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Large Hadron Collider
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rachet
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e3 words
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electronic toll collection
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solar energy
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cardboard chair
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engineers – early 1900s
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adjustable wrench
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exhibits
1912 circuits magnetic components to make circuits boards with circuit diagrams 1913 – series / parallel circuits – 1914 /…
