straw plaiting
  ...ts including hats and ornaments, and the process is undertaken in a number of locations worldwide. Straw can be plaited for a number of purposes, including: the [[thatching]] of roofs, to create a paper-making material, for ornamenting small surfaces as
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• Textiles of Oaxaca
  ...eEnFabricación-Teotitlán del Valle-Oaxaca-Mexico.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A work in progress on a stationary loom.]] ...]]. Oaxaca is home to several different groups of indigenous peoples, each of which has a distinctive [[textile]] tradition.
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• Textile
  A '''textile''' is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial [[fibre]]s often referred to as thread or [[yarn]]. Y ...g, spreading, crocheting, or bonding. ''Cloth'' refers to a finished piece of fabric that can be used for a purpose such as covering a bed.
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• History of clothing and textiles
  ...lk'', early 12th century painting by [[Emperor Huizong of Song]] (a remake of an 8th century original by artist [[Zhang Xuan]]), illustrates silk fabric ...corated their surroundings.<ref name="Cambridge intro">''Cambridge History of Western Textiles'', p. 1-6.</ref>
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• Textile manufacturing
  {{about||History of Textile manufacturing from 1750 to 1850 | Textile manufacture during the In ...)|finishing]] and colouration processes to the production of a wide ranges of products. There remains a large industry that uses [[Textile manufacturing
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• Textiles of Mexico
  ...ntil the era of [[Porfirio Díaz]] (1880s to 1910), when the mechanization of [[weaving]] was introduced, mostly by the French. ...a]] and [[Chiapas]]. The textile industry remains important to the economy of Mexico although it has suffered setback due to competition by cheaper goods
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• Renaissance Wax
  ...sh for cabinetry and furniture. Renaissance wax is also used by reenactors of historic swordsmanship to protect armour and weapons. It is widely recognis To quote a typical commercial supplier of conservation materials, it is used, ''to revive and protect valuable furnit
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• Trudon
  ...of the royal court of [[Louis XIV]], as well as most of the great churches of [[France]]. ...kills of the Trudons and gives the manufacture as an example. Such a level of quality earned Charles Trudon the appointment by King [[Louis XIV]] as Earl
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• Scagliola
  ...21 inches) by Ferndinando Enrico Hugford (1695–1771), featuring the arms of [[Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane|Fane]] impaling Stanhope</sub>]] ...nation of materials and technique provides a complex texture, and richness of color not available in natural veined marbles.
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• Scoubidou
  {{For|a song by [[Sacha Distel]] and which was formerly the title of the cartoon "Scooby-Doo" in French|Scooby-Doo}} [[Image:Gimpthreadspools.JPG|right|thumb|Two spools of plastic used for scoubidou]]
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• Salt ceramic
  ...MatSaltCeramic.htm</ref> and so is often used in folk craft and children's art. Like other air-dried modeling compounds, it is not suitable for vessels th Popular uses of salt ceramic include making jewelry<ref>http://www.pioneerthinking.com/vict
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)
  ...he list of sword national treasure craft items|List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-swords)}} [[File:Tamamushi Shrine Painting1.JPG|thumb|right|Detail of the Tamamushi Shrine]]
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
  ...list of non-sword national treasure craft items|List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)}} ...ational Treasure]]" has been used in Japan to denote [[Cultural Properties of Japan|cultural properties]] since 1897,<ref>{{cite book
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• Glazed architectural terra-cotta
  ...façade which features a fine relief of birds, flowers, leaves and typical Art Deco sunbursts under the windows.]] ...nd in U.S. urban environments. It is the [[Ceramic glaze|glazed]] version of [[architectural terracotta|architectural terra-cotta]]; the material in bot
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• Plaster
  ...'''plaster''' can refer to [[gypsum]] plaster (also known as '''''plaster of Paris'''''), [[lime plaster]], or [[cement plaster]]. Plaster of Paris is a type of building material based on [[calcium sulphate]] [[Hydrate|hemihydrate]], no
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• Edward Giles Stone
  ...neer prominent in many innovative, often daringly and spectacular, aspects of early [[reinforced concrete]] constructions in Australia. He was also invol ...oogroups.com on Monday, April 05, 2004 7:39 PM. This incorporates research work by Mr. Peter Alsop</ref>
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• Stucco
  ...cture121.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Stucco from the [[Khaneh Borujerdi ha|House of Borujerdi-ha]], 1850s, [[Kashan]], [[Iran]].]] '''Stucco''' or '''render''' is a material made of an [[Construction aggregate|aggregate]], a [[binder (material)|binder]], an
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• Bottle wall
  A '''bottle wall''' is a [[wall]] made out of [[Glass Bottles|glass bottle]]s and binding material. ...two fingers of separation are used as a means of spacing although any kind of spacing can be achieved.
