In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ORGANOGEN
Or*gan"o*gen, n. Etym: [Organo- + -gen.] (Chem.)
Definition: A name given to any one of the four elements, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, which are especially characteristic ingredients of organic compounds; also, by extension, to other elements sometimes found in the same connection; as sulphur, phosphorus, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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