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• Hydraulic fluid
  ...{{Fact|date=February 2008}} As aircraft performance increased in mid-20th century, the amount of force required to operate mechanical flight controls became
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• Rimini
  [[Image:Tiberius Bridge Rimini.JPG|thumb|300px|left|Tiberius' Bridge ([[1st century]]).]] In the sixth century BC, it was taken by the Gauls; after their last defeat (283 BC), it returne
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• Ship
  Until the application of the [[steam engine]] to ships in the early [[19th century]], oars propelled [[galley]]s or the wind propelled [[sailing ship]]s. ...Battle of Actium]]. The use of large numbers of [[cannon]] from the [[16th century]] meant that maneuverability took second place to broadside weight; this le
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• Florence
  ...etianus]] made Florentia capital of the province of ''Tuscia'' in the 3rd century CE. The seat of a bishopric from around the beginning of the 4th century CE, the city experienced subsequent turbulent periods of [[Byzantine Empire
  16 KB (2,370 words) - 23:12, 23 September 2009
• Giancarlo Baghetti
  ...e of the most prolific designers of [[Sports_car|sports cars]] in the 20th century.
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• Autódromo José Carlos Pace
  ...a]] and [[Billings (lake)|Billings]], which were built in the early [[20th century]] to supply the city with water and electric power. In the 1970s it was ren
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• Cam-in-block
  ...rods, is a relatively new wrinkle, since metallurgy of the very early 20th Century was not precise enough to allow such a configuration to be reliably produce ...st known L-head automotive engine is the [[Ford Flathead engine|early 20th century Ford V-8]], which has both sets of valves (intake and exhaust) located on t
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• Hellé Nice
  One of the 20th century's colorful and illustrious pioneering women who had successfully competed i
  10 KB (1,616 words) - 22:50, 11 June 2009
• Brescia
  ...nomani (Cisalpine Gaul)|Cenomani]], allies of the [[Insubres]], in the 4th century BC, it became their capital. The city became Roman in 225 BC, when the Ceno ...d the latter two times at [[Pontoglio]], and then at the Grumore (mid-12th century) and in the battle of the Malamorte(Bad Death) (1192).
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• RWD
  ...anics)|transmission]] layout used in [[automobile]]s throughout the [[20th century]]. RWD typically places the engine in the front of the vehicle, but the [[M
  9 KB (1,331 words) - 08:17, 18 August 2009
• Espresso
  ...hine was developed and popularized in Italy from the beginning of the 20th century to the postwar period.
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• Venice
  ...nvasion of northern Italy by the [[Lombards]] in [[568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|Pepin In the [[12th century]] the essentials for the power of Venice were laid: the [[Venetian Arsenal
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• Rear-wheel drive
  ...anics)|transmission]] layout used in [[automobile]]s throughout the [[20th century]]. RWD typically places the engine in the front of the vehicle, but the [[M
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• Pushrod engine
  ...known flathead automotive engine is the [[Ford Flathead engine|early 20th century Ford V-8]], which has both sets of valves (intake and exhaust) located on t
  10 KB (1,635 words) - 08:54, 4 August 2009
• Car body style
  ...triumph of ad agency gibberish, Colonnade Hardtop Sedan. The '76 [[Buick Century]] sedan used this configuration. ...etimes with a rear [[tonneau]]. Most cars in the first decade of the 20th century were either runabouts or [[touring car]]s.
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• Cubism
  '''Cubism''' was an early [[20th century]] [[avant-garde]] [[art movement]] that revolutionized [[Europe|European]]
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• List of international auto racing colors
  From the beginning of the 20th century until the late 1960s, before [[Formula One sponsorship liveries|sponsorship
  11 KB (1,642 words) - 10:34, 6 March 2009
• History
  ...ually [[Italian unification|unified]] amidst much struggle in the 19th and 20th centuries. ...[[Samnites]], [[Umbrians]] and other) competing with [[Rome]] in the first century B.C. By the time of [[Roman Emperor|emperor]] [[Augustus]] approximately, t
  18 KB (2,750 words) - 11:40, 8 October 2009
• Ancillotti
  ...zed forms of public transport in Florence at the the beginning of the 20th Century. It was inevitable that he would open a workshop for the repair and mainten
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• Bologna
  ...the ancient and renowned [[University of Bologna]], founded in the [[11th century]]. In the [[4th century BC]] the city was conquered by the Boii, a Gallic tribe, whence the ancient
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