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• Prussian blue
  To date, the "Entombment of Christ", dated 1709 by [[Pieter van der Werff]] (Pictur The composition is notoriously variable due to the presence of lattice defects, allowing it to be hydrated to various d
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• Procaine benzylpenicillin
  ...ecommended dose of benzathine penicillin. Medication errors have been made due to the confusion between '''Bicillin L-A''' & '''Bicillin C-R'''.<ref>{{cit {{Expand section|date=March 2010}}
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• Omeprazole
  ...heavily marketed [[esomeprazole]] (Nexium) as a replacement in 2001 {{When|date=July 2009}}. Esomeprazole is the S-enantiomer in the pure form. ...all patients, eliminating the "poor metabolizer effect".{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}}
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• Atenolol
  ...E-guideline-on-the-management-of-hypertension-in-adults-in-primary-care/ | date=2006-06-30 | publisher=[[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excelle Due to its hydrophilic properties, the drug is less suitable in [[migraine]] pr
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• Hydralazine
  * Compensatory [[tachycardia]] due to baroreceptor reflex ->Angina ...ence incidence of lupus-like disease in slow acetylators.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}
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• Digoxin
  ...leading to increased tissue [[perfusion]]. Myocardial efficiency improves due to improved [[hemodynamics]], and the ventricular function curve is improve ...wed by a decrease as the [[potassium|K⁺]] conductance increases due to an increased [[intracellular]] amounts of [[calcium|Ca²⁺]] io
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• Simvastatin
  ...and Parkinson's disease | journal =BMC Medicine | volume =5 | pages =20 | date =July 19, 2007 | doi =10.1186/1741-7015-5-20 | pmid =17640385 | accessdate ...large number of other drugs resulting in higher plasma levels of the drug. Due to the risk of toxicity patients taking simvastatin should avoid intake of
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• Dopamine
  ...ell as by diffusing through the neural membrane directly.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} By entering the presynaptic neuron, amphetamines force dopamin ...jects can become hypersocial, as well as [[hypersexual]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} This is credited to an increase in dopamine, because mania can b
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• Acetazolamide
  {{Confusing|section|date=June 2009}} ...ly leads to a metabolic acidosis. In the meantime, H⁺ backs up due to acetazolamide CA inhibition in the tubule and enters the cell with Cl<su
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• Acetic acid
  ...te journal|title = Production report|journal = Chem. Eng. News|publication-date = 11 July 2005|pages=67–76}}</ref><ref name='suresh'>{{cite book|last = S Due to incompatibilities, it is recommended to keep acetic acid away from [[chr
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• Spironolactone
  ...e may exceed that of complex combined regimens of other antihypertensives. Due to its anti[[androgen]] effect, it can also be used to treat [[hirsutism]]. ...ce of active collagen metabolism and increasing fibrosis {{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}).
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• Glucose
  ...y [[glycosylation]] is often essential to their function.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}
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• Caffeine citrate
  {{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}} ...the citrate counter ion dissociates in water. Doses of caffeine citrate, due to the added weight of the citrate moiety, are understandably higher than w
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• Salbutamol
  ...l_20_Sept_08.pdf</ref> and many athletes have been banned{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} for use of salbutamol. {{Globalize/North America|section |date=December 2009 |discuss=Talk:Salbutamol#Globalize }}
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• Ipratropium
  ...k/showdoc/40025112/ |title=Antimuscarinic Bronchodilators |author=Knott L |date=November 20, 2007 |publisher=EMIS |work=PatientUK |accessdate=2008-06-16}}<
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• Metoclopramide
  The anti-emetic action of metoclopramide is due to its antagonist activity at D₂ receptors in the [[chemorecepto ...oclopramide-containing drugs |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |date=February 26, 2009 |url=http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnounce
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• Potassium chloride
  ...aterial Safety Data Sheet - Potassium Chloride|publisher = Sigma–Aldrich|date = July 2001}}</ref> ...]]s,<ref>{{US patent|3874504}}</ref> but these are no longer being created due to cheaper and more efficient methods such as the oxidation of metals ('Hot
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• Cortisol
  {{Copyedit|date=March 2010}} {{Cleanup-jargon|date=March 2010}}
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• Ibuprofen
  {{Merge from|Advil|date=August 2010}} ...rk=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=Victoria | last=Lambert | date=2007-10-08}}</ref>
