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Horace Walpole
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (/ˈ w ɔː l p oʊ l / ; 24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English Whig politician, writer, historian and antiquarian.The Ri
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Political philosopher
Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and legitimacy of political institutions, such as states. This field investigates
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Scientific American
Scientific American, informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA, is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to
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Gothic novel
Gothic fiction, sometimes referred to as Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name of the genre is derived from the Renaissance era use o
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Jeremiah Gurney
Jeremiah Gurney (October 17, 1812 – April 21, 1895) was an American daguerreotype photographer operating in New York.Self-portrait, c. 1869Two Girls in Identical Dresses, c. 1857 , located at The M
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Electric motor
An electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current i
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Aircraft propulsion
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft en
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Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ˈ d ɪ k ɪ n z / ; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known
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Mary Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: /ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r ɑː f t / WUUL -stən-krahft, US: /-k r æ f t / -kraft;née Godwin ; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothi
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Jet propulsion
Jet propulsion is the propulsion of an object in one direction, produced by ejecting a jet of fluid in the opposite direction. By Newton's third law, the moving body is propelled in the opposite di
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