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| Domain | Definition |
Health | Benzopyrenes saturated in any two adjacent positions and substituted with two hydroxyl groups in any position. The majority of these compounds have carcinogenic or mutagenic activity. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 48 59 44 52 4F 58 59 44 49 48 59 44 52 4F 42 45 4E 5A 4F 50 59 52 45 4E 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. .... -.--. -.. .-. --- -..- -.--. -.. .. .... -.--. -.. .-. --- -... . -. --.. --- .--. -.--. .-. . -. . ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01001000 01011001 01000100 01010010 01001111 01011000 01011001 01000100 01001001 01001000 01011001 01000100 01010010 01001111 01000010 01000101 01001110 01011010 01001111 01010000 01011001 01010010 01000101 01001110 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I H Y D R O X Y D I H Y D R O B E N Z O P Y R E N E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0048 0059 0044 0052 004F 0058 0059 0044 0049 0048 0059 0044 0052 004F 0042 0045 004E 005A 004F 0050 0059 0052 0045 004E 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38434259385249585938434259385249363948604950595239483953 |
| 1. Orthography 2. Bibliography |
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