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- :This article is about a type of container. [[Image:Barrels2.jpg|thumbnail ... A barrel or cask is a hollow cylindrical container, traditionally ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- ) is the world's fourth-largest non-government energy company ... Chevron originated as the Pacific Coast Oil Company, founded in 1879 ...26 KB (3,656 words) - 18:40, 8 December 2023
- the 1904 publication of The History of the Standard Oil Company by Ida Tarbell ... * Tarbell, Ida M. The History of the Standard Oil Company. University ...24 KB (3,700 words) - 18:48, 5 April 2024
- Teapot Dome was an oil reserve scandal that began during the administration ... The Teapot Dome oil field received its name because of a rock resembling ...10 KB (1,500 words) - 00:48, 21 April 2023
- June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Getty Oil Company ... The Getty family serves as a good example of the old saying that ...17 KB (2,774 words) - 08:23, 13 March 2024
- Aniline, phenylamine, or aminobenzene is an organic compound with ... First, benzene is heated with a concentrated mixture of nitric acid ...13 KB (1,817 words) - 06:09, 28 July 2023
- ConocoPhillips Company ( COP located in Houston, Texas. It is the fifth largest private sector ...24 KB (3,330 words) - 18:20, 6 June 2023
- derived from other petroleum products during oil or natural gas processing ... gas (LPG or LP-gas) and can be a mixture of propane with smaller amounts ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 00:08, 2 December 2022
- BP p.l.c., previously known as British Petroleum, is the third largest ... BP began as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, Ltd., registered in 1909 ...36 KB (5,440 words) - 05:21, 26 August 2023
- behavior and unfair business practices. The laws make illegal certain ... The history of competition law reaches back further than the Roman ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- known simply as Shell, is a multinational oil company of Dutch and British ... The company's main business is the exploration for and the production ...44 KB (6,285 words) - 21:48, 16 April 2023
- Chaebol refers to a South Korean form of business conglomerate, an ... The Chaebol originates from Korea's culture and society. Korean ...15 KB (2,073 words) - 00:11, 4 December 2023
- A candle (from the Latin word candere, meaning "to shine" ... With the advent of kerosene lamps and electric lights, candles are ...26 KB (4,080 words) - 19:18, 25 November 2023
- 1966) was a long-time president and chairman of General Motors. ... He guarded information about his private life and instead focused ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- as a fire engine or fire truck. Although the terms "fire truck" ... == Fire engine (engine company) == A fire engine is equipped with an ...18 KB (2,795 words) - 19:52, 26 March 2024
- dulcis, or Amygdalus communis) belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the ... The almond is highly revered in some cultures. It grows in Israel ...20 KB (2,967 words) - 20:41, 26 March 2024
- issues that are generally shocking to the public. Generally, muckraking ... (1857 – 1944) expose The History of the Standard Oil Company. ...11 KB (1,585 words) - 17:31, 11 May 2020
- Abu Dhabi, officially, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi ( إمارة أبو ظبيّ ), (literally Father of Gazelle), is one of seven emirates that constitute ...19 KB (2,925 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- Resembling in shape a figurehead on a ship's prow, the Sultanate ... Due largely to its remote location and the uncommon variety of Islam ...14 KB (2,071 words) - 10:33, 11 March 2023
- used in agriculture or construction. The term tractor is derived from ... Most commonly, the word "tractor" is used to describe the ...28 KB (4,353 words) - 04:53, 1 May 2023
- Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April ... Earth Day grew out of the recognition by young people that the earth ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- :"Crude oil" redirects here. [[Image:Oil well.jpg|thumb|right ... petra) - rock + έλαιον (Latin oleum) - oil) or crude oil is a naturally ...42 KB (6,126 words) - 14:48, 28 March 2023
- refers to a specific liquid fuel obtained by the fractional distillation of ... == History == === Etymology === The word "diesel" is derived ...30 KB (4,446 words) - 14:28, 29 January 2024
- Pioneers traveled in wagons across the Oregon Trail, one of the main ... The first well-mapped land route across what is now the United States ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- An audiobook is an audio recording of a book, speech, or any form ... The term "books on tape" was frequently and erroneously ...17 KB (2,579 words) - 18:27, 21 August 2023
- The Falkland Islands ( Islas Malvinas ) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- The Royal Opera House, the United Kingdom's most important performing ... The current Royal Opera House is the third theater built on the Covent ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 20:56, 21 December 2022
- ticker symbol ENE) was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas ... At the end of 2001 it was revealed that Enron’s reports of high ...31 KB (4,550 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg), in what is now ... high speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. They patented ...18 KB (2,661 words) - 12:13, 24 January 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and one of the principal ... Caracas is located in the north of the country, contained within and ...33 KB (4,619 words) - 22:11, 25 November 2023
- The General Electric Company, or GE ( GE and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- Several railways had been built in the mountainous regions of India ... The collective designation refers to the current project by the Indian ...33 KB (4,994 words) - 17:47, 10 November 2022
- 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American ... Long created the Share Our Wealth program in 1934, with the motto ...48 KB (7,371 words) - 15:05, 9 February 2024
