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    CARDIAC (CARDboard Illustrative Aid to Computation) is a learning aid developed by David Hagelbarger and Saul Fingerman for Bell Telephone Laboratories...
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    Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South is Pauline Hopkins' first major work and debut novel, published in 1900. Contending...
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    (non-Middle-earth) tales, vistas, maps Pauline Baynes Tolkien's own artwork Illustrative with "noble or awe-inspiring" quality In or alongside the text Margrethe...
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    England in the 1870s, and Jules Chéret of France in the 1870s—developed an illustrative style that went beyond tonal, representational art to figurative imagery...
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  • The UTC offset is the difference in hours and minutes between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the standard time at a particular place. This difference...
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  • The Jerome Gambit is an unsound chess opening which is an offshoot of the Giuoco Piano. It is characterized by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5...
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    The Jones oxidation is an organic reaction for the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to carboxylic acids and ketones, respectively. It is named...
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  • In chess, the Wing Gambit is an opening in which White plays an early b4, deflecting an enemy pawn or bishop from c5 so as to regain control of d4, an...
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  • Paul-Émile Bécat (2 February 1885 – 1 January 1960 in Paris) was a French painter, printmaker and engraver, and was awarded first prize in the Prix de...
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  • The Library Illustrative of Social Progress was a series of pornographic books published by John Camden Hotten around 1872 (falsely dated 1777). They were...
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  • Gaetano Tranchino is a Sicilian painter known for his depictions of Sicily. Tranchino has been active exhibiting his work throughout Italy, in addition...
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    included are widely popular (either currently or historically) and provide illustrative examples of specific types of toys. Army men B-Daman Bakugan Digital...
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    Scientific Classification of the Radical Elements of Discourse: and Illustrative Translations from the Holy Scriptures and the Principal British Classics:...
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  • In probability theory, an event is said to happen almost surely (sometimes abbreviated as a.s.) if it happens with probability 1 (with respect to the probability...
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    University of Oxford Show map of Oxford Key - University Department - University Facility - University Office - College (illustrative) - Permanent Private Hall...
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  • The Halloween Gambit (also known as the Müller–Schulze Gambit or Leipzig Gambit) is an aggressive chess opening gambit in which White sacrifices a knight...
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    May 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021. Stevenson, Joseph (1841). Documents illustrative of Sir William Wallace: his life and times. Printed for the Maitland...
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  • 1775 Emerson, William K.. U.S. Army Soldiers and Their Chevrons: An Illustrative Catalog and History from the Revolutionary War to Present. United States:...
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  • Information Logistics (IL) deals with the flow of information between human and / or machine actors within or between any number of organizations that...
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  • The Wade Defence is a chess opening characterised by the initial moves: 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 The position can also arise from the move order 1.Nf3 d6 2...
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  • Trairāśika is the Sanskrit term used by Indian astronomers and mathematicians of the pre-modern era to denote what is known as the "rule of three" in elementary...
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    November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII - with introductory remarks and illustrative notes. London: W. Pickering. OCLC 65270104. OL 7167246M. Grene growith...
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  • In music, parallel harmony, also known as harmonic parallelism, harmonic planing or parallel voice leading, is the parallel movement of two or more melodies...
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  • other jargon used in baseball, along with their definitions, including illustrative examples for many entries. Contents:  0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N...
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    A tube furnace is an electric heating device used to conduct syntheses and purifications of inorganic compounds and occasionally in organic synthesis....
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  • The Hippopotamus Defence is a chess opening system employed by Black, consisting of a double fianchetto structure (bishops on b7 and g7) and a small pawn...
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    A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors...
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  • The National Committee on United States China Relations (NCUSCR) is a nonprofit organization and advisory body founded in 1966 to encourage understanding...
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    English novelist, who is chiefly remembered in connection with a Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV (1838). Lady Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell...
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    In chemistry, an alkoxide is the conjugate base of an alcohol and therefore consists of an organic group bonded to a negatively charged oxygen atom. They...
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