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Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) – [[American Civil War|Civil War]] and the [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction Era]] (1861–1877)

1861 Twist drill * A twist drill is a bit with two cutted grooves in opposite sides of a round bar, whereby the twisted bar produces a helical flute in order to drill holes in metal, plastic, or wood. The twist drill was invented by Stephen A. Morse in October 1861 and later patented on [...]

Clifford D. Simak – Works

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Novels * ”The Creator” (first magazine publication 1935, first book publication 1946) * ”Cosmic Engineers”, first published as a “short novel” in ”Astounding Science Fiction”, February 1939, March 1939, and April 1939; expanded slightly for novel publication, 1950. A crew is piped to the edge of known space, where metal-men Cosmic Engineers need help to [...]

Josepha Sherman – Works

Series= Buffyverse *”Visitors” (1999) (with Laura Anne Gilman) *”Deep Water” (2000) (with Laura Anne Gilman) Find Your Fate Junior Transformers 9. ”The Invisibility Factor” (1986) Bardic Choices (with Mercedes Lackey) 1. ”A Cast of Corbies” (1994) Prince of the Sidhe 1. ”The Shattered Oath” (1995) 2. ”Forging the Runes” (1996) Novels *”Golden Girl and the [...]

Keith Henson – Works

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*Henson, H.K., and K.E. Drexler: ”Vapor-phase Fabrication of Massive Structures in Space”, Space Manufacturing AIAA 1977 *Henson, H.K., and K.E. Drexler: ”Gas Entrained Solids: A Heat Transfer Fluid for Use in Space” Space Manufacturing AIAA 1979 *H. Keith Henson and Arel Lucas: [http://groups.google.ca/group/sci.space.policy/msg/3654d08deee4f4f0?hl=en& STAR LAWS] ”Reason Magazine”, Aug., 1982 *Henson, H.K.: [http://cfpm.org/~majordom/memetics/2000/16177.html Memes, L5 and [...]

Goodrich Castle – History

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Medieval history= 11th and 12th centuries The Welsh border situation remained unsettled however, and in the decades after 1250 security grew significantly worse, as the Welsh prince Llwelyn up Gruffudd conducted numerous raids into English territories. The Wye valley and Goodrich were particularly affected by these raids. Accordingly William de Valence began to build a [...]

Bread and Circuses (Star Trek: The Original Series) – Plot

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On stardate 4040.7, the starship USS ”Enterprise”, commanded by Captain James T. Kirk, is on routine patrol when it encounters the wreckage of the SS ”Beagle”, a survey vessel lost six years earlier. The ”Beagle” was under the command of Captain R. M. Merrick, whom Kirk knew during his academy days. First Officer Spock traces [...]

Hybrid solar lighting – How it Works

Solar Lighting Systems capture light from the sun and conduct it towards a room using optical fibers. They use rooftop collectors, large mirrored dishes, that track the sun. The collectors adjust to aim the sunlight onto 127 optical fibers which are conducted into a single chord. The optical fibers are flexible and can be connected [...]

Donna Troy – Fictional character biography

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Introduction Wonder Woman’s younger sister Wonder Girl made her first appearance in ”The Brave and the Bold” #60 (July 1965) as a member of a “junior Justice League” called the Teen Titans, consisting of Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad (the sidekicks of Batman, The Flash, and Aquaman, respectively). After next being featured in ”Showcase” #59 [...]

Salvador, Bahia – Culture

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Salvador’s historical and cultural aspects were inherited by the miscigenation of such ethnic groups as Native-Indian, African, and European. This mixture can be seen in the religion, golden cuisine, cultural manifestations, and custom of Bahia’s people. Literature As the capital of colonial Brazil until 1763, Salvador was an important cultural centre since the 16th century, [...]

Werewolf fiction – Lists

Literature This section includes novels and short stories. *”The Satyricon” by Petronius (approx. 61 AD). *”Bisclavret” from ”Lais” by Marie de France (approx. 1175). *”Guillaume de Palerme” (approx. 1200). *Single line reference, Thomas Malory, ”Le Morte d’Arthur” translated ”Death of Arthur” (1469–1470), ””Sir Marrok the good knight that was betrayed with his wyf for she [...]

Traveller (role-playing game) – Setting

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Originally, ”Traveller” had no established setting, and was promoted as a rules system for running general science fiction role-playing games. It was published at a time when role-playing games did not typically feature a well-defined fictional universe, but instead offered rules appropriate to the conventions of a particular genre. Each role-playing group used and altered [...]

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