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  • by isolating and identifying a host of new chemical elements, and ... Davy was born in Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, the son of Robert ...
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  • Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry involving the study of interrelationships ... or to measure glucose levels in the blood of diabetics. In nature, the generation ...
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  • [[Image:Nez-perce-couple-teepee-1900.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|A tipi ... A tipi (also teepee, tepee) is a conical tent originally made of ...
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  • was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members ... Klimt's work was a move away from naturalism, the depiction of ...
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  • The Eocene epoch (56-34 million years ago) is a major division of ... The start of the Eocene is marked by the emergence of the first modern ...
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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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  • created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce ... (2,400 to 2,700 m), whereas the south rim of the Grand Canyon sits at 7 ...
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  • Divination is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation ... The biblical prophets used various forms of divination in reading the future ...
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  • is the largest extant species (Alces alces) of deer (family Cervidae) in the ... Moose add to the wonder of nature for humans, with these giant animals ...
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  • the desired crop relatively unharmed. Some of these act by interfering with ... States, they account for about 70 percent of all agricultural pesticide use. ...
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  • communications, and economic center of Ghana. Located on the Gulf ... Among the attractions of Accra are the National Museum, with a display ...
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  • Chameleon is any of the tropical, New World lizards comprising the ... Chameleon's add to the human wonder of nature, given their ability ...
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  • which lived during a large part of the Mesozoic era, were the ... now is used more for the parent clade of the Ichthyosauria. ...
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  • The marathon is a long-distance running event of 42.195 km (26 miles ... "marathon," comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier ...
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  • A gas compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure ... the compressor also reduces the volume of a gas, whereas liquids, being ...
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  • star, often within a circle, is one of the oldest markings known to ... The pentagram has been used for a wide variety of purposes over the ...
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  • Ecology or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution ... and biotic environment or as "the study of the structure and function ...
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  • was the priestess presiding over the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, located on ... The oracle is one of the best-documented religious institutions of ...
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  • Excellence/Posterity") was the priest of Midian and Moses' father ... sacrificial feast with Aaron and the elders of Israel. Moses then accepted ...
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  • priests who honored Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Their primary task ... The Order of the Vestal Virgins and its well-being was considered ...
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