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  2. Extended Wulff constructions - Wikipedia

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    Extended Wulff constructions refers to a number of different ways to model the structure of nanoparticles as well as larger mineral crystals, and as such can be used to understand both the shape of certain gemstones or crystals with twins.as well as in other areas such as how nanoparticles play a role in the commercial production of chemicals using heterogeneous catalysts.

  3. Abdominal thrusts - Wikipedia

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    The Heimlich Institute has stopped advocating on their website for the Heimlich maneuver to be used as a first aid measure for drowning victims. Heimlich's son, Peter M. Heimlich, alleges that in August 1974 his father published the first of a series of fraudulent case reports in order to promote the use of abdominal thrusts for near-drowning ...

  4. Henry Heimlich - Wikipedia

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    Henry Judah Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, [2] a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, [3] first described in 1974. [4]

  5. Herman Heimlich - Wikipedia

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    Herman Heimlich was born in 1904 in Hungary.His father, a rabbi, emigrated to New York in 1915. Heimlich travelled extensively after studying at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, and spent a year with his father in the United States in the 1920s, during which time he painted a series of murals at the Cotton Club.

  6. List of eponyms (A–K) - Wikipedia

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    See also B Bebot, Mother of Kenneth John – Bebot Báb, Persian religious leader – Bábism Charles Babbage, British mathematician and inventor – Babbage engine, Babbage Isaac Babbitt, American inventor – Babbitt metal Joseph Babinski, French neurologist – Babinski's sign, Anton–Babinski syndrome, Babinski–Fröhlich syndrome, Babinski–Froment syndrome, Babinski–Nageotte ...

  7. Doyle spiral - Wikipedia

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    A Doyle spiral of type (8,16) printed in 1911 in Popular Science as an illustration of phyllotaxis. [1] One of its spiral arms is shaded. In the mathematics of circle packing, a Doyle spiral is a pattern of non-crossing circles in the plane in which each circle is surrounded by a ring of six tangent circles.

  8. List of inventions named after people - Wikipedia

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    Barlow lens – Barlow's wheel – Peter Barlow [9] Bath Oliver – William Oliver; Beaufort scale – Sir Francis Beaufort; Beecham's Pills – Thomas Beecham; Belisha beacon – Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha; Benedict's reagent – Stanley Rossiter Benedict [10] Benson raft – Simon Benson [11] Bessemer converter – Henry Bessemer

  9. Simplicity Pattern - Wikipedia

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    The Simplicity Pattern Company is a manufacturer of sewing pattern guides, under the "Simplicity Pattern", "It's So Easy" and "New Look" brands. The company was founded in 1927 in New York City . During the Great Depression , Simplicity allowed home seamstresses to create fashionable clothing in a reliable manner.