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Depiction of Auto-5 in 1909 catalog. The Browning Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. Designed by John Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900, [4] it was produced continually for almost 100 years by several makers with production ending in 1998. It features a distinctive high rear end, earning it the nickname "Humpback".
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In 1830, Belgium became independent, and Turnhout fell just south of the new border with the Netherlands. The period of peace between 1831 and 1914 saw the digging of the canal (1846) and the construction of the railroad (1855). In the late Middle Ages, Turnhout was a well-known center for the weaving of bedding articles and of the linen trade ...
7 Mechelen: 5: 5 Turnhout: 4 Elected by the provincial council: 3 Limburg: Hasselt: 3: 4 Tongeren-Maaseik: 4 Elected by the provincial council: 2 East Flanders: Aalst: 5: 4 Oudenaarde: 3 Gent-Eeklo: 12: 6 Dendermonde: 4: 4 Sint-Niklaas: 4 Elected by the provincial council: 4 West Flanders: Bruges: 4: 2 Roeselare-Tielt: 5: 3 Kortrijk: 5: 4 Ypres ...
In computing, Windows on Windows (commonly referred to as WOW) [1] [2] [3] is a discontinued compatibility layer of 32-bit versions of the Windows NT family of operating systems since 1993 with the release of Windows NT 3.1, which extends NTVDM to provide limited support for running legacy 16-bit programs written for Windows 3.x or earlier.
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On 5 July 1834 the company started the first magazine of the Kempen (E: Campine), the ‘’Algemeen Aenkondigingsblad’’, which was printed by Brepols up to 1875. On 3 January 1845, P. J. Brepols died and the company was continued by his only daughter, Antoinette Brepols, who had married Jan Jozef Dierckx, a merchant, in 1820.
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Los Angeles County has sued beverage makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the ...