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• Epinephrine
  ...=American Journal of Physiology|volume=89|pages=84–107|year=1929}}{{full|date=November 2009}}</ref> Chemically, epinephrine is a [[catecholamine]], a [ ...html |title=0406_s1_article_01 |work= |accessdate=2010-03-02}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Japanese chemist [[Jokichi Takamine]] an
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...esia|anesthetic]] and [[analgesic]] effects. It is known as "laughing gas" due to the [[Euphoria|euphoric]] effects of inhaling it, a property that has le ...s. Prof. Poe was in his sixty-eighth year. |publisher=[[Washington Post]] |date=February 3, 1914 |accessdate=2007-12-29}}</ref>
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• Mercury (element)
  ...cimal coin)|pound coin]] (density ~7.6 g/cm³) floats in mercury due to the combination of the buoyant force and surface tension.]] ...eak bonds and thus easily melting solids. The stability of the 6s shell is due to the presence of a filled 4f shell. An f shell poorly screens the nuclear
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• Magnesium sulfate
  ...ized. Both are however not the highest known hydrates of MgSO₄, due to the recent terrestrial find of [[meridianiite]], MgSO₄·11H<s ...magnesium sulfate is commonly used as a [[desiccant]] in organic synthesis due to its affinity for water. During [[work-up]], an organic phase is saturate
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• Zidovudine
  ...y retroviruses, but this knowledge was of limited use in clinical settings due to a lack of drugs that were effective against them. The development of the ...tle = A Failure Led to Drug Against AIDS | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = 1986-09-20 | accessdate = 2010-06-30 }}</ref> In 1974, Wolfram Ostertag o
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• Morphine
  *[[Hepatotoxicity]] or [[liver]] [[toxicity|damage]] (due to [[acetaminophen]] or [[paracetemol]] (APAP; Tylenol) in many morphine pr *[[Liver failure]] (again, due to acetaminophen)
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• Paracetamol
  ...e became scarce in the 1880s, people began to look for alternatives.{{Fact|date=May 2009}} 2009}}--> ...> But its unacceptable toxic effects, the most alarming being [[cyanosis]] due to [[methemoglobinemia]], prompted the search for less toxic aniline deriva
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• Ephedrine
  ...s JEF | title=[[Martindale: The complete drug reference]] | edition=29th | date=1989 | publisher=Pharmaceutical Press | location=London | isbn= 0-85369-210 ...ble for prescription for this purpose.{{Citation needed|reason = Sept 2010|date=September 2010}}
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• Diazepam
  | date= October 3, 2005 ...called [[stiff-person syndrome]].<ref name="RXL.Indications">{{cite web | date= January 24, 2005 | url= http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/diazepam_ids.htm
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• EDTA
  ....</ref> Many complexes of EDTA^4- adopt more complex structures due to (i) the formation of an additional bond to water, i.e. seven-coordinate ...rities of lanthanide (typically greater than 4N, 99.99%).{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}
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• Benzylpenicillin
  ...ially relevant to patients with renal failure, who may accumulate the drug due to reduced urinary excretion rates.<ref>Fossieck B Jr, Parker RH. Neurotoxi | date =
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• Plastic recycling
  ...needed|date=August 2008}} Plastics have a low entropy of mixing, which is due to the high molecular weight of their large polymer chains. A macromolecule ...a process of [[transesterification|methanolysis]], but it closed the plant due to economic pressures.<ref>http://www.allbusiness.com/chemicals/chemicals-o
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• Calia
  ...es Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1999-03-05 |accessdate=2009-12-29}}</ref> ...s peoples of the Americas|Native American]] people, but this is uncertain, due to confusion over names. The symptoms of cytisine poisoning are very unplea
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• Cicuta
  ...itle = Water Parsnip | work = | publisher = Government of Saskatchewan | date = | url = http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=e2b0945b-6609-4 ...=Heracleum lanatum | work = | publisher = University of Saskatchewan | date = | url =http://www.usask.ca/agriculture/plantsci/classes/range/heracleum
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• Aconitum
  ...A|title=The flip side of Ayurveda|journal=Journal of postgraduate medicine|date=1 October 1993|volume=39|issue=4|pages=179–82|pmid=0007996491}}</ref> Ac ...ng potency and stability.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Fundam Clin Pharmacol|date=2004-04|volume=18|issue=2|pages=157–61|title=The local anesthetic activit
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• Aconitum anthora
  ...rthern parts of Asia. Like all Aconitum species, it has great variability, due to isolation and [[Hybrid (biology)|hybridisation]]. Because of this polymo It is considered {{Fact|date=February 2007}} a threatened plant in the Czech Republic.
