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  • 31Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …

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  • 32France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 33Financial history of the Dutch Republic — describes the history of the interrelated development of financial institutions in the Dutch Republic. The rapid economic development of the country after the Dutch Revolt in the years 1585 1620, described in Economic History of the Netherlands… …

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  • 34particle accelerator — accelerator (def. 7). [1945 50] * * * Device that accelerates a beam of fast moving, electrically charged atoms (ions) or subatomic particles. Accelerators are used to study the structure of atomic nuclei (see atom) and the nature of subatomic… …

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  • 35Chaplin's Patent Distilling Apparatus with Steam Pump — Chaplins patent sea water distilling apparatus. Alexander Chaplin Co. (also known as A.C. and Co., Alex. Chaplin Co.) was an important and highly regarded[1] engineering and manufacturing syndicat …

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  • 36John E. Berninger — Infobox Artist bgcolour = name = John E. Berninger imagesize = 240px caption = Self portrait, with brush and palette (year unknown). birthname = birthdate = December 13 1896 location = deathdate = July 1981 deathplace = Allentown, Pennsylvania… …

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  • 37Particle accelerator — Atom smasher redirects here. For other uses, see Atom smasher (disambiguation). A 1960s single stage 2 MeV linear Van de Graaff accelerator, here opened for maintenance A particle accelerator[1] is a device that uses electromagnetic fields to… …

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  • 38geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …

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  • 39Balanced flow — In atmospheric science, balanced flow is an idealisation of atmospheric motion. The idealisation consists in considering the behaviour of one isolated parcel of air having constant density, its motion on a horizontal plane subject to selected… …

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  • 40Ovid — For other uses, see Ovid (disambiguation). Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) Imaginary depiction of Ovid with laurel wreath (from an engraving) Born March 20, 43 BC Sulmo, Roman Republic (modern …

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