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51Jean-Baptiste Morin — (February 23, 1583 November 6, 1656), also known by his Latin pseudonym as Morinus, was a French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. Born in Villefranche, Yonne, in the Beaujolais, he began studying philosophy at Aix en Provence at the age …
52Fender (vehicle) — For the part of an automobile designed to absorb minor impacts, see Bumper (automobile). 1938 Chrysler, fenders highlighted in red. Fender is the US English term for the part of an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle body that frames a wheel… …
53Commercial Revolution — The Commercial Revolution was a period of European economic expansion, colonialism, and mercantilism which lasted from approximately the 16th century until the early 18th century. It was succeeded in the mid 18th century by the Industrial… …
54Major explorations after the Age of Discovery — Major explorations continued after the Age of Discovery. By the early seventeenth century, vessels were sufficiently well built and their navigators competent enough to travel to virtually anywhere on the planet by sea. In the 17th century Dutch… …
55Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1947 — The 1947 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame again followed a major revision of the methods used one year earlier. The ongoing difficulties in electing modern players led the Hall of Fame Committee to make further changes in …
56Grade crossing predictor — A grade crossing predictor is an electronic device which is connected to the rails of a railroad track, and activates the crossing s warning devices (lights, bells, gates, etc.) at a consistent interval prior to the arrival of a train at a grade… …
57Skyline matrix — A skyline matrix, or a variable band matrix, is a form of a sparse matrix storage format for a square, banded (and typically symmetric) matrix that reduces the storage requirement of a matrix more than banded storage. In banded storage, all… …
58time-of-flightmass spectroscopy — time of flight mass spectroscopy (tīmʹəv flītʹ) n. A method of separating ions of different masses based on the time needed for the ions to traverse a fixed distance. * * * …
59analysis — /euh nal euh sis/, n., pl. analyses / seez /. 1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis). 2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its… …
60MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT …
