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  • 111Lumière brothers — ▪ French inventors  French inventors and pioneer manufacturers of photographic equipment who devised an early motion picture camera and projector called the Cinématographe (“cinema” is derived from this name). Auguste Lumière (b. Oct. 19, 1862,… …

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  • 112Nicholas Dozenberg — Nicholas Nick Dozenberg (1882 1954) was an American political functionary with the Communist Party USA in the 1920s. Late in 1927 Dozenberg was recruited into the underground Soviet military intelligence network, for which he worked for more than …

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  • 113still — I [[t]stɪl[/t]] adj., still•er, still•est, n. adv. conj. v. adj. 1) remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still[/ex] 2) free from sound or noise 3) subdued or low in sound; hushed 4) free from turbulence or commotion;… …

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  • 114David Bendeth — Born 17 June 1954, Stoke Newington, Hackney, London, England Genres Jazz fusion/soul/funk/rock Occupations Producer, Songwriter, Musician, Mixer, Artist Instruments Guitar …

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  • 115micromotion — /muy kreuh moh sheuhn/, n. 1. a motion, esp. a periodic one, of very short duration or length. 2. (in time and motion study) the analysis of the time of a work performance in its basic subdivisions with the aid of a timing apparatus, motion… …

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  • 116space station — space station, adj. an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc. Also called space platform. [1940 45] * * * Manned artificial structure designed to revolve …

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  • 118Quadruplex videotape — 2 inch Quadruplex (also called 2″ Quad, or just quad, for short) was the first practical and commercially successful videotape format. It was developed and released for the broadcast television industry in 1956 by Ampex, an American company based …

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  • 119throw — /throh/, v., threw, thrown, throwing, n. v.t. 1. to propel or cast in any way, esp. to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball. 2. to hurl or project (a missile), as a gun… …

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  • 120Oscilloscope history — This article discusses the history and gradual development of the Oscilloscope. Contents 1 Hand drawn oscillograms 2 Automatic paper drawn oscillograph 3 Photographic oscillograph 4 …

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