mass-production items
41Woolworths Group — Infobox Company company name = Woolworths Group company company type = PLC (lse|WLW) foundation = Liverpool, England (1909) (opening of F.W. Woolworth s first British store) [http://museum.woolworths.co.uk/pnm3dand6d.htm Threepenny and sixpenny… …
42ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …
43Early Earth Federation mobile suits in the Gundam universe — Mobile suits (機動兵器) are fictional weapon systems from the Gundam anime metaseries. The following is a list of all early mobile suits from the Earth Federation.MSZ 010 ZZ GundamThe MSZ 010 ΖΖ Gundam is about a fictional weapon from the Universal… …
44Economy of the Song Dynasty — The Song Dynasty (960 ndash;1279) of China was a period of Chinese history marked by commercial expansion, economic prosperity, and revolutionary new economic concepts. Private trade grew and a market economy began to link the coastal provinces… …
45Soldering — For the song, see Soldering (song). For the product, see Solder. Desoldering a contact from a wire. Soldering is a process in which two or more metal items are joined together by melting and flowing a filler metal (solder) into the joint, the… …
46Nuclear weapon design — The first nuclear weapons, though large, cumbersome and inefficient, provided the basic design building blocks of all future weapons. Here the Gadget device is prepared for the first nuclear test: Trinity. Nuclear weapon designs are physical,… …
47Mesopotamia, history of — ▪ historical region, Asia Introduction history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world s earliest civilization developed. The name comes from a Greek word meaning “between rivers,” referring to the land between the Tigris and… …
48motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first …
49Fordism — Fordism, named after Henry Ford, refers to various social theories. It has varying, albeit related, meanings in different fields, and for marxist and non marxist scholars.Fordism in the United StatesIn the United States, Fordism is the economic… …
50Culture — For other uses, see Culture (disambiguation). Petroglyphs in modern day Gobustan, Azerbaijan, dating back to 10 000 BCE indicating a thriving culture …