- and casino owner who became infamous in the final years of his life, when ... Hughes also gained fame as a record-setting pilot, flying around the ...29 KB (4,496 words) - 19:27, 7 February 2024
- Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an emirate in the Middle ... The nation's traditions draw on its nomadic past and are centuries ...34 KB (4,939 words) - 21:09, 14 April 2023
- politician, elected three times as president of Argentina. He served from 1946 ... Perón and his wife Eva were immensely popular among a portion of ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 20:34, 4 October 2022
- Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... metropolitan area, the sixth-largest in the United States with a population ...38 KB (5,412 words) - 18:57, 7 February 2024
- Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, and its ... center. It plays host to a year round slate of world-class festivals, earning ...47 KB (6,763 words) - 18:13, 12 February 2024
- The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) [https://www.plantnames ... is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible ...46 KB (6,635 words) - 22:34, 28 January 2024
- is the fourth largest city in Japan and one of the country's ... The city of Nagoya was established in 1610 when Tokugawa Ieyasu moved ...21 KB (2,938 words) - 02:41, 11 March 2023
- Measures of national income and output are used in economics to measure ... between different countries, where the measures may have been based ...33 KB (5,148 words) - 19:46, 7 July 2023
- Texas is a state located in the south-central United States. Austin ... and has a steadily growing population of 23.9 million. Houston is ...36 KB (5,158 words) - 15:02, 30 April 2023
- gasoline) for an internal combustion engine. The carburetor must provide the ... The carburetor is colloquially called a carb (in North America and ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- vehicle powered by an engine. It is among the least expensive and most widespread ... practical uses. They have been a source of unity in the formation of motorcycle ...41 KB (6,307 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- impressions thereof that are used in lieu of signatures in personal documents ... Seals are typically made of stone, sometimes of wood, bamboo, plastic ...36 KB (5,590 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- compact automobiles, a full range of motorcycles, All-Terrain Vehicles ... Suzuki, begun in 1909 as a manufacturer of wooden looms, has been ...32 KB (4,585 words) - 00:32, 27 February 2023
- The incandescent light bulb or incandescent lamp is a source of artificial ... Incandescent bulbs constitute a class of electric lamps, extending ...44 KB (6,810 words) - 12:43, 4 March 2024
- Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United ... Oklahoma was the destination of the Native American Cherokee tribes ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea ... Papua New Guinea is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in ...23 KB (3,412 words) - 11:23, 11 March 2023
- A ballistic vest is an item of protective clothing that absorbs impacts ... Ballistic vests use layers of very strong fiber to catch and deform ...58 KB (9,062 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- The Commonwealth of Dominica, commonly known as Dominica, is an island ... "Tall is her body." Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands ...26 KB (3,800 words) - 17:13, 30 January 2024
- form. In fibers with large core diameter, the confinement is based on total ... The term optical fiber covers a range of different designs including ...31 KB (4,772 words) - 00:56, 18 November 2022
- Malaysia is a federation of 13 states in Southeast Asia. ... The name "Malaysia" was adopted in 1963 when the Federation ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- Old Italian: Fiorenza, Latin: Florentia) is the capital and most populous ... more than 2000 years. Initially a small city of moneylenders and textile merchants ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- energy into electricity. It is made up of two electrodes, each coated ... for homes, offices, and factories, while the waste heat is used to produce ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila ... The name Manila comes from may nilad, Tagalog for "there is nilad ...50 KB (7,354 words) - 02:55, 6 November 2022
- The Victorian era of the United Kingdom and its overseas Empire was ... The era is often characterized as a long period of peace, known as ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 20:11, 3 May 2023
- Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the ... As a leader of the Bourbon Democrats, he opposed imperialism, taxes ...28 KB (3,976 words) - 08:11, 25 February 2023
- Watermelon refers to both the edible fruit and vine-like plant (Citrullus ... This flowering plant produces a special type of fruit known by botanists ...20 KB (2,988 words) - 23:18, 3 May 2023
- its monetary value is rated well above that of gold. It is used in jewelry ... == History == Naturally occurring platinum appears to have been used ...14 KB (2,002 words) - 08:01, 24 November 2022
- is one of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates ... The modern emirate of Dubai was created with the formation of the ...35 KB (5,297 words) - 17:16, 12 February 2024
- Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas, after Houston and San Antonio ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...34 KB (5,022 words) - 18:06, 24 January 2024
- Cookware and bakeware are categories of food preparation utensils ... "pans," but they vary in shape. The size and shape of a utensil ...24 KB (3,711 words) - 20:23, 7 June 2023
- Kenneth David Kaunda, (April 28, 1924 - June 17, 2021) served as the ... From the time he became President until his fall from power in 1991 ...24 KB (3,642 words) - 16:28, 24 August 2023
- player and college football coach in the early era of the sport and ... Clemson University, Georgia Tech, University of Pennsylvania, Washington & ...22 KB (3,381 words) - 06:56, 8 April 2024
