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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Prince Rupert's Drops Drops of molten glass, consolidated by falling into water. Their form is that of a tadpole. The thick end may be hammered pretty smartly without its breaking, but if the smallest portion of the thin end is nipped off, the whole flies into fine dust with explosive violence. These toys, if not invented by Prince Rupert, were introduced by him into England. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: PRINCE RUPERT'S DROPS |
| Specialty definitions using "PRINCE RUPERT'S DROPS": Rupert's Balls. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 49 4E 43 45 52 55 50 45 52 54 27 53 44 52 4F 50 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000011 01000101 00100000 01010010 01010101 01010000 01000101 01010010 01010100 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000100 01010010 01001111 01010000 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R I N C E   R U P E R T ' S   D R O P S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0049 004E 0043 0045 0052 0055 0050 0045 0052 0054 0027 0053 0044 0052 004F 0050 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)505243483739252555039525495323852495053 |
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