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51NEWCOMEN, THOMAS — blacksmith, born at Dartmouth; invented a steam engine in which the piston was raised by steam and driven down by the atmosphere after the injection into the cylinder of a squirt of cold water, which cooled it, so that the steam when injected… …
52List of characters in Atlas Shrugged — This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand s novel, Atlas Shrugged. Balph EubankCalled the literary leader of the age , despite the fact that he is incapable of writing anything that people actually want to read. What people want to read, he says,… …
53Augustus — For other uses of Octavius, see Octavius (disambiguation). For other uses of Octavian, see Octavian (disambiguation). For other uses of Augustus, see Augustus (disambiguation) …
54Lewis Carroll — Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Born 27 January 1832(1832 01 27) Daresbury, Halton, Cheshire, England Died …
55Shamanism — Shaman redirects here. For other uses, see Shaman (disambiguation). Russian postcard based on a photo taken in 1908 by S. I. Borisov, showing a female shaman, of probable Khakas ethnicity.[1] Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a… …
56Spider-Man — Peter Parker redirects here. For other uses, see Peter Parker (disambiguation). This article is about the superhero. For other uses, see Spider Man (disambiguation) …
57Satyr — In Greek mythology, satyrs ( gr. Σάτυροι, Satyroi ) are a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus – satyresses were a late invention of poets – that roamed the woods and mountains. In mythology they are often associated with sex drive and… …
58Torture — Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person,… …
59Pyramid scheme — The unsustainable exponential progression of a classic pyramid scheme A pyramid scheme is a non sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment or services, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, rather than …
60Oprah Winfrey — Oprah redirects here. For her talk show, see The Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah Winfrey …
