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  • Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic ... It is also used for the manufacture of explosives (such as nitroglycerine ...
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  • Jacob Obrecht (1457/1458 – late July, 1505) was a Flemish composer ... He was born in either 1457 or 1458, the only son of Ghent city trumpeter ...
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  • nature," derived from the arrangement of Aristotle's works) is ... A central part of metaphysics is ontology, which is the study of being ...
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  • | S-phrases | |- nitrogen oxide|Nitric oxideNitrogen dioxideDinitrogen ... Under normal conditions of room temperature and pressure, it is a ...
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  • | S-phrases | , , |- Nitric acidArsenic acid Ammonium phosphateTrisodium ... combine with themselves to form a variety of compounds referred to as phosphoric ...
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  • Its main use, however, is in the production of other chemicals. About 40 percent ... Methanol is produced naturally in the anaerobic metabolism of many ...
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  • and tasteless gas. It is the product of the incomplete combustion of ... technology, being a precursor to a myriad of useful—even life-saving—products ...
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  • smelling liquid. It is a natural constituent of crude oil but is usually synthesized ... Benzene has been the subject of studies by many famous scientists ...
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  • Ethylene acts as a hormone in plants, regulating the ripening of fruit ... It can undergo many types of chemical reactions to generate a wide ...
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  • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is an extensive information ... The current nine RED List Categories include seven by which the extinction ...
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  • is a gaseous material consisting primarily of methane and deriving from one ... bogs, landfills, sewage, the stomachs of ruminants such as cows, and ...
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  • A controlled vocabulary is a set of preselected terms from which a ... Vocabulary control includes policies, procedures, and methodologies ...
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  • 31, 1966), born in New York City, was one of the most influential pianists ... William played the trumpet, and by the age of fifteen Powell was playing ...
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  • In mathematics, an average, mean, or central tendency of a data set ... The original meaning of the word average is "damage sustained ...
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  • its sour taste and pungent smell. It is one of the simplest carboxylic acids ... chemical useful for the production of various synthetic fibers and ...
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  • all concentrations. It was once known as oil of vitriol, a term coined by the ... million tonnes, with an approximate value of $8 billion. Principal uses ...
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  • List, Friedrich [[image:Friedrich List 1838.jpg|right|200px]] Georg Friedrich List ...
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  • Part of the foundation of mathematics, Russell's paradox (also ... Consider the set R of all sets that do not contain themselves as members ...
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  • Ammonia is a chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, with the ... several important roles, serving as a source of nitrogen for plants and helping ...
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  • Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important hand-written ancient ... Originally, it contained the whole of both Testaments. The Greek Old ...
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  • several properties that are opposite those of a metal. Based on their properties ... Only 18 elements of the periodic table are generally considered nonmetals ...
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  • in the Earth's atmosphere. It consists of simple molecules, each of which ... It is a major component of the carbon cycle. In general, it is exhaled ...
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  • and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international ... The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection ...
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  • with nitric acid. An improved version of this process used hydrochloric ... today almost exclusively by the autoxidation of 2-ethyl-9,10-dihydroxyanthracene ...
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  • The Apostolic Fathers were a group of early Christian leaders believed ... biblical canon. Evidence exists that some of these works were once bound ...
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  • Bruni, but he is better known by that of Cavalli, the name of his patron ... effort, an effort towards the achievement of fundamental human attributes. ...
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  • primarily in Germany, held by a number of thinkers in diverse disciplines ... Historicism also often challenged the concept of truth and the notion ...
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  • The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global ... to maintain and monitor the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and ...
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  • Uracil is one of the five main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids ... replaces thymine as the usual complement of adenine. Thus, thymine is usually ...
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  • known in English as Academies or Academies of Classical Learning, were private ... The bestowal of a calligraphic signboard by the Emperor was an extremely ...
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  • This is a list of the countries of the world by continent, according ... displayed with their respective national flags and capitals. This ...
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  • translator, critic and historian. He was one of the founders and principle ... left to himself. He spent a great deal of time reading "everything ...
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  • Angkor refers to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the ... and most vibrant Hindu empire outside of India. The Khmer name has become ...
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  • in the Earth's mantle where a column of hot magma rises up to melt ... Geologists have identified some 40–50 hotspots around the globe ...
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  • lost textual source for the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. Testament scholars noted that the gospels of Matthew and Luke shared much ...
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  • was a poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. Although Wyatt ... England remained largely isolated from many of the innovations of the Italian ...
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  • web page, or other published item. Citations of both types should supply sufficient ... such as the author's last name, year of publication, and page number ...
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  • Baseball who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-handed power ... "The Beast" by the press, stories of Foxx's powerful blasts ...
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  • The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental ... to its citizens and the duties of the citizens to the State. Those ...
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  • Lama) in the Gelugpa (Dge-lugs-pa) sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The Panchen ... The current (eleventh) incarnation of the Panchen Lama is a matter ...
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  • In the Roman Catholic Church, a Doctor of the Church (Latin doctor ... and Pope Gregory I were the original Doctors of the Church and were named in ...
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  • Andalusia, located in the southern portion of Spain, is one of the ... Andalusia lies to the south of Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha ...
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  • Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ... to the left), which meant "the hill of the symbol or reliquary." ...
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  • The Shepherd of Hermas was a very popular Christian writing of the ... was done by the original author as a sign of the authenticity of the translation ...
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  • science, education, and entertainment. One of the "big three" American ... time, Newsweek has developed a full spectrum of news-magazine material, from ...
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  • (FIFA, French for International Federation of Association Football) is the ... game became apparent at the beginning of the twentieth century with ...
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  • dedicated to the memorial services in honor of the Joseon dynasty kings and ... Korean kings and queens, the excellent state of preservation of the shire complex ...
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  • sources on the World Wide Web. The purpose of the web directory is to help ... comprehensive coverage covering all types of websites on the Internet. Some ...
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  • His nickname "Goofy" was earned as a result of his eccentric ... Gomez was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. ...
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  • 1837) was a composer and virtuoso pianist of Austrian origin from Pressburg ... preference for the expressive melodic lines of the Classical style with wider ...
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