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In Chopin's case, at least four latter-day catalogues vie for prominence: Maurice J. E. Brown (B numbers); Krystyna Kobylańska (KK numbers); Józef Michał Chomiński, whose catalogue is segmented into six parts, each part utilising a different letter (A, C, D, E, P and S); and Chopin National Edition WN numbers. Hence, a work of Chopin can be ...
The Mercedes-Benz E-Class is a range of executive cars manufactured by German automaker Mercedes-Benz in various engine and body configurations. Produced since September 1953, the E-Class falls as a midrange in the Mercedes line-up, and has been marketed worldwide across five generations. Before 1993, the E in Mercedes-Benz nomenclature was a ...
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Almagest. An edition in Latin of the Almagestum in 1515. The Almagest / ˈælmədʒɛst / is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy ( c. AD 100 – c. 170) in Koine Greek. [ 1] One of the most influential scientific texts in history, it canonized ...
The Remington Model 8 rifle was the first commercially successful semiautomatic rifle offered for civilian sale in the United States. [ 7] It is long recoil-operated and uses a rotating bolt head. After firing, the barrel and bolt, still locked together, move rearward inside the receiver and compress two recoil springs.
Étude in D-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12, is an étude for piano composed by Alexander Scriabin in 1894. [1] It features many technical challenges, including numerous jumps in the left hand, repetitive chord strikes, and abundant octaves. It is a particular favorite among pianists and audiences alike. This piece was a favorite encore of Vladimir ...
The Remington Model 10 is a pump-action shotgun designed in 1908 by John Pedersen for Remington Arms. [ 2] It has an internal striker within the bolt and a tube magazine which loaded and ejected from a port in the bottom of the receiver. [ 5] An updated version, the Model 29, was introduced in 1930 with improvements made by C.C. Loomis.
Carbon-12 ( 12 C) is the most abundant of the two stable isotopes of carbon ( carbon-13 being the other), amounting to 98.93% of element carbon on Earth; [ 1] its abundance is due to the triple-alpha process by which it is created in stars. Carbon-12 is of particular importance in its use as the standard from which atomic masses of all nuclides ...