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21Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
22Physical Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Scientists discovered a new family of superconducting materials and obtained unique images of individual hydrogen atoms and of a multiple exoplanet system. Europe completed the Large Hadron Collider, and China and India took… …
23Microfiber — cloth. Suitable for cleaning sensitive surfaces. Microfiber or microfibre refers to synthetic fibers (fiber) that measure less than one denier. The most common types of microfibers are made from polyesters, polyamides (e.g., nylon, kevlar, nomex …
24Layered clothing — is a manner of dressing using multiple garments that are worn on top of each other. Some of the layers have different, largely non overlapping, functions. Using more or fewer layers, or replacing one layer but not others, allows for flexible… …
25Asbestos — For other uses, see Asbestos (disambiguation). Fibrous asbestos on muscovite …
26Mir — This article is about the Soviet/Russian space station. For other uses, see Mir (disambiguation). Mir …
27Mineral wool — close up. Mineral wool under micr …
28chemical industry — Introduction complex of processes, operations, and organizations engaged in the manufacture of chemicals and their derivatives. Although the chemical industry may be described simply as the industry that uses chemistry and… …
29rubber — rubber1 rubberless, adj. rubberlike, adj. /rub euhr/, n. 1. Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the… …
30Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …