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• Solanum aculeastrum
  ...y derives from "[[Apple of Sodom (disambiguation)|sodom apple]]", modified due to the fruit's [[detergent]] properties. {{Nofootnotes|date=February 2008}}
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• Kikayon
  {{Verify credibility|date=December 2009}} ...ly ("in a night"), were uncultivated in ancient times ("not labored over") due to the invisibility of mushroom [[spore]]s to the naked eye, and in some cu
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• Hyacinth bean
  ...= |accessdate=2008-07-15 |edition= |series=Lost Crops of Africa |volume=2 |date=2006-10-27 |publisher=National Academies Press |location= |isbn=978-0-309-1 ...edible leaves, flowers, pods, seeds and roots. Dry seeds are [[poison]]ous due to high concentrations of [[cyanogenic]] [[glucoside]]s, and can only be ea
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• Veratrum viride
  ...e upon Tyne]] Centre for Cancer Education |work=Online Medical Dictionary |date=n.d. |accessdate=2008-08-31}}</ref> The root contains even higher concentra
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• Agave
  ...tincture]] is taken orally to treat [[arthritic]] joints.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} ...tently resemble any species known in the wild, although this may simply be due to the differences in growing conditions in Europe.
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• List of poisonous plants
  {{Refimprove|date=September 2007}} ...bar Bean]]''' (''Physostigma venenosum'') Also known as '''ordeal beans''' due to their former use in [[trial by ordeal|trials by ordeal]]. Contains the
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• Hellebore
  ...to ''V. album'' and has sometimes been mistaken for it. {{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} ...[demon]]s. ''Helleborus niger'' is commonly called the [[Christmas]] rose, due to an old legend that it sprouted in the snow from the tears of a young gir
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• Digitalis
  ...is is a [[biennial plant]] which is often grown as an [[ornamental plant]] due to its vivid [[flower]]s. These range in color from various purple [[tint]] ...(full text)|editor=Boswell J.T.|publisher=Edward hardwicke|location=London|date=1866|edition=III|volume=VI campanulacae to verbanacea|pages=128|url=http://
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• Zantedeschia
  ...y (Zantedeschia aethiopica ) |accessdate=2007-11-18 |author=Miles, Jackie |date=2002-09-12 |work=South Coast Weeds |publisher=Eurobodalla Shire Council}}</
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• Locoweed
  ...has led to confusion between swainsonine poisoning and selenium poisoning due to this genus. ...which grow in areas with high [[selenium]] content in the [[soil]].{{Fact|date=May 2009}} Swainsonine has been found in:<ref name=Jonesetal1997p252/>
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• Conium
  ...| last=Brooks | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Plant Poisoning, Hemlock | date=2008-11-07 | publisher= | url =http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/821362 ...with eventual paralysis of the respiratory muscles which results in death due to lack of oxygen to the heart and brain. Death can be prevented by [[mecha
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• Ageratum conyzoides
  ...ese language|Vietnamese]], the plant is called ''cứt lợn'' (Pig Feces) due to its growth in dirty areas.<ref>http://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E1%BB%A9t_ It has [[medicinal plant]] properties. However, it's limited for internal use due to [[toxicity]] issues. It is also an [[insecticide]] and [[nematicide]].<r
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• Privet
  ...oblem in New Zealand. It is banned from sale or cultivation in New Zealand due to the effects of its pollen on asthma sufferers. Privet pollen is known to .../gardens|title=Privet: keep out|author=Zoe Williams|publisher=The Guardian|date=22 May 2007}}</ref>
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• Taxus baccata
  It is considered by several authors {{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} that the oldest yew tree in Spain is located in [[Bermiego]], ...the DNA of ''Taxus baccata''. The species is threatened by felling, partly due to rising demand from pharmaceutical companies, and disease.<ref>Ross, Shan
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• Nerium oleander
  ...es Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1998-03-09 |accessdate=2010-06-26}}</ref> ...ly with no sign of a specific rhythm. Extremities may become pale and cold due to poor or irregular circulation. Reactions to poisonings from this plant c
