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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899) | country = United Kingdom (1768–1900)<br>United States (1901–present)
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• Propædia
  ...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
  | birth_place = [[New York, New York]], [[United States]] | death_place = [[Palo Alto, California]], United States
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• Polymer science
  ...s such as [[plastic]]s. The field of polymer science includes researchers in multiple disciplines including [[chemistry]], [[physics]], and [[engineerin *[[Polymer chemistry]] or [[macromolecular chemistry]], concerned with the chemical synthesis and chemical properties of polymers.
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• Polylysine
  | Solubility in water = Soluble ...ntation. ε-Poly-<small>L</small>-lysine is used as a natural preservative in food products.
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• Antimicrobial polymers
  ...title=The Chemistry and Applications of Antimicrobial Polymers: A State of the Art Review|journal=BioMacromolecules|publisher=American Chemical Society|vo ...mall molecule antimicrobial agents and antimicrobial polymers are shown in the following table:<ref name="Review"/>
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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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• Refractory metals
  ...="#90FF00"|[[Ruthenium|Ru]]||bgcolor="#90FF00"|[[Rhodium|Rh]]||Pd||Ag||Cd||In||Sn||Sb||Te||I ||Xe ...ds, and chemical reaction vessels in corrosive environments. Partly due to the high melting point, refractory metals are stable against [[creep (deformati
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• Polystyrene
  ...red from [[petroleum]] by the [[chemical industry]]. Polystyrene is one of the most widely used kinds of [[plastic]]. Polystyrene is a [[thermoplastic]] substance, which is in solid (glassy) state at room temperature, but flows if heated above its [[g
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• Textile preservation
  ...humb|250px|[[Ainu people|Ainu]] ceremonial dress on display under glass in the [[British Museum]].]] ...contact a professional conservator if you are unsure of how to proceed in the preservation process.
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• Kerosene
  ...ican Gas Light Company and the Downer Company (to which Gesner had granted the right) were allowed to call their lamp oil ''kerosene''.<ref>{{Cite book | title = The golden flood: an informal history of America's first oil field
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• Scagliola
  ...op (39 x 21 inches) by Ferndinando Enrico Hugford (1695–1771), featuring the arms of [[Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane|Fane]] impaling Stanhope</sub>]] ...le inlays, the ''[[pietra dura]]'' works created for the [[Medici]] family in [[Florence]].
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• Thuja plicata
  | image_caption = An old tree in [[Vancouver]] ...]], and has extensive applications for the indigenous [[First Nations]] of the [[Pacific Northwest]].<ref name="Gymnosperm">Gymnosperm Database: [http://w
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• Steel
  ...(materials science)|hardness]], [[ductility]], and [[tensile strength]] of the resulting steel. Steel with increased carbon content can be made harder and ...iron]], which can contain a small amount of carbon, but it is included in the form of [[slag]] [[inclusion (casting)|inclusion]]s. Two distinguishing fac
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• Wrought iron
  [[image:Eiffel tower from below.jpg|thumb|The [[Eiffel tower]] is constructed from [[puddle iron]], a form of wrought iro ...ron flower.jpg|right|thumb|A wrought iron flower, on the fence in front of the [[Royal Courts of Justice]]]] -->
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• Bamboo
  |image_caption = Bamboo forest in [[Kyoto]], [[Japan]] |diversity_link = Taxonomy of the Bambuseae
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• Cement
  [[File:06 Contes cimenterie.jpg|thumb|[[Lafarge]] cement plant in [[Contes, Alpes-Maritimes|Contes]], (France).]] ...binder. The volcanic ash and pulverized brick additives that were added to the burnt lime to obtain a hydraulic binder were later referred to as cementum,
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• Telesensory Systems
  ...h&res=9B0DE7DE1F3FF93AA15753C1A961948260|title=High-Tech Devices That Help in Seeing|date=October 29, 1987|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=2009-01-25 ...r blind people during the 1970s, and expanded into the low vision field in 1984.
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• Carbonless copy paper
  ...f> Early product literature piggybacked on NCR's corporate name by calling the paper '''''N'''o '''C'''arbon '''R'''equired paper''. Carbonless copy paper works in a fairly simple way. It consists of sheets of paper that are [[coated paper
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• Chemical accident
  ...ubstance or substances hazardous to human health and/or the environment in the short or long term. Such events include [[Conflagration|fires]], [[explosio ...cidents in recorded history was the 1984 [[Bhopal disaster]] in [[India]], in which more than 3,000 people were killed after a highly toxic [[vapour]], (
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