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    Neo-Latin word electricus ("of amber" or "like amber", from ἤλεκτρον, elektron, the Greek word for "amber") to refer to the property of attracting small...
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  • came from the classical Latin electrum, 'amber', from the Greek ἤλεκτρον (elektron), 'amber'. The origin of the Greek word is unknown, but there is speculation...
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    Pin Purpose Notes 1 start/stop stop = 0 volt, start = +5 volt 2 ground 3 clock symmetric pulse wave 0/+5 volt, the positive slope determines the clock...
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    stun their prey by generating electricity, delivering shocks at up to 860 volts. Their electrical capabilities were first studied in 1775, contributing...
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    lightweight particles after rubbing. The Greek word for amber, ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron), was thus the source of the word electricity. Electrostatic phenomena...
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    coined the term " electrode" in 1833; the word recalls the Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, "amber") and ὁδός (hodós, "path, way"). The electrophore, invented by...
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    charge in a dielectric material. The Greek word for amber is ἤλεκτρον ("ēlektron") and is the origin of the word "electricity". Thales of Miletus, a pre-Socratic...
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    derived from Ancient Greek πιέζω (piézō) 'to squeeze or press' and ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron) 'amber' (an ancient source of static electricity). The German form of...
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    testing purposes. It incorporated many lightweight castings made from Elektron, an expensive magnesium alloy. This engine self-destructed during a 1971...
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    of the same name), which came from the Greek word for amber, ἤλεκτρον (ēlektron). In the early 1700s, French chemist Charles François du Fay found that...
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    SID sound chip even being used in special sound cards for PCs, and the Elektron SidStation synthesizer). Even though other computers quickly caught up...
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    Kurs automatic rendezvous system, Luch satellite communications system, Elektron oxygen generators, and Vozdukh carbon dioxide scrubbers.[failed verification][unreliable...
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    Computer is quite unique. Named after the supermarket retail chain 'Scale ELEKTRON' imported 80 units into Austria and was sold throughout the countries of...
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  • Haag–Lopuszanski–Sohnius theorem Hadamard–Rybczynski equation Hadron Hadron Elektron Ring Anlage Hadron epoch Hadron spectroscopy Hadronization Hafele–Keating...
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    properties possessed by two minerals, amber (‹See Tfd›Greek: ἤλεκτρον, ēlektron) and magnetic iron ore (μαγνῆτις λίθος magnētis lithos, "the Magnesian...
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  • Neo-Latin word electricus ("of amber" or "like amber", from ήλεκτρον [elektron], the Greek word for "amber") to refer to the property of attracting small...
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    elektromagnetische Masse des Elektrons", Göttinger Nachrichten (5): 291–296 Kaufmann, W. (1902), "Die elektromagnetische Masse des Elektrons (The Electromagnetic...
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  • American 'Brown Junior' 10 cc engine for which they developed an aluminium (elektron) airscrew. Some of the engines were intended to do a job of work rather...
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  • Granj Jane Wykeham-Musgrave on Ryebrooks 1965 Moscow Marian Babirecki on Volt Lev Baklyshkin on Evlon Horst Karsten on Condora 1967 Punchestown Eddie Boylan...
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