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21Alan Arnold Griffith — (13 June 1893 ndash; 13 Oct 1963) was an English engineer, who, among many other contributions, is best known for his work on stress and fracture in metals that is now known as metal fatigue, as well as being one of the first to develop a strong… …
22break — vb Break, crack, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver are comparable as general terms meaning fundamentally to come apart or cause to come apart. Break basically implies the operation of a stress or strain that will cause a rupture, a fracture, a… …
23pregnancy — /preg neuhn see/, n., pl. pregnancies. the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant. [1520 30; PREGN(ANT) + ANCY] * * * Process of human gestation that takes place in the female s body as a fetus develops, from fertilization to birth (see… …
24Alan Needleman — was born in 1944 in Philadelphia, PA and is currently the Florence Pirce Grant University Professor of Mechanics of Solids and Structures at Brown University in Providence, RI. Professor Needleman received his B.S. from the University of… …
25MythBusters (2006 season) — Country of origin Australia United States No. of episodes 28 (includes 2 specials) Broadcast Original channel Discovery Channel …
261998 Esso Longford gas explosion — The 1998 Esso Longford gas explosion was a catastrophic industrial accident which occurred at the Esso natural gas plant at Longford in the Australian state of Victoria s Gippsland region. On 25 September 1998, an explosion took place at the… …
271946 Nankaidō earthquake — Earthquake title=1946 Nankaido earthquake date= December 20 1946 magnitude = 8.1 Mwcite web |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1946 12 20.php |title=The 1946 Nankaido earthquake |accessdate=2008 06 29 |work= |publisher=USGS… …
28Paralysis — Not to be confused with Spasticity, Sensory loss, or Numbness. Paralysed redirects here. For other uses, see Paralysed (disambiguation). Paralyse redirects here. For the 2008 pop song, see Paralyse (song). For other uses, see Paralysis… …
29List of Biblical names — This is a list of names from the Bible, mainly taken from the 19th century public domain resource: : Hitchcock s New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible by Roswell D. Hitchcock, New York: A. J. Johnson, 1874, c1869.Each name is given with its …
30Boiling water reactor — A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor developed by the General Electric in the mid 1950s.Fact|date=April 2008 The BWR is characterized by two phase fluid flow (water and steam) in the upper part of the reactor core. See… …
