The little splints of wood which we call matches are made out of deal or pine wood which has been soaked in melted paraffin wax to make it burn more easily. 这种被我们称之为火柴的薄木片由欧洲赤松(松树)制成, 在液体的石蜡

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This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Life on earth requires six basic ingredientscarbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur and phosphorus. Those six elements are the building blocks for DNA and R

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The commercial potential for the stuffwhich soon became known as phosphorus, from Greek and Latin roots meaning light bearingwas not lost on eager businesspeople, but the difficulties of manufacture made it too costly to exploit. An ounce of phosphor

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通知书 合并 下列署名人, 谨此通知各位顾客, 自即日起以前以F.与T.命名的两公司合并为B.公司,继续营业。 We the undersigned, herewith inform all our esteemed correspondents that the two firms which have carried on b

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1. We inform you that the partnership existing between us in the business of wool has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. 2. Notice is hereby given that the copartnership which has existed between Mr. Black and Mr. Brown under the style of Bla

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Matches Striking matches, on this Moment of Science. Have you ever had a problem getting a match to light? If so, you might be using the wrong type of match. There are actually two different types of matches: safety matches and strike-anywhere matche

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