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Featured article: July 31, 2004

A typewriter is a mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when pressed, cause characters to be printed on paper. In the late 19^th and the start of the 20^th century the device operator was sometimes also called a "typewriter", though it then became more common to call the person a "typist". A typewriter has a keyboard, with keys for the characters in its font. The method by which the typewriter actually marks the paper now varies as greatly as types of printers do, but until the end of the 20^th century it was by the impact of a metal (or, later, metallized plastic) element against an "inked" ribbon which caused ink to be deposited on the paper. (more...)

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The only existing song by a trobairitz which survives with music, by Comtessa de Dia (file info)

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The Lorenz attractor, introduced by Edward Lorenz in 1963, is a non-linear three-dimensional deterministic dynamical system derived from the simplified equations of convection rolls arising in the dynamical equations of the atmosphere. For a certain set of parameters the system exhibits chaotic behavior and displays what is today called a strange attractor; this was proven by W. Tucker in 2001. The strange attractor in this case is a fractal of Hausdorff dimension between 2 and 3. Grassberger (1983) has estimated the Hausdorff dimension to be 2.06 ± 0.01 and the correlation dimension to be 2.05 ± 0.01.

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Featured list: List of North American birds
This list of birds of Canada and the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species known from the North American continent north of Mexico Ducks, geese, and swans Trumpeter Swan. Wood Duck pair. Falcated Duck. Common Eider Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor Taiga Bean-Goose, Anser fabalis Tundra Bean-Goose, Anser serrirostris Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C) Graylag Goose, Anser anser (A) Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (A) Emperor Goose, Chen canagica Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens Ross's Goose, Chen rossii Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii Canada Goose, Branta canadensis Brant, Branta bernicla Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (C) See full list...

Featured list: List of North American birds

This list of birds of Canada and the United States is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species known from the North American continent north of Mexico

Ducks, geese, and swans

Trumpeter Swan.

Wood Duck pair.

Falcated Duck.

Common Eider

Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae

The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
Taiga Bean-Goose, Anser fabalis
Tundra Bean-Goose, Anser serrirostris
Pink-footed Goose, Anser brachyrhynchus (C)
Graylag Goose, Anser anser (A)
Greater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted Goose, Anser erythropus (A)
Emperor Goose, Chen canagica
Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens
Ross's Goose, Chen rossii
Cackling Goose, Branta hutchinsii
Canada Goose, Branta canadensis
Brant, Branta bernicla
Barnacle Goose, Branta leucopsis (C)
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