In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DEFERENTS
Noun
deferents
plural of deferent
Source: Wiktionary
DEFERENT
Def"er*ent, a. Etym: [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.]
Definition: Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.
Def"er*ent, n.
1. That which carries or conveys. Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.
2. (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Definition: An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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