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  • 91Notable early nuclear reactors — ▪ Table Notable early nuclear reactors name location power output* distinction start up CP 1 (Chicago Pile No. 1) Chicago, Ill. low first reactor 1942 ORNL Graphite, or Oak Ridge Graphite Reactor (X = 10) Oak Ridge, Tenn. 3.8 megawatts first… …

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  • 92Notable balloon flights — ▪ Table Notable balloon flights date balloonists description Aug. 8, 1709 Bartholomeu Lourenço de Gusmão (Brazil) first model balloon flight June 5, 1783 Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (France) first demonstration… …

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  • 93Notable moons of the solar system — ▪ Table Notable moons of the solar system name mean distance from centre of planet (orbital radius; km) orbital period (sidereal period; Earth days) radius or radial dimensions (km) year of discovery Earth Moon 384,400 27.3217 1,738 Mars Phobos 9 …

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  • 94Notable balloon altitude records — ▪ Table Notable balloon altitude records date balloonists altitude April 24, 1804 Joseph Louis Gay Lussac and Jean Baptiste Biot (France) 3,977 metres (2.5 miles) Sept. 19, 1804 Joseph Louis Gay Lussac 7,016 metres (4.4 miles) Sept. 5, 1862 James …

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  • 95Notable Civil Engineering Projects 7 — ▪ Table Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 1996) Name Location   Year of  completion Notes Airports   Area (ha)         Chek Lap Kok ex Chek Lap Kok Island, Hong Kong 1,248           1997     Artificial island, terminal,… …

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  • 96Notable Civil Engineering Projects 8 — ▪ Table Notable Civil Engineering Projects (in work or completed, 1997)   Name Location   Year of completion Notes Airports Area (ha)   Chek Lap Kok ex Chek Lap Kok Island, Hong Kong         1,248 1997 Artificial island, terminal, bridge, tunnel… …

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  • 97Notable earthquakes in history — ▪ Table Notable earthquakes in history year affected area magnitude intensity approximate number of deaths comments c. 1500 BC Knossos, Crete (Greece) ... X ... One of several events that leveled the capital of Minoan civilization, this quake… …

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  • 98Notable persons from Białystok — Ryszard Kaczorowski, President of the Republic of Poland This is a sub article to Białystok See also Category: People from Białystok. Over the centuries Białystok has produced a number of persons who have provided unique contributions to the… …

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  • 99Notable persons from Suwałki — Edward Szczepanik, Prime Minister of The Government of the Polish Republic in Exile …

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  • 100notable — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. worthy of note ; remarkable b. distinguished, prominent 2. archaic efficient or capable in performance of housewifely duties • notableness noun II …

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