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  • 71Peter Henlein — (or Henle or Hele) (1479/1480 ndash; August 1542), a locksmith and watchmaker from Nuremberg, is often considered the inventor of the portable timekeeper, making him the inventor of the watch, but this claim is disputed. His small, drum shaped… …

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  • 72Electric clock — An electric clock is a clock that is powered by electricity instead of powered manually or by other sources of energy, specifically in order to wind the mainspring or to drive the pendulum or oscillator. ClassificationThere are actually four… …

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  • 73Inline blowback (paintball) — A method of operation for paintball markers using a striker, bolt, powertube, and valve assembly in a straight line.OperationThe operation of an inline blowback marker can be separated into four stages: # Ready: #:The compressed mainspring puts… …

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  • 74MEU(SOC) pistol — Infobox Weapon|is ranged=yes caption= MEU(SOC) pistol with SureFire weapon light, Gemtech lanyard, and Strider Gunner Grips name= Pistol, Caliber .45, MEU(SOC) type= Pistol origin=flagcountry|United States designer= Trained Weapons Training… …

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  • 75Georges Frederic Roskopf — Infobox Person name = Georges Frederic Roskopf Georges F. Roskopf (1813 1889), the inventor of the pin pallet escapement, was born in Germany and became a naturalized Swiss citizen. Early life and introduction In 1829, when Roskopf was 16, he… …

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  • 76Downtown Disney Californie — Une autre zone commerciale porte le nom de Downtown Disney en Floride au sein du Walt Disney World Resort. 33° 48′ 33″ N 117° 55′ 23″ W / …

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  • 77Bastión (cómic) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Bastión (cómic) Primera aparición X Men v2, N° 52 (mayo 1996) Creador(es) Mark Waid Andy Kubert Características Alias conocidos Sebastion Gilberti, Nicolas Hunter, Master Mold, Arnold Rodriguez, Template Afiliaciones …

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  • 78wind — wind1 n. /wind/, Literary /wuynd/; v. /wind/, n. 1. air in natural motion, as that moving horizontally at any velocity along the earth s surface: A gentle wind blew through the valley. High winds were forecast. 2. a gale; storm; hurricane. 3. any …

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  • 79painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 80technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …

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