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(Encyclopedia)electric furnace: see furnace.electric shock
(Encyclopedia)electric shock, effect of the passage of a current of electricity through the body. Fatality may result from shocks of from 1 to 2 amperes and 500 to 1,000 volts. However, the effect of electric shock...eel, electric
(Encyclopedia)eel, electric: see electric fish. ...current, electric
(Encyclopedia)current, electric, net movement or flow of electric charge from one point to another or across some boundary. See alternating current; direct current; electricity. ...Copper Age
(Encyclopedia)Copper Age: see Bronze Age.circuit, electric
(Encyclopedia)circuit, electric: see electric circuit. ...Iron Age
(Encyclopedia)Iron Age, period in the development of industry that begins with the general use of iron and continues into modern times. In Asia, Egypt, and Europe it was preceded by the Bronze Age. It did not begin...Ice Age
(Encyclopedia)Ice Age: see Pleistocene epoch.Golden Age
(Encyclopedia)Golden Age, in classical mythology: see mythology. ...Gilded Age
(Encyclopedia)Gilded Age, a term used to describe a period in United States history—from roughly 1870 to 1900—when the wealthy elite consisted of industrialists w...Browse by Subject
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