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  2. C. Arnold Beevers - Wikipedia

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    C. Arnold Beevers was born in Manchester, England. [2] His family moved to Liverpool and he attended the University of Liverpool, gaining a BSc degree in Physics in 1929, and a DSc degree in 1933.

  3. Woodchipper - Wikipedia

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    A tree chipper or woodchipper [1] is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller woodchips. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van.

  4. Susanna Beever - Wikipedia

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    Beever was born in Manchester in 1805. Her father, William Beever, was a Manchester businessman and their mother, Nanny, died while she was young. [1] Her family lived in Birdsgrove House near Ashbourne in Derbyshire [1] before moving to The Thwaite in Coniston in Cumbria in 1827. Her father died in 1831.

  5. Timeline of the American Old West - Wikipedia

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    Outraged at the sacking of Lawrence, abolitionist John Brown and a party of Free-Staters murder five pro-slavery activists in rural Kansas Territory in the Pottawatomie massacre. In the three months of retaliatory raids and murders that follow, more than two dozen people are killed, marking the bloodiest episode of the Bleeding Kansas era.

  6. Model 1816 French artillery short sword - Wikipedia

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    The model was reissued in 1831 with minor changes. Most visibly, the newer model had a ringed grip rather than the fishscale pattern seen in the earlier model. [2] It also provided the inspiration for the American Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword, though the American model retained the fishscale grip of the 1816 model.

  7. de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver - Wikipedia

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    The flaps can be deployed to an extreme range, extending out at full to a 58-degree position; the flight manual notes that the full setting is recommended only for performing emergency landings. In the skies, the Beaver is relatively easy to handle, having been described as possessing light and comfortable controls.

  8. E. B. Eddy Company - Wikipedia

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    E. B. Eddy sold off its match division in 1927 and it was merged with World Match Corp. Ltd., Dominion Match Co. Ltd. and Canadian Match Co. Ltd..The company became the first manufacturer of book matches in Canada in 1929 and was the largest producer of this product in Canada.

  9. Easter egger - Wikipedia

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    Eggs from an Olive egger compared to a brown ISA Warren egg. In American usage, an Easter egger or Easter-egger is any hybrid or mixed-breed chicken resulting from the breeding of a bird carrying the blue egg (oocyan) gene with one that lays brown eggs.