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121Johann Bessler — (Orffyreus) Johann Ernst Elias Bessler (alias Orffyreus, 1680 – November 30, 1745) was a German entrepreneur who demonstrated a series of devices that he claimed exhibited perpetual motion. Contents 1 …
122Racetrack Playa — Location Death Valley National Park Inyo County, California Coordinates …
123automatic — automatically, adv. automaticity /aw teuh meuh tis i tee/, n. /aw teuh mat ik/, adj. 1. having the capability of starting, operating, moving, etc., independently: an automatic sprinkler system; an automatic car wash. 2. Physiol. occurring… …
124automotive — [ôt΄ə mōt′iv] adj. [ AUTO + MOTIVE] 1. moving by means of its own power; self moving 2. of or having to do with automobiles or other motor vehicles …
125Locofoco — Lo co*fo co, n. [Of uncertain etymol.; perh. for L. loco foci instead of fire; or, according to Bartlett, it was called so from a self lighting cigar, with a match composition at the end, invented in 1834 by John Marck of New York, and called by… …
126Earth (Noon Universe) — In the Noon Universe created by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky Earth is one of the planets populated by humans as well as their assumed origin. It is identical to the modern Earth except for the fact that it is set in the XXII century. Earth is… …
127Locofoco — /loh koh foh koh/, n. 1. (sometimes l.c.) a member of the radical faction of the New York City Democrats, organized in 1835 to oppose the conservative members of the party. 2. (l.c.) a friction match or cigar developed in the 19th century,… …
128physics, philosophy of — Aristotle distinguishes seven meanings of the Greek word physis, settling on it as the essence of things that have a source of movement within themselves. The world, for Aristotle, is a world of self moving or self developing things, and physis… …
