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  • 31Newspaper — News pa per, n. A sheet of paper printed and distributed, at stated intervals, for conveying intelligence of passing events, advocating opinions, etc.; a public print that circulates news, advertisements, proceedings of legislative bodies, public …

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  • 32Scientific American — Infobox Journal title= Scientific American abbreviation= Sci Am discipline= Interdisciplinary language= English website= http://www.sciam.com/ publisher= Scientific American, Inc. country= USA history= 1845 to present ISSN = 0036 8733 Scientific… …

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  • 33Philip Skippon — (c. 1600, West Lexham, Norfolk – c. 20 February 1660) was an English soldier, who fought in the English Civil War. Contents 1 Life 1.1 To 1638 1.2 1639 44 1.3 1645 …

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  • 34Marc Girardin — Saint Marc Girardin (February 22, 1801 April 1, 1873) was a French politician and man of letters, whose real name was Marc Girardin. Biography Girardin was born in Paris. After a brilliant university career in the city, he began in 1828 to… …

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  • 35Rufus Porter — For the American football player see Rufus Porter (American football) . For the American poet see Rufus L. Porter .Rufus M. Porter (May 1, 1792 August 13, 1884) was an American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine.Famous …

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  • 36Evdev — is the generic input event interface of the Linux kernel and an input driver for X.org. Both work in a similar fashion, passing events generated in the kernel or in the X.org server straight to a program.The kernel module compilation option is… …

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  • 37Sir Robert Gunning, 1st Baronet — GCB (8 June 1731 ndash;22 September 1816) was a British diplomat. He served as the British minister in Denmark 1765 1771, in Prussia in 1771 and in Russia 1772 1776. Gunning was made a Baronet on the 17 October 1778 and a Knight Companion of the… …

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  • 38Algoma (word) — Algoma is a placename given to many different places throughout the United States and Canada. Examples include Algoma District, Ontario, Algoma, Oregon, Algoma, Wisconsin, and Algoma Township, Michigan. Algoma also lends its name to companies… …

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  • 39List of nineteenth-century British periodicals — This is a list of British periodicals established in the nineteenth century, excluding daily newspapers. The periodical press flourished in the nineteenth century: the [http://www.victorianperiodicals.com/series2/default.asp Waterloo Directory of …

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  • 40Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti —     Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti     Sienese painters. The time of their birth and death is not known. Their dated works extend over a period of thirty years, from 1316 to 1348.… …

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