In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FISSILITY
Etymology
Noun
fissility (usually uncountable, plural fissilities)
The quality of being fissile.
(geology) The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.
Source: Wiktionary
Fis*sil"i*ty, n.
Definition: Quality of being fissile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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