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  2. Canon (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world". [2] Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works. [3]

  3. List of fictional detectives - Wikipedia

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    Lt. Theo Kojak – TV series (played by Telly Savalas) Duca Lamberti – created by Giorgio Scerbanenco, becomes a police in the second novel of the Milano Quartet; Christie Love - fictional New York City police detective from TV movie and series Get Christie Love! Inspector Lestrade – created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  4. Charles Francis Jenkins - Wikipedia

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    Charles Francis Jenkins (August 22, 1867 – June 6, 1934) was an American engineer who was a pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies.

  5. History of film - Wikipedia

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    From 1896, Messter was interested in the search of a method of reproduction and synchronization of the sound effects of the cinematographic performance at the time of the silent movies. So Messter invented the Tonbilder Biophon to show films, in which a gramophone played Unter den Linden accompanying the projection of animated images, but it ...

  6. Cannon (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    In the pilot movie, he drove a 1970 model year 53A four-door hardtop sedan, which later crashed. [3] In the series, he switched to the two-door personal luxury cars, driving a new model year every season – in Season 1, he drove a 1971 Mark III , [ 4 ] before switching to Mark IVs for later seasons.

  7. Crossword - Wikipedia

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    Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...

  8. Canon (basic principle) - Wikipedia

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    The term canon derives from the Greek κανών (kanon), meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English. [1] The concept in English usage is very broad: in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authentic or approved rules or laws, particularly ecclesiastical; or group of official, authentic, or approved literary or artistic works ...

  9. Star Trek canon - Wikipedia

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    The Star Trek canon is the set of all material taking place within the Star ... and two books by Jeri Taylor are considered canon outside the tv show and movies." ...