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People & society · Developing

Hugh Westlake

. (1984) The Story of Enfield Chase. Enfield: Enfield Preservation Society. p. 98. Hugh Westlake (c.1656 - after 1700) was a barrister of the Middle Temple and the Surveyor of the Woods for the Duchy of Lancaster. Hugh W

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Ideas & learning · Developing

Mercerised pulp

Mercerised pulp is a bleached pulp that is treated with hot diluted alkali to get extra high bulk and high porosity. The pulp feels and looks similar to a cotton ball. Mercerising of pulp is a post treatment of fully ble

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Ideas & learning · Developing

Oil base

An oil base or oil pedestal is a water, dirt, and fat repellent paint which is applied directly as a coating on the rough plaster to protect it. It typically consists of a coating of paint, which is based on alkyd resin.

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Ideas & learning · Developing

McMullen Mac Airliner

The McMullen Mac Airliner was a late 1920s American light airliner powered by a Liberty L-12 V-12 engine of World War I origin. The sole prototype was destroyed in a hangar fire. The Mac Airliner was designed as a fast c

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History & culture · Developing

Kings Norton Stop Lock

Kings Norton Stop Lock () is a Grade II* listed building at Kings Norton Junction on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal near its junction with the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. It is the only guillotine-gated stop-lock on a

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Literature & books · Developing

The TIME Almanac

The TIME Almanac was an almanac published in the United States. The almanac was first published in 1947 as the Information Please Almanac by Dan Golenpaul. The name was changed with the 1999 edition when Time magazine bo

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