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• Colchicum autumnale
  ...ragers for [[ramsons]], which it vaguely resembles, but is a deadly poison due to the presence of [[colchicine]], a useful drug with a narrow [[therapeuti ...96702.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]] |title=Medicinal plants 'facing threat' |date=2008-01-19}}</ref>
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• Bloodroot
  ...ower shape and have in the past been separated out as different subspecies due to these variable shapes; currently most taxonomic treatments lump these d ...is March, M.D.|author=Composite State Board of Medical Examiners (Georgia)|date= 2005-07-26}}</ref><ref>http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Notices/Medicine/010103
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• Euphorbia
  ...rives from the [[Middle English]]/[[Old French]] ''espurge'' ("to purge"), due to the use of the plant's sap as a [[purgative]]. ...herbal]] remedy when the king suffered from a swollen belly{{Verify source|date=November 2007}}<!-- original text was jumbled - this is the best I can make
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• Lupin poisoning
  ...equired toxin-removal by traditional leaching in water preparation methods due to the better flavour that results. Improper preparation of bitter [[lupin] ...icholinergic toxicity associated with lupin seed ingestion: case report | date = April 2004 | year = 2004 | issue = Issue 2 | url = http://journals.
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• Castor oil plant
  ...st damage in sheltered spots, where it remains evergreen.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} It was used in Edwardian times in the parks of Toronto, Ont The toxicity of raw castor beans due to the presence of [[ricin]] is well-known. Although the lethal dose in adu
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• Kalmia latifolia
  ...considered the world's authority on ''Kalmia latifolia''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} Mountain-laurel is [[poison]]ous to several different animals due to [[andromedotoxin]] and [[arbutin]], including [[horse]]s, [[goat]]s, [[c
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• White Bryony
  {{globalise|date=May 2010}} White bryony thrives in full sun. Due to birds depositing seeds where they like to eat and nest, bryony is preval
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• Illicium anisatum
  ''Illicium japonicum'' <small>[[Sieb.]]</small></br> {{Fact|date=June 2009}} ''Illicium religiosum'' <small>[[Sieb.]] et [[Zucc.]]</small></br> {{Fact|date=June 2009}}
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• Atropa belladonna
  ...3.002 |url=}}</ref> [[Germination]] of the small seeds is often difficult, due to hard seed coats that cause seed [[dormancy]]. Germination takes several ...58-1 | title = Solanaceae Atropa belladonna L. | accessdate = 2008-03-01 | date = 2003-07-02 | work = Plant Name Details | publisher = [[International Plan
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• Poison ivy
  ...y leaf damage, leafless conditions during winter, and unusual growth forms due to environmental and/or genetic factors. The appearance of poison ivy can v ...e|title=Least-Welcome Sign of Summer|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=June 22, 2010|author2=Athavaley, Anjali|page=D1}}</ref>
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• Narcissus (plant)
  ...'[[Narcissus jonquilla]]'' and cultivars derived from it.{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} ...ave a yellow to golden-yellow color all over, both in the wild species and due to breeding, the perianth and corona may be variously colored. Breeders hav
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• Stinging nettle
  ...ng can last from only a few minutes to as long as a week.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} ...ring the [[Highland Clearances]] can still be identified.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}
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• Robinia pseudoacacia
  {{Refimprove|date=October 2009}} | date =1900
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• Rebar
  {{Refimprove|date=January 2008}} ...l statement that the reinforcing is suitable for welding.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}
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• Autarky
  ...of Ceausescu with both Western and Communist leaders was worsening.{{Fact|date=October 2007}} ...in 1959, coinciding with the beginning of the "[[Spanish miracle]]".{{Fact|date=October 2007}}
