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Why Is a Group of Molecules Called a Mole?
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History of Technology Timeline
The Apple II
10 Inventions That Changed Your World
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
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Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
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How Deadly Is Quicksand?
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
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10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
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Also Known As Paul-Marie-Eugène Vieille
Born September 2, 1854 • Paris • France
Died January 14, 1934 (aged 79) • Paris • France
Inventions Powder B
Subjects Of Study nitrocellulose • shock wave • smokeless powder
Georges Claude
French engineer
Paul-Louis-Toussaint Héroult
French scientist
Philippe Lebon
French scientist
Hilaire Bernigaud, count de Chardonnet
French chemist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel
Swedish inventor
James Lovelock
James Lovelock
English chemist, doctor, and author
Kary B. Mullis
Kary Mullis
American chemist
Robert Bunsen
Robert Bunsen
German chemist
Sir John A. Pople
British mathematician and chemist
Wilbur Olin Atwater
American chemist
Daniell, John Frederic
John Frederic Daniell
British chemist
Swan, Joseph
Joseph Swan
English physicist and chemist
British chemist and physicist James Dewar
Sir James Dewar
British scientist
Imre Bródy
Hungarian scientist
Welsbach, Carl Auer, Freiherr von
Carl Auer, Freiherr von Welsbach
Austrian chemist and engineer
Leo Baekeland
Leo Baekeland
American chemist
Nicholson, William
William Nicholson
English chemist and inventor
Alexander Parkes
British chemist
Macintosh, Charles
Charles Macintosh
Scottish chemist

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ball bearing. Disassembled ball bearing. rotational friction Automobile Industry, Engineering, Industry, Machine Part, Metal Industry, Sphere, Steel, Wheel
Inventors and Inventions
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science