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  • The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular display of the chemical elements. It is perhaps the icon of Chemistry and expresses much about the physical ...
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  • Boyle's law (sometimes called the Boyle-Mariotte law) is one of several gas laws and a special case of the ideal gas law. Boyle's law describes the ...
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  • Aspens are trees of the willow family (Salicaceae) and comprise one group (section) of the poplar genus—Populus section Populus—with six species. The poplar ...
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  • The Albigensian Crusade, or Cathar Crusade (1209–1229), was a twenty year military campaign initiated by the Roman Catholic Church to eliminate the heresy ...
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  • *For the history of the Korea before its division, see History of Korea. The History of South Korea formally begins with the establishment of South Korea in 1948 ...
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  • Parsley is the common name for a bright green, biennial herb of European origin, Petroselinum crispum, which is extensively cultivated for its leaves, which ...
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  • Bhedābheda Vedānta (dvaitadvaita) is one of the several traditions of Vedānta philosophy in India. “Bhedābheda” is a Sanskrit word meaning “difference ...
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  • Wade-Giles ( ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz ; s=威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音|t=威妥瑪拼音 or 韋氏拼音|p=wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn ), sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a ...
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  • A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the ...
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  • In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay involving the emission of beta particles. Beta particles are high-energy, high-speed electrons ...
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  • Agostino Nifo (c. 1473 - 1538 or 1545) Latin Augustinus Niphus, or Niphus Suessanus, Niphus also spelled Nyphus, was an Italian philosopher and commentator. ...
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  • Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi (c. 1506 – February 21, 1543) was an Imam and General of Adal who defeated Emperor Lebna Dengel of Ethiopia. Nicknamed Gurey in ...
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  • Toluene, also known as methylbenzene or phenylmethane, is a clear, water-insoluble liquid with the typical smell of paint thinners, redolent of the sweet smell ...
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  • In physics, mechanical work is the amount of energy transferred by a force. Like energy, it is a scalar quantity, with SI units of joules. Heat conduction is ...
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  • Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent American authors. She is known for her depictions of life in the United ...
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  • The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve British North American colonies that met in 1774, early in the American Revolution. ...
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  • The Battle of Borodino ( Бородинская битва Borodinskaja bitva, Bataille de la Moskowa ), fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest ...
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  • In physics, force is defined as the rate of change of momentum of an object. This definition was given by Isaac Newton in the seventeenth century. In simpler ...
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  • Carbonic acid (ancient name acid of air or aerial acid) is a weak acid with the formula H2CO3. It is formed in small amounts when carbon dioxide is dissolved ...
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  • Upāsaka (masculine) or Upāsikā (feminine) (from Sanskrit: meaning "attendant") refers to Buddhists who are not monks, nuns or novices belonging ...
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