Alexander M. Lippisch

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Why Do You Have to Turn Off Electronic Devices on an Airplane?

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Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

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History of Technology Timeline

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

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Timeline of the Space Race, 1957–69

Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution

Alexander M. Lippisch: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 22, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 07, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Oct 29, 2023
	Add new Web site: The New York Times - Alexander Lippisch Dead at 81:Messerschmitt Aircraft Pioneer.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Apr 21, 2018
	Added new Web site: Iowa State University - Biography of Alexander Martin Lippisch.	Dutta Promeet	May 13, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998