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• Caulking
  ...s between planks. A related process was formerly employed to join sections of [[cast iron]] [[sanitary sewer|sewerage]] [[water pipe|pipe]]. ...stop]]ping. In the [[tunnelling]] industry, caulking refers to the sealing of joints in segmental [[precast concrete]] tunnels, commonly by using [[concr
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• Terracotta
  [[File:Hanuman in Terra Cotta.jpg|thumb|A terracotta sculpture of [[Hanuman]] in [[India]]. The reddish color is due to iron oxide in the sou ...LouvreEG126.JPG|thumb|Rare terracotta image of [[Isis]] lamenting the loss of [[Osiris]] (Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt) [[Musée du Louvre]], [[Paris]]]]
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• Adobe
  ...aceCoatingRenewalOnWall.jpg|frame|right|Renewal of the surface [[coating]] of an adobe wall in [[Chamisal]], [[New Mexico]]]] [[File:Adobe kilns from HABS.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of adobe kilns in [[Arizona]]]]
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• Super Adobe
  .... Due to Super Adobe’s inexpensive nature, ease in construction, and use of locally available materials, it has also been proposed for use as a long te ...gain worldwide recognition as a plausible solution to the global epidemic of housing shortages.
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• Thuja plicata
  ...bia]], and has extensive applications for the indigenous [[First Nations]] of the [[Pacific Northwest]].<ref name="Gymnosperm">Gymnosperm Database: [http ....<ref name="Gymnosperm"/><ref name="Farjon">Farjon, A. (2005). ''Monograph of Cupressaceae and Sciadopitys''. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-06
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• Felt
  ...y soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of any colour, and made into any shape or size. [[Image:Felt cloth.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A selection of 4 different felt cloths.]]
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• Building material
  {{For|other kinds of building materials|Hardware|Biology|Star formation}} ...pentry]], [[plumbing]], [[roofing]] and [[Building insulation|insulation]] work. This reference deals with [[Human habitat|habitat]]s and [[architecture|st
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• Wrought iron
  ...jpg|thumb|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought iron]] ...t|thumb|A wrought iron flower, on the fence in front of the [[Royal Courts of Justice]]]] -->
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• Bamboo
  |diversity_link = Taxonomy of the Bambuseae See the full '''[[Taxonomy of the Bambuseae]]'''.}}
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• Tile
  ...the [[Latin Language|Latin]] word ''tegula'', meaning a roof tile composed of baked clay. ...ay tiles have a waterproof glaze. A large number of shapes (or "profiles") of roof tiles have evolved. These include:
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• Concrete
  ...dome]].<ref>[http://www.romanconcrete.com/ The Roman Pantheon: The Triumph of Concrete]</ref>]] ...ern building: [[Boston City Hall]] (completed 1968) is largely constructed of concrete, both pre-cast and poured-in-place.]]
