In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OCCURRENTS
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occurrents
plural of occurrent; events
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OCCURRENT
Oc*cur"rent, a. Etym: [L. occurrens, -entis, p.pr. of occurrere: cf.F. occurrent. See Occur.]
Definition: Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
Oc*cur"rent, n.
1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] Holland.
2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.] These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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