In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
COSMOSPHERE
Etymology
Noun
cosmosphere (plural cosmospheres)
An apparatus for showing the position of the Earth with respect to the fixed stars, consisting of a hollow glass globe marked with the stars and constellations and containing a terrestrial globe.
Source: Wiktionary
Cos"mo*sphere (kz"m-sfr), n. Etym: [Gr. sphere.]
Definition: An apparattus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SHTIK
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
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