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11printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …
12Richard March Hoe — Infobox Engineer image width = 150px caption = PAGENAME name = PAGENAME nationality = American birth date = birth date|1812|9|12|mf=y birth place = New York City death date = death date and age|1886|6|7|1812|9|12|mf=y death place = Florence,… …
13Chinese mathematics — Mathematics in China emerged independently by the 11th century BC.[1] The Chinese independently developed very large and negative numbers, decimals, a place value decimal system, a binary system, algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Many[who?]… …
14PRR D16 — PRR D16sb[1] Preserved #1223 at the Strasburg Rail Road. Power type Steam Designer Theodore N. Ely, Axel S. Vogt, Frank D. Casanave …
15History of Medicine — History of Medicine † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Medicine The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, should logically begin in Mesopotamia, where tradition and philological… …
16Polished plate — is a type of hand blown glass. It is produced by casting glass onto a table and then subsequently grinding and polishing the glass. This was originally done by hand, and then later by machine. It was an expensive process requiring a large capital …
17Fred Duesenberg — Frederick Samuel Duesenberg (December 6, 1876 ndash;July 26, 1932) was an automobile pioneer designer, manufacturer and sportsman.LifeFred Duesenberg was born in Lippe, Germany and emigrated to the United States with his parents and family when… …
18Tom Swift and His Motor Boat — Infobox Book name = Tom Swift and His Motor Boat orig title = Tom Swift and His Motor Boat, or, The Rivals of Lake Carlopa translator = image caption = author = Victor Appleton cover artist = country = United States language = English series =… …
19South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …
20Whitney, Eli — born Dec. 8, 1765, Westboro, Mass., U.S. died Jan. 8, 1825, New Haven, Conn. U.S. inventor, engineer, and manufacturer. He is best remembered as the inventor of the cotton gin (1793), which led to greatly increased production of the short staple… …
