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  2. Rats, Lice and History - Wikipedia

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    Zinsser frames the book as a biography of the infectious disease, tracing its path through history. An important theme of the book is the (according to Zinsser, underappreciated) effect infectious diseases such as typhus had on the course of history, a topic which would later be treated in other popular works such as Plagues and Peoples and ...

  3. Frederick G. Zinsser - Wikipedia

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    Frederick G. Zinsser (March 21, 1868 – January 20, 1956 [1]) was a resident of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York who established a chemical plant on the waterfront of the Hudson River called Zinsser & Company, which synthesized organic chemicals. The Zinsser plant was as one of the establishments contracted to produce mustard gas during the First ...

  4. Hans Zinsser - Wikipedia

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    Zinsser had a strong influence on the work of Albert Coons (1912–1978), who developed the technique of immunohistochemistry. Zinsser was a mentor to, and colleague of, John Franklin Enders, [8] who was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Frederick Chapman Robbins and Thomas Huckle Weller). [9]

  5. Zinsser - Wikipedia

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    Zinsser is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frederick G. Zinsser (1868–1956), American businessman; Hans Zinsser (1878–1940), American physician, bacteriologist and writer; Judith Zinsser (born 1943), American historian and writer; William Zinsser (1922–2015), American writer, editor, literary critic and teacher

  6. Cel - Wikipedia

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    A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Actual celluloid (consisting of cellulose nitrate and camphor) was used during the first half of the 20th century. Since it was flammable and dimensionally unstable, celluloid was largely replaced by cellulose acetate.

  7. William Zinsser - Wikipedia

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    William Knowlton Zinsser (October 7, 1922 – May 12, 2015) was an American writer, editor, literary critic, and teacher. He began his career as a journalist for the New York Herald Tribune , where he worked as a feature writer, drama editor, film critic and editorial writer.

  8. Environmental impact of paint - Wikipedia

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    Low-VOC paint types include latex (water-based), recycled latex (water-based), acrylic, and milk paint. [1] [2] The labels of paint cans can be checked for the following information: To be considered low-VOC, the paint should contain <50 g/L of VOC. [citation needed] To be considered zero-VOC, the paint should contain <5 g/L of VOC. [citation ...

  9. Christian Zinsser - Wikipedia

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    Christian Zinsser (December 26, 1907 - March 12, 1993) was a German lawyer and diplomat during the period of the Third Reich and the German Federal Republic. Known for being the German consul in Honduras in 1941 and having served at the German consulate in Manchukuo during 1942–1945.