A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a type of weapon that emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile. It transfers energy to a target for a desired effect. Some of these weapons are real or in development; others...

A gas engine means an engine running on gas, such as coal gas, producer gas biogas, landfill gas, or natural gas. In the UK, the term is unambiguous. In the US, due to the widespread use of "gas" as an abbreviation for gasoline, such an...

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Typewriter. Duplicating machines, Liquid Paper, Writing, Daisy wheel printer, Teleprinter, Type, Chorded keyboard, Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, Letter (alphabet), Projection keyboard, IBM Electric typewriter, IBM Selectric typewriter von...

Islam and Judaism,Abraham,Moses,Muhammad andJews,History ofthe Jews under Muslim rule,People of the Book,Biblicalnarratives and the Qur'an,Five Pillars ofIslam,Judaism,Jewish philosophy,Early Islamicphilosophy,Judeo-Islamic philosophies...

Muscle car is a term used to refer to a variety of high performance automobiles.At its most widely accepted the term refers to American 2-door rear wheel drive mid-size cars of the late 1960s and early 1970s equipped with large, powerful...

Aimée du Buc de Rivéry was a French heiress, a cousin of Empress Josephine, who went missing at sea at the age of eleven. There is a legend that she was captured by pirates, sold as a harem concubine, and was the same person as...

Jacques-Marie-Émile Lacan (April 13, 1901 - September 9, 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who made prominent contributions to psychoanalysis, philosophy, and literary theory. He gave yearly seminars, in Paris, from 1953...

Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983) was an American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist.Fuller published more than thirty books, inventing and popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth",...

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Escape from New York is a 1981 science fiction/action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film is set in the near future in a crime-ridden United States that has converted...

Paul von Hindenburg. President of Germany, German presidential election, 1925, German presidential election, 1932, Enabling Act of 1933, German Reichsmark, Nazi Party, Reichstag Fire Decree, Hermann Goring, Franz von Papen von Miller,...