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• Monel
  ...uardianinterior.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Art Deco]] gate in the entrance hall of the [[Guardian Building]] is made from Monel metal.<ref name="MetAmHist">{{ ...ational Nickel Co. Monel alloy 400 is binary alloy of the same proportions of nickel and copper as is found naturally in the nickel ore from the Sudbury
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• Iron
  ...ition series]]. Like other [[Group 8 element]]s, it exists in a wide range of [[oxidation state]]s. Iron and iron [[alloy]]s ([[steel]]s) are by far the ...the heaviest stable element produced by stellar fusion because the fusion of iron is the last nuclear fusion reaction that is [[exothermic]]. Iron is th
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• Wood
  ...In the strict sense wood is produced as secondary [[xylem]] in the stems of [[tree]]s (and other woody plants). In a living tree it transfers [[water]] |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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• Ambroxol
  ...umocytes. Surfactants acts as an anti-glue factor by reducing the adhesion of mucus to the bronchial wall, in improving its transport and in providing pr ...mg/ml and 15 mg/ml, which can be given in adults and children from the age of 1 year on and even from infant in the latter concentration. Other formulati
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• Talking Tactile Tablet
  ...england/hereford/worcs/4782052.stm|title= College creates new touch device|work= BBC News|publisher= British Broadcasting Corporation|date= 7 March 2006|ac ...e___s_tool_for_blind/|title= Overseas success for college's tool for blind|work= Hereford Times|publisher= Newsquest Media Ltd|first= Mike|last= Pryce|date
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• American Society of Safety Engineers
  The '''American Society of Safety Engineers''' (ASSE), founded October 14, 1911, is the oldest safety ...ety will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2011 and commemorate 100 years of dedicated service to workplace safety and health at events across the natio
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• Safety climate
  ..." This article will discuss various aspects of safety climate as a term of art, including its origin within the safety and management profession, various ...include the number of lost time injuries, time and place of accident, type of injury, etc.
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• Cancer
  | Caption = A coronal [[CT scan]] showing [[malignant]] [[mesothelioma|cancer of the lung sac]].<br/>Legend: →&nbsp;tumor&nbsp;←, ★&nbsp;central [[ple ...of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cancer is [[oncology]].
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• Manganese
  ...us colors and are used industrially as [[pigment]]s. The [[permanganate]]s of [[alkali metal|alkali]] and [[alkaline earth metals]] are powerful oxidizer ...of enzymes in higher organisms, where they are essential in detoxification of [[superoxide]] free radicals. The element is a required trace mineral for a
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• Asbestos
  ...:Blue asbestos (teased).jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos showing the fibrous nature of the mineral]] ...sks related to exposure to asbestos at work |publisher=Publications Office of the European Union |date= |accessdate=2010-07-05}}</ref>
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• Institute of Occupational Medicine
  ...maintaining an independent, impartial position as an international centre of excellence. Since 1990, the IOM has been a fully independent "not for profi ...nt Branch, Dr Michael Jacobsen, Head of Statistics and Dr David Muir, Head of Medical Branch. [[File:CoalMiner.jpg|thumb|Underground coal miner]]
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• Occupational hygiene
  ...ntrolling [[health]] hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and well-being and safeguarding the community at l ...ustries and refers to "[[Employment|Work]]", "[[Workplace]]" and "Place of Work" in general. ''Environmental Hygiene'' addresses similar issues to ''Occup
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• Chromium
  ...rom the Greek word "chrōma" (χρώμα), meaning [[color]], because many of its compounds are intensely colored. It was discovered by [[Louis Nicolas V ...] ([[electroplating]] with chromium) are currently the highest-volume uses of the metal. Chromium and [[ferrochromium]] are produced from the single comm
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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  short_title=Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974...| parliament=Parliament of the United Kingdom|
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• Lead
  ...lead''' from [[Långban]], Sweden. This is a very fine, very rare specimen of crystallized native lead. Size 8×3×2 cm.]] ...2. Lead is a soft, [[malleable]] [[poor metal]]. It is also counted as one of the [[heavy metal (chemistry)|heavy metal]]s. Metallic lead has a bluish-wh
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• CNC router projects
  ...rojects or complete projects. A complete project can be a 3d caving. Parts of a project can be made and then assembled to produce a complete project like ...3 dimensional copy of the work. The CNC router uses a cutting tool instead of an ink jet. The cutting tool is generally a router but other cutters can be
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• Airbrush
  ...'Spray guns''' developed from the airbrush and are still considered a type of airbrush. ...was patented in 1876 (Patent Number 182,389) by [[Francis Edgar Stanley]] of [[Newton, Massachusetts]]. Stanley and his twin brother later invented a pr
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• Hemoglobin
  ...ng reason to change the spelling style, please first read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (spelling) and then begin a discussion on the talk page.--> | image_source = Structure of human hemoglobin. The protein's <font color = "red">'''α'''</font> and <fo
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...eacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for people. ...d as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member.
