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Dewar

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Dewar
1. Donald. 1937--2000, Scottish Labour politician; secretary of state for Scotland (1997--99); first minister of Scotland (1999--2000)
2. Sir James. 1842--1923, Scottish chemist and physicist. He worked on the liquefaction of gases and the properties of matter at low temperature, invented the vacuum flask, and (with Sir Frederick Abel) was the first to prepare cordite


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0 unit can be used with a permanent cryogenic nitrogen tank, a portable tank or dewar.
And the absence of Caxton, Napster, Universal Product Code, James Dewar, China (to mention just a few proper nouns in the text I tried to look up) from the index is scandalous.
Dewar had been appointed in December to replace former trustee Julie English, who resigned midterm in October, citing health and time constraints.
 
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