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...and anti-submarine roles and as air ambulances in the [[Middle East]].{{CN|date=May 2017}} ...n an Airspeed Oxford, presumably crashing into the [[Thames Estuary]].{{CN|date=May 2017}}
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• Temazepam
  ...idelines in the UK limit the prescribing of hypnotics to two-to-four weeks due to concerns of [[drug tolerance|tolerance]] and [[physical dependence|depen ...nal | author = Gilbert SS | coauthors = Burgess HJ, Kennaway DJ, Dawson D |date=1 December 2000| title = Attenuation of sleep propensity, core hypothermia,
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• Thomas Dobson
  ...was well received. It was by far the best edition of the ''Britannica'' to date, and remained so until roughly the 7th edition. (See [[History of the Ency In 1822, Dobson retired from book-selling due to old age and ill health. He died the following year.
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• Donald Mackenzie Wallace
  ...Dictionary|editor=C. Hayavando Rao|publisher=Pillar & Co.|location=Madras|date=1915|pages=456-57|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Indian_Biographical Due to the success of his work in [[Russia]], Wallace was appointed as foreign
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• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ...ffice was established to run that side of the enterprise.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}} ...transition to becoming a substantially American venture.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2010}} ...Encyclopaedia Britannica changes to survive | last = Day | first = Peter | date = 17 December 1997 | publisher = BBC News | quote = Sales plummeted from 10
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• Robert McHenry
  ...d their ''[[Encarta]]'' encyclopedia. McHenry believes these failures were due to a reluctance amongst senior management to fully embrace new technology, ...End Of Traditional Encyclopedias? | work=The Wall Street Journal Online | date=2006-09-12 | url=http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115756239753455284-
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|6|28|1902|12|28}} {{Refimprove|date=November 2008}}
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• Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar
  |date of birth={{Birth date|1772|9|5|df=y}} |date of death={{death date and age|1834|10|23|1772|9|5|df=yes}}
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...rticles to the 9th edition, but lost his teaching position on 24 May 1881, due to the controversy his (ir)religious articles aroused; he was immediately h ...irst = Charles | title = No title | journal = Manchester Guardian Weekly | date = 10 July 1988}}</ref>
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• Abramowitz and Stegun
  ...le=Boole's Rule - from Wolfram MathWorld |publisher=Mathworld.wolfram.com |date=2009-10-27 |accessdate=2009-11-13}}</ref>
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• A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
  !Edition !!Date !! Print size<ref name="Lightman66" /> The exact date of the book's first publication is uncertain.<ref name="Ferguson" /> Brewer
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• The World Factbook
  ...n the World is Mt. Kilimanjaro? Visit the CIA World Factbook to Find Out | date= 2008-01-03 | url = https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-arc ...World Factbook 2006 Now Available |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |date= 2006-04-05 |url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statem
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...at species and individuals are not static, and that when they change it is due to a new purpose given. In the Ikhwan doctrine there are similarities betw ...if all its branches are chopped but it dies when the head is cut off. The date-palm is therefore considered the highest among the trees and resembles the
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• Homeostasis
  ...K. |coauthors=Ritz-De Cecco, Angela; Czeisler, Charles A.; Dijk, Derk-Jan |date=1 October 1999|title= Circadian temperature and melatonin rhythms, sleep, a ...he stimulus. This process can be beneficial but is rarely used by the body due to risks of the acceleration's becoming uncontrollable.
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• Red eye (medicine)
  {{Condense|date=July 2009}} ...ye''''' is a non-specific term to describe an [[eye]] that appears [[red]] due to illness, injury, or some other condition. "[[Conjunctivitis]]" and "'''b
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• Miosis
  | date = 2006-03-29 ...orner syndrome]] (a set of abnormalities in the nervous supply of the face due to damage to the [[sympathetic nervous system]]).