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• List of eponyms
  Here is a '''list of eponyms''': ...]] - [[#F|F]] - [[#G|G]] - [[#H|H]] - [[#I–J|I–J]] - [[#K|K]] - [[List of eponyms (L-Z)|L–Z]]'''
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• List of prizes named after people
  This is a list of '''[[prize]]s''' that are '''named after people'''. ''For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see [[Lists of etymologies]]''.
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• List of fictional diseases
  ...ed Death.<center>''<center>[[The Masque of the Red Death (film)|The Masque of the Red Death]]'', picture by [[Roger Corman]], 1964.</center>]] Items in this list are followed by a brief description of symptoms and other details.
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• Ion channel
  {{dablink|Another, unrelated ion channeling process is part of [[ion implantation]].}} ...assium_channel#Selectivity_filter|selectivity filter]], '''4''' - diameter of selectivity filter, '''5''' - [[phosphorylation]] site, '''6''' - [[cell me
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• Salvia divinorum
  | image_alt = A short green plant with many elliptical shaped leaves of arcuate venation ...[cloud forest]] in the isolated [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca|Sierra Mazateca]] of [[Oaxaca]], Mexico, growing in shady and moist locations.<ref name=Reisfiel
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• Jesuit's bark
  ...(from a [[17th century]] [[engraving]]). ''Cinchona'' genus is the source of '''Peruvian Bark''', an important historical remedy against [[malaria]].]] ...re first described and introduced by [[Jesuit]] priests who did missionary work in [[Peru]]. Other terms referring to this preparation and its source were
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• History of general anesthesia
  ...on (re-enactment).jpg|thumb|Re-enactment of the first public demonstration of [[general anesthesia]] by [[William T. G. Morton]] on October 16, 1846 in t ...physicians and other Eastern scholars maintained and advanced the practice of [[Medicine in medieval Islam|medicine]] in the [[Arab World]] during the mi
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• Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
  {{For|the assassination of Robert's brother, John|John F. Kennedy assassination}} ...[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[Immigration|immigrant]], was convicted of Kennedy's murder and is serving a life sentence for the crime. The shooting
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• Radical chic
  ...cal agitators. They are [[Ideology|ideologically]] invested in their cause of choice only so far as it advances their social standing. ...cerns over the [[semiotics]] of radicalism (such as the [[aestheticization of violence]]).
