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Quest 1 is a single-player role-playing game originally written for the TRS-80 and translated for the Apple II and Atari 8-bit computers. Published by SoftSide Magazine in 1981 as a type-in program , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it is the first-known published game by Brian Reynolds .
Around 1920 the British Rubber Growers Association turned to then Secretary of State for the Colonies, Winston Churchill, for help.Churchill initiated a committee of inquiry, the Rubber Investigation Committee, consisting primarily of Association members and chaired by Sir James Stevenson, to come up with a plan to stabilize rubber prices.
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The major commercial source of natural rubber latex is the Amazonian rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), [1] a member of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.Once native to Brazil, the species is now pan-tropical.
In order to make Germany independent from the importation of natural rubber, the first industrial plant for the production of artificial rubber was built in Schkopau near Halle (Saale) and named Buna-Werke GmbH Schkopau. It was a subsidiary of Ammoniakwerk Merseburg GmbH, later known as Leunawerke, which belonged to IG Farben. The foundation ...
The term walk-through was used to describe step-by-step video game solutions as early as 1984 in the game guide compilation Conquering Adventure Games; [4] this usage of the term was established by 1988 [5] [6] and popularized with the publication of Quest for Clues, [7] a collection of guides for adventure games and role-playing video games ...
The two roll rubber mill is used in almost every rubber production facility today. Many other inventors created rubber mills with varying degrees of similarity to Chaffee's initial designs. [ 3 ] George Watkinson patented a three roll design in 1894 while Harold Denmire patented a four roll design in 1932.
The Auburn Rubber Company was a rubber products manufacturer best known for its line of children's toys. [1] It was probably the largest producer of rubber and vinyl toys in the world, though Norway's Tomte Laerdal , Finland's Plasto, and Sweden's Galanite were major European producers.