Alan Burns. Right?that's the steam-jet engine. the first modern steam engine was Thomas Savery in 1689.
Wrong, it was derived from Hola, but Edison chose it as a possible telephone greeting, along with others such as Ahoy.I believe you'll find that it derives from the Hungarian phrase "Hallo?" meaning "Can you hear me?" And it was developed from Alexander Bell's first ever telephone call with his Hungarian assistant. He, as you mentioned, preferred to say either "Ahoy" or "Ahoy-hoy".
How can you tell the difference between an apple and a pear without any prior knowledge, scientific apparatus or training in the field?apples float, pears don't
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Wow, tough one. I don't know, but I'll guess it's a rhino.
What was Ludwid van Beethoven's response to the success of his Piano Sonata No. 14 in C ? minor "Quasi una fantasia", op. 27, No. 2?
What was Ludwid van Beethoven's response to the success of his Piano Sonata No. 14 in C ? minor "Quasi una fantasia", op. 27, No. 2?
What is the purpose of the Large Hadron Collider?I don't think this one was properly answered, so I'll use a snippet from the wiki page.
Who is depicted on the twenty Kenyan Shilling note?
What was Ludwid van Beethoven's response to the success of his Piano Sonata No. 14 in C# minor "Quasi una fantasia", op. 27, No. 2?
Spinning Blade
What is he world's smallest rodent?
The Atanasoff–Berry Computer, 1937(or so says Wikipedia)
if you had 32 white socks and 51 black socks, and it was put in a bag, what is the minimum number of socks to be pulled out to get one matching pair?
still wrong.
you can get w/b or b/w
@ gracie:
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wait... that leaves 12 letters but only 8 spaces ???
What is the only type of spider that has lungs?
who thought of it and when?I know who it is, rather rather what they were, but you have to share it with the rest of the class.
19. Nauru
20. Nepal
21. Papua New Guinea (TV service expected to begin 1982)
22. Rwanda
23. San Marino
24. Seychelles [\quote]
I'll just tell you that the answer is mentioned earlier in this thread.hmmm...