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• Counter-terrorism
  ...|terror]] as a tactic, and some choose not to use it because other tactics work better for them in a particular context. Individuals, such as [[Timothy McV ...and other measures may focus more on the insurgency than the specific acts of terror. [[Foreign internal defense]] (FID) is a term used by several countr
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...as been slow to formulate a universally agreed, legally binding definition of this crime. These difficulties arise from the fact that the term "terrorism .../ref> These divergences have made it impossible to conclude a [[Definition of terrorism#Proposed Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism|Comp
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• History of terrorism
  ...errorism]]. Scholars agree that terrorism is a disputed term, and very few of those labelled terrorists describe themselves as such. {{See also|Definition of terrorism}}
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• Propaganda of the deed
  ...reats to the [[working class]]. It also refers to the use of symbolic acts of violence against structural targets, in which the act is intended to evoke ...this is the most popular, the most potent, and the most irresistible form of propaganda."<ref>[http://marxists.org/reference/archive/bakunin/works/1870/
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• Guerrilla warfare
  {{History of war}} ...[[military tactics]], like [[ambush]]es, [[sabotage]], raids, the element of surprise, and extraordinary [[Motion (physics)|mobility]] to harass a large
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• Organized crime
  {{Redirect|Crime syndicate|the DC Comics group of villains|Crime Syndicate}} ...lo_pub/xcomplete.htm</ref> Such crime is commonly referred to as the work of the ''Mob'' in the U.S.
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• Copyright infringement
  ...ight to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make [[derivative work]]s. ...ef>{{Cite web| last = Panethiere| first = Darrell| title = The Persistence of Piracy: The Consequences for Creativity, for Culture, and for Sustainable D
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• Ken Alibek
  ...Executive Officer of [[AFG Biosolutions Inc.]] (USA) and President and CEO of [[MaxWell Biocorporation, LLC]] (USA)<ref>www.max-well.com</ref>. ...kov in [[Kauchuk]], in the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]] of the [[Soviet Union]] (in present day [[Kazakhstan]]) and grew up in [[Almat
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• United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
  |unit_name= U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases .... It is located on [[Fort Detrick]], [[Maryland]] and is a subordinate lab of the [[United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command|U. S. Army M
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• 2001 anthrax attacks
  ...g investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement."<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/anthrax/amerithraxlinks.htm</ref> ...ommitted suicide by an overdose of [[acetaminophen]].<ref name=ivins-cause-of-death>{{cite news|title=Ivins case reignites debate on anthrax|url=http://w
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• Butter sculpture
  In [[North America]], the [[tradition]] of butter [[sculpture]]s dates back to the 19th century at agricultural and [[ |title = Journey to Perfection: The Agricultural Art of Ross Butler
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• Condensed milk
  [[Image:BandW condensed milk.jpg|thumb|Can of Black & White condensed milk for international trade]] ...ng|thumb|Can of condensed milk sold in Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former USSR]]
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• Cheese
  [[File:Kaasmarkt2 close.jpg|thumb|Wheels of [[Gouda (cheese)|Gouda]]]] '''Cheese''' is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based [[food]] products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wi
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• Galalith
  ...), is a [[synthetic]] [[plastic]] material manufactured by the interaction of [[casein]] and [[formaldehyde]]. Given a commercial name derived from the G ...the final result was unsuitable for the original purpose, at the beginning of the 20th century, [[France|French]] chemist J.C. Trillat, discovered the me
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• Ice cream
  ...ng|flavourings]] and colourings are used in addition to (or in replacement of) the natural ingredients. This mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to p ...ant]] or have an [[Milk allergy|allergy to dairy protein]], or in the case of soy and rice milk, for those who want to avoid animal products.
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• Schmaltz
  ...anean Sea|Mediterranean]] (as in [[Spain]] and [[Italy]]); the overfeeding of geese to produce more fat per bird produced postclassical Europe's first [[ The manufacture of schmaltz involves cutting the fatty tissues of a pig or a bird (chicken or goose) into small pieces, melting the fat, and
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• Open collector
  ...ncollectorV3.png|thumb|right|300px|A simple schematic of an open collector of an integrated circuit (IC).]] ...]] whose collector is externalized (open) on a pin of the IC. The emitter of the [[transistor]] is connected internally to the ground pin. If the output
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• Breadboard
  ...' ('''protoboard''') is a construction base for [[prototype|prototyping]] of [[electronic circuit|electronics]]. The term is commonly used to refer to ...manent soldered prototypes or one-offs, cannot easily be reused. A variety of electronic systems may be prototyped by using breadboards, from small analo
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