mechanical labor — Work performed by a mechanic or one practicing a mechanical art; the shaping or uniting of materials into any structure, machine, or object, the construction of which requires the use of tools. Arizona Eastern Railroad Co. v Matthews, 20 Ariz 282 … Ballentine's law dictionary
plasterer — One who follows the mechanical pursuit of coating walls and ceilings of rooms with plaster. 33 Am J1st Lic § 39. An artisan; a mechanic. Merrigan v English, 9 Mont 113, 22 P 454 … Ballentine's law dictionary
steam engineer — The operator of a steam engine. A mechanical pursuit for the purpose of a tax exemption. 51 Am J1st Tax § 548. One who has a watch in the engine room and stokehole of a steamship. Baggaley v Aetna Ins. Co. (CA7 Ill) 111 F2d 134 … Ballentine's law dictionary
Cylon (reimagining) — This article is about the Cylons from the reimagined 2004 Battlestar Galactica series and its spin offs. For an overview of the Cylons in all Battlestar Galactica series, see Cylon (Battlestar Galactica). For other uses, see Cylon… … Wikipedia
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education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… … Universalium
Rock — /rok/, n. a male given name. * * * I In geology, a naturally occurring and coherent aggregate of minerals. The three major classes of rock igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic are based on the processes that formed them. These three classes are… … Universalium
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
Seventeenth-century materialism: Gassendi and Hobbes — T.Sorell In the English speaking world Pierre Gassendi is probably best known as the author of a set of Objections to Descartes’s Meditations. These Objections, the fifth of seven sets collected by Mersenne, are relatively long and full, and… … History of philosophy