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  • ...tation, which in those days almost all transport was entirely entrusted to animal power. In 1907 he moved to [[Turin]], where he worked at a school where his ...ily. Even the young ''Nuccio'' began to learn some of his skills and basis working on some of the cars.
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  • ...uces some effect from a given input. The origin of [[engineering]] was the working of engines. There is an overlap in [[English language|English]] between two ...Engines using [[Manual labour |human power]], [[Animal powered transport |animal power]], [[Hydropower |water power]], [[wind power]] and even [[Steam engin
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  • ...uces some effect from a given input. The origin of [[engineering]] was the working of engines. There is an overlap in [[English language|English]] between two ...Engines using [[Manual labour |human power]], [[Animal powered transport |animal power]], [[Hydropower |water power]], [[wind power]] and even [[Steam engin
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  • ...rom Ethiopia used coffee, but not as a drink. They would wrap the beans in animal fat as their only source of nutrition while on raiding parties. The Turks w ..., then reaches the cup. The Neapolitan caffettiera has instead a different working function, and needs to be turned upside down when the drink is ready. Its b
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  • * [[Equestrianism|Riding]] an [[Working animal|animal]] such as a [[horse]]
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  • ...a [[steam engine]] does work when the combustion process heats a separate working fluid, such as water or steam, which then in turn does work. ...Italians [[Eugenio Barsanti]] and [[Felice Matteucci]] patented the first working, efficient version of an internal combustion engine in 1854 in London (pt.
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  • ...a [[steam engine]], does work when the combustion process heats a separate working fluid, such as water or steam, which then in turn does work. ...us]] put the first mobile gasoline engine on a handcart. [[Nikolaus Otto]] working with [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]] in the 1870's developed t
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  • ...the early [[Roman Republic|republic]], but also in later periods (for the working classes), the ''cena'' essentially consisted of a kind of [[porridge]], the *[[Beef]], though not very popular as [[cattle]] were working animals, used for such tasks as ploughing or pulling carts, so that their m
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  • ...articularly popular was [[almond milk]], which was a common substitute for animal [[milk]] during [[Lent]] and [[Fasting and abstinence in the Roman Catholic ...ty. [[norm (sociology)|Social norms]] also dictated that the food of the [[working class]] be less refined, since it was believed there was a divine or natura
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  • ...[[Stirling engine]]s, which use the combustion process to heat a separate working fluid, which then in turn does work, for example by moving a piston. ...eed for compression to increase the difference between the upper and lower working temperatures, but it is not clear that engine designers were aware of this
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  • ...er items used to preserve foods included [[oil]], [[vinegar]] or immersing animal proteins in their own congealed, rendered fat. For preserving fruits, liquo ...nerous amounts are often seen. Single pot dishes are popular here with the working class which take less labor to create. In the areas of [[Bergamo]], [[Bresc
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  • ; [[Seiko]] Quartz watch : Basically working like a pager, it had a built-in telex that allowed MI6 to send important me ; SNOOPER : One of Q Branch's surveillance inventions. A small, animal-like remote controlled camera unit that can transmit audio/video from the h
    48 KB (7,856 words) - 22:24, 13 September 2009