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Gore-Tex is W. L. Gore & Associates's trade name for waterproof, breathable fabric membrane. It was invented in 1969. It was invented in 1969. Gore-Tex blocks liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use.
Blow Hot, Blow Cold (Italian: Violenza al sole, also known as The Island) is a 1969 Italian thriller-drama film directed by Florestano Vancini. [1] [2] [3] Plot.
The Swiss-born physician Jacques Etienne Chevalley de Rivaz who had a famous sanatorium in Casamicciola and lived there from 1830 until his death in 1863. He was made an honorary citizen of Casamicciola in 1837 for his work in halting a cholera outbreak in nearby Forio.
The 1883 Casamicciola earthquake, also known as the Ischia earthquake occurred on 28 July at 20:25 local time (Central European Time) on the island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples in Italy. Although the earthquake had an estimated moment magnitude ( M w ) of 4.2–5.5, considered moderate in size, [ 3 ] it caused intense ground shaking that was ...
Aragonese Castle (Italian: Castello Aragonese) is a castle built on a small tidal island east of Ischia (one of the Phlegraean Islands), at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, Italy. The castle stands on a volcanic rocky islet that connects to the larger island of Ischia by a causeway ( Ponte Aragonese ).
"To the Door of the Sun (Alle porte del sole)" is a 1975 hit single by Al Martino and the title track of his LP. It is the English version of an Italian-language song by Gigliola Cinquetti, "Alle porte del sole" (pronounced [alle ˈpɔrte del ˈsoːle]), which was written by Daniele Pace, Mario Panzeri, Lorenzo Pilat and Corrado Conti, and released in 1973; the song won Canzonissima 1973.
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Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) DSCOVR began as a proposal in 1998 by then-Vice President Al Gore for the purpose of whole-Earth observation at the Sun-Earth L 1 Lagrange point, 1.5 × 10 ^ 6 km (0.93 × 10 ^ 6 mi) from Earth.