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61Sarrusophone — The sarrusophone is a family of transposing musical instruments patented and placed into production by Pierre Louis Gautrot in 1856. It was named after the French bandmaster Pierre Auguste Sarrus (1813 1876) who is credited with the concept of… …
62Pipe organ — This article is about organs that produce sound by driving wind through pipes. For an overview of related instruments, see Organ (music). The pipe organ in Saint Germain l Auxerrois, Paris[1] The pipe organ is a musical instrument …
63Sardinia — Infobox Region of Italy name = Sardinia fullname = it. Regione Autonoma della Sardegna sc. Regioni Autònoma de sa Sardinnya isocode = capital = Cagliari status = Autonomous region governor = Renato Soru ( Independent Democratic Party ) zone =… …
64Voyager program — This article is about the unmanned space probes of the 1970s. For other uses, see Voyager. The trajectories that enabled Voyager spacecraft to visit the outer planets and achieve velocity to escape our solar system The Voyager program is a U.S… …
65VHF omnidirectional range — This article is about the radio navigation aid. For other uses, see Vor. D VOR (Doppler VOR) ground station, co located with DME …
66Antarctica — /ant ahrk ti keuh, ahr ti /, n. the continent surrounding the South Pole: almost entirely covered by an ice sheet. ab. 5,000,000 sq. mi. (12,950,000 sq. km). Also called Antarctic Continent. * * * Antarctica Introduction Antarctica Background:… …
67Kenneth Arnold — Infobox Person name = Kenneth A. Arnold image size = 175px caption = Showing a drawing of the crescent shaped object birth date = birth date|1915|03|29 birth place = Sebeka, Minnesota death date = death date and age|1984|01|16|1915|03|29 death… …
68Spanish profanity — Joder redirects here. For the community in Nebraska, see Joder, Nebraska. This article is a summary of Spanish profanity, referred to in the Spanish language as lenguaje soez (low language), maldiciones (curse words), malas palabras (bad words),… …
69airport — airport1 /air pawrt , pohrt /, n. a tract of land or water with facilities for the landing, takeoff, shelter, supply, and repair of aircraft, esp. one used for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo at regularly scheduled times. [1915 20;… …
70earthquake — /errth kwayk /, n. 1. a series of vibrations induced in the earth s crust by the abrupt rupture and rebound of rocks in which elastic strain has been slowly accumulating. 2. something that is severely disruptive; upheaval. [1300 50; ME erthequake …
