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Nernst lamp
The Nernst lamp was an early form of incandescent lamp.Nernst lamp, complete, model B with cloche, DC-lamp 0.5 ampere, 95 voltsA Nernst lamp diagram from 1903. The light-emitting ceramic filament i
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Religious art
Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans. Sacred art directly relates to religious art in the sense that its purpose is for worship and re
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Laurent series
In mathematics, the Laurent series of a complex function f(z){\displaystyle f(z)} is a representation of that function as a power series which includes terms of negative degree. It may be used to e
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Ozias Humphry
Ozias Humphry (or Humphrey) RA (8 September 1742 – 9 March 1810) was a leading English painter of portrait miniatures, later oils and pastels, of the 18th century. He was elected to the Royal Acade
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Islamic mathematicians
Mathematics during the Golden Age of Islam, especially during the 9th and 10th centuries, was built upon syntheses of Greek mathematics (Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius) and Indian mathematics (Arya
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Royal Panopticon
The Royal Panopticon of Science and Art was one of the grand social institutions and architectural splendours of Victorian London. It was given a royal charter in 1850 and in July 1851 a lease was
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Takeo Nishioka
Takeo Nishioka(西岡 武夫 , Nishioka Takeo ; February 12, 1936 – November 5, 2011) was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), who served as a member of the House of Representative
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Common school
A common school was a public school in the United States during the 19th century. Horace Mann (1796–1859) was a strong advocate for public education and the common school. In 1837, the state of Mas
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Sheep farming
Sheep farming or sheep husbandry is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. It is a branch of animal husbandry. Sheep are raised principally for their meat (lamb and mutton), milk (sheep's milk
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Lucy Arbell
Lucy Arbell (née Georgette Gall, later Georgette Wallace) (8 June 1878 – 21 May 1947) was a French mezzo-soprano whose operatic career was mainly centred in Paris and who was particularly associate
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