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... important things happened to technology itself . In the first place , it became self - conscious . This change is sometimes characterized as one from a craft - based tech- nology to one based on science , but this is an oversimpli ...
... important things happened to technology itself . In the first place , it became self - conscious . This change is sometimes characterized as one from a craft - based tech- nology to one based on science , but this is an oversimpli ...
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... important , espe- cially in London , that the actors should suggest gentility . George Bernard Shaw in Our Theatres in the Nineties remarked that to be employed in a good production it was far less important that a young actor be ...
... important , espe- cially in London , that the actors should suggest gentility . George Bernard Shaw in Our Theatres in the Nineties remarked that to be employed in a good production it was far less important that a young actor be ...
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... important halides , other than the fluorides , are the trihalides ; rhodium ( III ) chloride , RhCl , and iri- dium ( III ) chloride , IrClg , can both be made by direct chlorination of the metals , while lower halides are obtain- able ...
... important halides , other than the fluorides , are the trihalides ; rhodium ( III ) chloride , RhCl , and iri- dium ( III ) chloride , IrClg , can both be made by direct chlorination of the metals , while lower halides are obtain- able ...
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