In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
Ne`o-La*marck"ism, n. (Biol.)
Definition: Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by recent biologists, esp. as maintaining that the offspring inherits characters acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.; -- opposed of Neo-Darwinism (which see, above). -- Ne`o-La*marck"i*an, a. & n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 October 2024
(noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; “the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.