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80Butter
Butter is a semi-solid, edible fat, butter is made from milk, usually cows' milk. It generally contains 80-85 per cent milk fat combined with water and a small amount of salt and other residue. A valuable source of food, butter has also been used over the years in cosmetics and lamp oil, to prevent rust and as a salve for burns.
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77The History of the Humble Pencil
Pencil an instrument, containing graphite, that is used for writing and drawing. The most com mon type of pencil consists of a thin cylinder of graphite and clay contained in a sheath of wood. Another kind of pencil is the mechanical pencil, which dispenses inserts of graphite, called leads.
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75The Art of Falconry
The art of hunting wild game using trained birds of prey is called falconry. The bird is trained to spot, catch and kill game, which is then retrieved by the hunter. Falconry is an ancient art which has been...
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79The Philosophy of Epicureanism
Epicureanism, was the philosophy founded by Epicurus at Athens near the end of the 4th century B. c. Epicureanism propounded a simple, rational, dogmatic view of the nature of man and the universe, through...
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74Lawnmower
The lawnmower was invented by Edwin Budding of Gloucestershire in 1830. The first commercially successful petrol-driven mower was marketed by Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries in 1902. Motor mowers have largely superseded hand mowers because of the time and physical energy they save.
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74Leonardo da Vinci
The outstanding genius of the Renaissance was Leonardo da Vinci whose talent was as diversified as any in history. Painter, architect, scientist, anatomist, inventor, engineer, mathematician and philosopher, he left to posterity a host of inventions, hundreds of drawings and a few great masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa, in the Louvre in Paris, and the famous Last Supper, in the Convent of Santa Maria dell Grazie, in Milan. He died in Chateau de Cloux, near Amboise, France, May 2, 1519.
71Iliad Epic
The greatest epic poem of classical Greece, attributed to Homer. Its subject is the wrath of Achilles and its disastrous con sequences at the siege of Troy (also called Ilion, hence Iliad) about 1180 B.C. Much of the language is traditional, for Homer was largely an oral poet who composed in recurrent formulaic phrases that fit neatly into the dactylic hexameter line.
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68The Handkerchief
The handkerchief for mopping the brow and wiping the nose is felt to be a necessity by most civilized people. The Romans are known to have used such a napkin made, as it still is, of linen, but when their...
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72Toothpicks
...small, narrow sliver of wood, plastic or similar material, used to remove food or other matter between the teeth. Toothpicks long preceded the toothbrush (which was probably invented by the Chinese) as an...
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