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• Pathologic nystagmus
  {{Merge from|physiologic nystagmus|date=May 2010}} ...tion, affecting one in every 5,000 to 10,000 individuals.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} One survey in Oxfordshire, England, reported that one in ev
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• Mydriasis
  {{Mergefrom|Blown pupil|date=April 2010}} '''Mydriasis''' is an excessive dilation of the [[pupil]] due to [[disease]], [[Physical trauma|trauma]] or the use of [[drug]]s. Normall
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• Blown pupil
  {{Mergeto|Mydriasis|date=April 2010}} {{Unreferenced|date=March 2007}}
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• Graves' ophthalmopathy
  ...broblasts]] and [[preadipocytes]], which causes orbital volume enlargement due to fat deposition. ...ut patients often complain of pressure in the orbit. Periorbital swelling due to inflammation can also be observed.
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• Sodium channel blocker
  | date = 2007-05-27 | accessdate = 2007-12-16 ...as been suggested that part of the efficacy of some [[antidepressant]]s is due to sodium channel blockade.<ref name="pmid17175203">{{cite journal |author=
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• Propolis
  | date = 23 July 2009 ...ournal)|Phytochemistry]] | volume = 34 | issue = 1 | pages = 191–6 | date = 1993-08-03
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• Diamondoid
  ...' as an intermediate which is hydrolyzed to the apical [[alcohol]] '''5''' due to the higher [[steric hindrance|steric demand]] of the active electrophili ...have up to a spoonful of diamondoids per gallon (about 3.78 liters).{{Fact|date=June 2008}} A review by Mello and Moldowan in 2005 showed that although th
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• Salisbury screen
  | date = 2000 ...wave reaches the surface, the two waves combine and cancel each other out due to the phenomenon of [[interference (wave propagation)|interference]]. The
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• Paper
  ...although there is some evidence for it being used before this date.{{fact|date=February 2010}} [[Papermaking]] is considered to be one of the ''[[Four Gre ...ing]]. Chemical pulps tend to cost more than [[mechanical pulp]]s, largely due to the low yield, 40–50% of the original wood. Since the process preserve
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• Ground granulated blast furnace slag
  ...nding the lifespan of buildings from fifty years to a hundred years.{{Fact|date=June 2008}} ...ce]], the staining of concrete surfaces by [[calcium carbonate]] deposits. Due to its much lower [[lime (mineral)|lime]]<!-- or [[Calcium oxide]]?? --> co
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• Fougerite
  {{orphan|date=March 2010}} {{refimprove|date=August 2008}}
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• Auxetics
  ...tched, they become thicker perpendicular to the applied force. This occurs due to their hinge-like structures, which flex when stretched. Such materials a ...r]].<ref>{{Citation | last = Quinion | first = Michael | title = Auxetic | date = 1996-11-09 | url = http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-aux1.ht
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• Carbon grid
  {{Orphan|date=February 2009}} {{Cleanup|date=June 2009}}
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• Solid surface
  {{Unreferenced|date=January 2009}} ..., but The Onyx Collection guarantees their products forever{{POV-statement|date=June 2010}}. Because solid surface is solid throughout, a countertop that h
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• Ceramic materials
  {{refimprove|date=February 2009}} ...e materials do show [[plasticity (physics)|plastic deformation]]. However, due to the rigid structure of the crystalline materials, there are very few ava
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• Friedel's salt
  ...twin crystals). This point requires further verification.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}<ref>[http://www.annales.org/archives/x/gfriedel.html Biograp | date = 2004-06
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• Slate
  {{Refimprove|date=May 2009}} ...to absorb water also makes it very resistant to frost damage and breakage due to freezing.
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• Gemstone
  ...apaport report of ICA Gemstone Conferene in Dubai |publisher=Diamonds.net |date=2007-05-16 |accessdate=2010-07-30}}</ref> ...obvious and attractive feature of gemstones. The color of any material is due to the nature of light itself. Daylight, often called white light, is actua
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