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| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A method for fighting underground coal fires. This air-blowing technique involves the injection of an incombustible mineral, like rock wool or dry sand, through 6-in (15.2-cm) boreholes drilled from the surface tointersect underground passageways in the mines. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 4E 45 55 4D 41 54 49 43 49 4E 4A 45 43 54 49 4F 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01001110 01000101 01010101 01001101 01000001 01010100 01001001 01000011 00100000 01001001 01001110 01001010 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P N E U M A T I C   I N J E C T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 004E 0045 0055 004D 0041 0054 0049 0043 0049 004E 004A 0045 0043 0054 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5048395547355443372434844393754434948 |
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