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• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ...e best-known scholars of the day. This edition of the encyclopedia is now in the [[public domain]], but the outdated nature of some of its content makes ...ot only in the increased amount of American and Canadian content, but also in the efforts made to give it a more popular tone.{{Citation needed|date=June
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | author = As of 2008, 4,411 named contributors | media_type = As of 2008, 32 volumes (hardbound)
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  {{Refimprove|date=November 2008}} ...www.angelicum.net/html/in_memoriam_mortimer_j__adler.html Ralph McInerny, "In Memoriam Mortimer J. Adler," Crisis magazine, 2001]</ref>
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• A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar
  | image_caption = Title page from the 38th edition published in 1880 ...very popular<ref name="WAndrews" /> with 47 editions being printed by 1905 in English alone,<ref name="booklist" /> and this popularity enabled Brewer to
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• Radiant barrier
  ...ivity values sum to 1 by [[Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation|Kirchoff's law]]. ...are in the mid- and long- infrared [[Electromagnetic spectrum|spectrum]], in the range of 3 - 15 micrometres.
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• Friedel's salt
  ...s as chloride and iodide and is capable to retain them to a certain extent in its crystallographical structure. In the [[cement chemist notation]], considering that
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• Asphalt
  ...extremely large".<ref name="Quddus99">Muhammad Abdul Quddus (1992), p.99, in ch.5 pdf</ref> In [[American English]], asphalt (or asphalt cement) is the carefully refined
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• Colloid
  Many familiar substances are colloids, as shown in the [[Colloid#Classification of colloids|chart]] below. As well as these na ...are affected largely by the [[surface science|surface chemistry]] present in the colloid.
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• Depleted uranium
  ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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• Polystyrene
  Polystyrene is a [[thermoplastic]] substance, which is in solid (glassy) state at room temperature, but flows if heated above its [[g Solid polystyrene is used, for example, in disposable [[cutlery]], plastic models, CD and DVD cases, and smoke detecto
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• Dust
  {{Refimprove|date=October 2008}} ...Dust-storm-Texas-1935.png|thumb|A [[dust storm]] blankets [[Texas]] homes, in 1935.]]
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)
  ...reasures'', those that have been designated since June 9, 1951 after the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties came into force. ...of items is much higher since groups of related objects have been joined in single entries.
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• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
  The term "[[National Treasures of Japan|National Treasure]]" has been used in Japan to denote [[Cultural Properties of Japan|cultural properties]] since |title= Architecture and authority in Japan
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• Pervious concrete
  ...he interconnectivity of the voids. Pervious concrete is traditionally used in [[parking lot|parking areas]], areas with light traffic, residential [[stre ...sfer of both water and air to root systems allowing trees to flourish even in highly developed areas.
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• Hemp
  In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, [ title=Industrial Hemp Production in Alberta |
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• White cane
  ...rd Hoover, is designed primarily as a mobility tool used to detect objects in the path of a user. Cane length depends upon the height of a user, and trad *'''"Kiddie" cane''': This version works in the same way as an adult's long cane, but is designed for use by children.
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• Crowd control barrier
  {{Unreferenced|date=June 2008}} ...es,''' with some versions called a '''French barrier''' or '''bike rack''' in the USA), are commonly used at many public events. They are frequently visi
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• Work method statement
  {{Orphan|date=September 2008|att=September 2008}} ...te a piece of plant or equipment. It is law to have work method statements in place to advise employees and contractors on how to work safely.
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• Young worker safety and health
  {{Cleanup|date=June 2008}}{{Original research|date=June 2008}} ...almost any economic sector. However, at a global level, most of them work in agriculture (70%).<ref name=WHO_Childlab/>
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• Chemical accident
  ...a substance or substances hazardous to human health and/or the environment in the short or long term. Such events include [[Conflagration|fires]], [[expl ...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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