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111Hovercraft — A hovercraft, or air cushion vehicle (ACV), is an amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface supported by a cushion of slowly moving, high pressure air, ejected downwards against the surface below, and… …
112Tattoo machine — A tattoo machine is a hand held device generally used to create a tattoo, a permanent marking of the skin with ink. Modern tattoo machines use alternating electromagnetic coils to move a needle bar up and down, driving pigment into the skin.… …
113Convertible — For the currency reference, see convertibility. For the stock trading reference, see convertible security. For the carriage, see Cabriolet (carriage) Jaguar XK c. 2008, with heatable glass rear window and fully automatic cloth top with integral… …
114Samuel Colt — (July 19, 1814 ndash; January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He was the founder of the Colt s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company (now known as Colt s Manufacturing Company), and is widely credited with popularizing the… …
115Voicemail — (also known as voice mail, voice message, or voice bank) is a computer based system that allows users and subscribers to exchange personal voice messages; to select and deliver voice information; and to process transactions relating to… …
116Pharmacopoeia — s issued by private individuals.HistorySome of the earliest pharmacopoeia books were written by Arabian and Persian physicians. [Philip K. Hitti (cf. Dr. Kasem Ajram (1992), Miracle of Islamic Science , Appendix B, Knowledge House Publishers.… …
117Lloyd Hall — Lloyd Augustus Hall (June 20, 1894 January 2, 1971) was an African American chemist who contributed to the science of food preservation. By the end of his career, Hall had amassed 59 United States patents, and a number of his inventions were also …
118Deodorant — Roll on deodorant Rexona Degree brand Deodorants are substances applied to the body to affect body odor caused by bacterial growth and the smell associated with bacterial breakdown of perspiration in armpits, feet and other areas of the body. A… …
119Margaret E. Knight — Margaret Ethridge Knight (February 14, 1838 – October 12, 1914) was an American inventor. She has been called the most famous 19th century woman inventor .[1] She was born in York, Maine to James Knight and Hannah Teal. James Knight died when… …
120Escapement — redirects here. For the fisheries term for the stock surviving fishing pressures over a spawning cycle, see Spawn (biology). For other uses, see Escapement (disambiguation). A deadbeat escapement, used in many pendulum clocks. Click above to see… …