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- The diesel engine is an internal combustion engine that uses compression ... Diesel intended the engine to use a variety of fuels including coal ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- multinational corporation, is consistently the world's largest auto ... employs approximately 284,000 people around the world. With global headquarters ...40 KB (5,886 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- Tofu, also tōfu (the Japanese Romaji spelling), doufu (the Chinese ... Tofu originated in ancient China, but little else is known about the ...37 KB (5,817 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- payment for goods and services and repayment of debts, such as taxes, in a ... The primary functions which distinguish money are as a medium of exchange ...51 KB (7,687 words) - 16:23, 18 June 2023
- Industrialization in the Soviet Union occurred as a process of accelerated ... The official task of industrialization was the transformation of the ...62 KB (8,764 words) - 22:12, 30 March 2023
- to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminum, with the ... The substance has been known by many names, but the word turquoise ...35 KB (5,240 words) - 00:26, 3 May 2023
- Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad; Xhosa: iKapa) is one of South Africa ... ships sailing to Eastern Africa, India, and the Far East more than 200 years ...27 KB (3,877 words) - 19:33, 25 November 2023
- Leviticus is the third book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name ... Observant Jews still follow the laws contained in Leviticus, except ...17 KB (2,713 words) - 00:25, 19 November 2023
- Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...37 KB (5,383 words) - 22:39, 7 January 2024
- Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned ... A typical geotechnical engineering project begins with a review of ...29 KB (4,284 words) - 02:56, 30 November 2022
- Vitamin E is the generic descriptor for any of a group of several ... known as vitamin E are obtained through the diet and essential in small ...53 KB (7,528 words) - 20:41, 3 May 2023
- The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the ... Originally settled by Amerindians of South American origin at least ...48 KB (7,150 words) - 17:39, 2 May 2023
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...35 KB (4,904 words) - 17:13, 26 March 2023
- The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... successfully in some areas. By convention, the United States nominates the ...25 KB (3,686 words) - 00:01, 18 May 2023
- licenses, and supports a wide range of software products for computing ... Originally founded to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the ...49 KB (6,708 words) - 10:40, 10 March 2023
- different Republican presidents and is one of only two people to have held ... In 1970, he became the first director of the Office of Management ...47 KB (6,417 words) - 08:10, 23 January 2023
- The North Sea is a marginal, epeiric sea on the European continental ... . A large part of the European drainage basin empties into the North ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- international operations with hundreds of airplanes offering many services ... The setting up of airline services is among the most important developments ...33 KB (4,986 words) - 07:02, 16 June 2023
- The Republic of Iraq, commonly known as Iraq, is a Middle Eastern ... Iraq is bordered by Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- that carries its own motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles ... The automobile is one of the technologies—along with such others ...30 KB (4,553 words) - 07:06, 23 August 2023
- hoaxer Édouard Isidore Buguet (1840-1901) of France fakes telekinesis in ... quot; or "mind over matter," is the ability to influence the movement ...21 KB (3,027 words) - 23:15, 2 December 2022
- David (דָּוִד "Beloved," Standard Hebrew Davíd, Tiberian ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- Bootlegging is an informal term for the smuggling, sale, or transport ... unauthorized audio or video recording, often of a concert, distributed without ...25 KB (3,823 words) - 17:51, 27 April 2020
- A private library is a library under the care of private ownership ... Private libraries often reflect the interests of the owner and the ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 00:41, 12 April 2023
- Sydney is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan ... Sydney is located on Australia's southeast coast. The city is ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- The City of Halifax is the largest city in Atlantic Canada and the ... On April 1, 1996, the government of Nova Scotia amalgamated the four ...34 KB (5,199 words) - 16:57, 21 January 2024
- The State of Indiana is the 19th U.S. state and is located in the ... smaller industrial cities. It is known for the Indianapolis 500 automobile ...31 KB (4,480 words) - 18:55, 4 March 2024
- to move goods or people vertically. Because of elevators, humankind has been ... and equipment; e.g. lifting aircraft to the flight deck of an aircraft ...49 KB (7,939 words) - 16:09, 13 February 2024
- Refrigeration is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space ... Cold is the absence of heat, hence in order to decrease a temperature ...28 KB (4,251 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- The word Magi refers to a class of ancient Zoroastrian astrologer ... The word Magi is the origin of the English words magic and magician. ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- Denver is the capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the ... The city embraces its cowboy and mining past and its progressive attitude ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- ]); formerly known as Cochin), a city in the Indian state of Kerala ... north of the state capital, Thiruvananthapuram. It has an estimated ...42 KB (5,911 words) - 04:06, 4 March 2023
- Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) is the ... his career as a writer and propagandist for the American war effort against ...25 KB (3,804 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
