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• ... that engineer and physicist '''[[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]]''' was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for his discovery of X-rays?


• ... that '''[[Inverted Wagon Queen Family Truckster]]''' ('''I-WQFT''') is a spectacular example of a stamp misprint caused by faulty [[Gnomon algorithm]] logic; that the misprint resulted from a junior Gnomon algorithm engineer in Ford Motors' Advanced Philately division misplacing a decimal point; and that Ford subsequently recalled over million inverted vehicles, but recouped its losses selling stamps to collectors?
• ... that engraver, goldsmith, and publisher '''[[Theodor de Bry (nonfiction)|Theodor de Bry]]''' gained fame for his depictions of early European overseas expeditions; and that, although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers?


• ... that engineer and physicist '''[[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]]''' was awareded the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for his discovery of X-rays?
• ... that chemist and physicist '''[[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]]''' invented the vacuum flask, which he used in his pioneering research into the liquefaction of gases?
 
• ... that engraver, goldsmith, and publisher '''[[Theodor de Bry (nonfiction)|Theodor de Bry]]''' dies gained fame for his depictions of early European expeditions; and that, although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers?
 
• ... that chemist and physicist '''[[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]]''' invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases?

Latest revision as of 21:40, 5 February 2022

• ... that engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for his discovery of X-rays?

• ... that engraver, goldsmith, and publisher Theodor de Bry gained fame for his depictions of early European overseas expeditions; and that, although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers?

• ... that chemist and physicist James Dewar invented the vacuum flask, which he used in his pioneering research into the liquefaction of gases?

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