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  2. John "Pondoro" Taylor - Wikipedia

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    John Howard "Pondoro" Taylor (1904–1969) was a big-game hunter and ivory poacher [1] of Irish descent. Born in Dublin as the son of a surgeon he developed an urge to go to Africa and become a professional hunter. Taylor mainly hunted for his own account and had little interest in guiding clients. His parents paid for his passage to Cape Town ...

  3. Polyisocyanurate - Wikipedia

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    The generalised chemical structure of polyisocyanurate showing the isocyanurate group. The polyols are abbreviated as R-groups.. Polyisocyanurate (/ ˌ p ɒ l ɪ ˌ aɪ s oʊ s aɪ ˈ æ nj ʊər eɪ t /), also referred to as PIR, polyol, or ISO, is a thermoset plastic [1] typically produced as a foam and used as rigid thermal insulation.

  4. Rigid panel - Wikipedia

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    A multi-family residential building under construction with rigid panel exterior insulating sheathing. Rigid panel insulation, also referred to as continuous insulation, [1] can be made from foam plastics such as polyurethane (PUR), polyisocyanurate (PIR), and polystyrene, or from fibrous materials such as fiberglass, rock and slag wool.

  5. A Sportsman's Sketches - Wikipedia

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    A Sportsman's Sketches (Russian: Записки охотника, romanized: Zapiski ohotnika; also known as A Sportman's Notebook, The Hunting Sketches and Sketches from a Hunter's Album) is an 1852 cycle of short stories by Ivan Turgenev. It was the first major writing that gained him recognition.

  6. Polyisobutene - Wikipedia

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    Polyisobutene (polyisobutylene) is a class of organic polymers prepared by polymerization of isobutene.The polymers often have the formula Me 3 C[CH 2 CMe 2] n H (Me = CH 3).They are typically colorless gummy solids.

  7. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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    Weight may cause ceilings to sag if the material is very heavy. Professional installers know how to avoid this, and typical sheet rock is fine when dense-packed. Will settle over time, losing some of its effectiveness. Unscrupulous contractors may "fluff" insulation using fewer bags than optimal for a desired R-value.

  8. Open textbook - Wikipedia

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    An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public.Many open textbooks are distributed in either print, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost.

  9. ONIX for Books - Wikipedia

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    ONIX for Books is an XML format for sharing bibliographic data pertaining to both traditional books and eBooks. It is the oldest of the three ONIX standards, and is widely implemented in the book trade in North America, Europe and the Asia–Pacific region. It allows book and ebook publishers to create and manage rich metadata about their ...