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sextant
thumb|A sextant
Systema Naturae
major work by Carolus Linnaeus
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stroller
right|thumb|upright|A man pushing a baby in a stroller while jogging.
A stroller, also known as a pushchair or buggy (British English), is a wheeled device used for transporting infants and young children. Strollers can have a variety of features such as cup holders, a storage basket, or the ability to carry multiple children.
is–ought problem
philosophical problem articulated by David Hume in 1739 about how one can deduce prescriptive statements (what ought to be) from descriptive statements (what is)
generating function
formal power series with coefficients that encode information about a sequence
toy soldier
miniature figurine that represents a soldier
Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste
Great Complete Encyclopedia of All Sciences and Arts, published 1732-1754
De Moivre–Laplace theorem
convergence in distribution of binomial to normal distribution
Digesting Duck
1739 automaton in the form of a duck
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