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  2. Apollo Telescope Mount - Wikipedia

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    Apollo Telescope Mount. The Apollo Telescope Mount, or ATM, was a crewed solar observatory that was a part of Skylab, the first American space station. It could observe the Sun in wavelengths ranging from soft X-rays, ultra-violet, and visible light. The ATM was manually operated by the astronauts aboard Skylab from 1973–74, yielding data ...

  3. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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    According to this source, 1 November 2011 to 30 September 2012 will be a transitional period and as of 1 October 2012, imports and sales of ordinary incandescent bulbs of 100 watts or more will be prohibited. The first phase will be followed by a ban on 60-watt-and-higher incandescent light bulbs starting in October 2014.

  4. Bupropion - Wikipedia

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    The metabolism of bupropion is highly variable: the effective doses of bupropion received by persons who ingest the same amount of the drug may differ by as much as 5.5 times (with a half-life of 12–30 hours), while the effective doses of hydroxybupropion may differ by as much as 7.5 times (with a half-life of 15–25 hours).

  5. Luxottica - Wikipedia

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    The company listed in New York in 1990, [20] and in Milan in December 2000, [21] joining the MIB-30 (now FTSE MIB) index in September 2003. [22] The listing raised money for the company and allowed it to use its shares to acquire other brands, starting with Italian brand Vogue Eyewear in 1990, Persol and LensCrafters in 1995, Ray-Ban from ...

  6. Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder on writing songs while surfing - AOL

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    Preview: In a rare extensive interview to air on "CBS Sunday Morning" Sept. 22, Eddie Vedder and bass player Jeff Ament open up about the legendary band's founding.

  7. Cathode-ray tube - Wikipedia

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    A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen. [2] The images may represent electrical waveforms on an oscilloscope , a frame of video on an analog television set (TV), digital raster graphics on a computer monitor , or ...

  8. 15 brilliant fall fashion deals at Nordstrom: Save on boots ...

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    Avec Les Filles Water Resistant Twill Hooded Longline Coat. $140 $220 Save $80. The perfect rain jacket for when it's not too hot and not too cold. This lined twill coat is designed with a storm ...

  9. Angle of incidence (optics) - Wikipedia

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    The angle of incidence, in geometric optics, is the angle between a ray incident on a surface and the line perpendicular (at 90 degree angle) to the surface at the point of incidence, called the normal. The ray can be formed by any waves, such as optical, acoustic, microwave, and X-ray. In the figure below, the line representing a ray makes an ...