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121motion 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 …
122Lake in the Hills, Illinois — Chicagoland municipality muni name = Lake in the Hills muni = Village date = 1952 state = Illinois county = McHenry township = Grafton township2 = Algonquin tcounty = McHenry gov = Council manager head label = President gov head = Ed Plaza pop =… …
123War of the Third Coalition — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War of the Third Coalition partof=Napoleonic Wars caption= Napoléon at the Battle of Austerlitz , by François Pascal Simon, Baron Gérard. date=1805 place=Central Europe, Italy, and Trafalgar result=French… …
124Effects of the automobile on societies — Over the course of the 20th century, the automobile rapidly developed from an expensive toy for the rich into the de facto standard for passenger transport in most developed countries. [http://tcs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/4 5/25 The… …
125Smokey and the Bandit — Infobox Film name = Smokey and the Bandit caption = Promotional poster for Smokey and the Bandit director = Hal Needham producer = Mort Engelberg writer = Hal Needham Robert L. Levy (story) James Lee Barrett Charles Shyer Alan Mandel (screenplay) …
126War of the Fifth Coalition — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=War of the Fifth Coalition partof=the Napoleonic Wars caption=Napoleon at the Battle of Wagram. The bloody two day battle led to over 40,000 Austrian casualties and broke the will of Austria s most able… …
127Field artillery in the American Civil War — M1857 Napoleon at Stones River battlefield cemetery. Field artillery in the American Civil War refers to the important artillery weapons, equipment, and practices used by the Artillery branch to support the infantry and cavalry forces in the… …
128Lords of the Starship — is a 1967 science fiction novel which marked the debut of author Mark S. Geston, written while he was at college. The novel takes a darkly cynical view of human nature; some critics have called it a very black comedy.toryIn the far future, on an… …
