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Boston
packs of fifty two cards each said to be so called from Boston Massachusetts and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war
Braille
in which the characters and numerals are represented by patterns of raised tangible points or dots It was invented by Louis Braille a French teacher of the blind
Bramah press
A hydrostatic press of immense power invented by Joseph Bramah of London See under Hydrostatic
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Budget
A bag or sack with its contents hence a stock or store an accumulation as a budget of inventions
Bunsen burner
a kind of burner invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg consisting of a straight tube four or five inches in length having small
Burnettize
etc to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc to prevent decay a process invented by Sir William Burnett
Celsius
The Celsius thermometer or scale so called from Anders Celsius a Swedish astronomer who invented it It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale
Conchoid
A curve of the fourth degree first made use of by the Greek geometer Nicomedes who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube
Contrivance
The act or faculty of contriving inventing devising or planning
Iambus
by a long one as in abrevemamacrns or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one as invent an iambic See the Couplet under Iambic n
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