In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
POWELLIZE
Etymology
Verb
powellize (third-person singular simple present powellizes, present participle powellizing, simple past and past participle powellized)
(transitive) To preserve (wood) by saturating it with a solution of beet sugar and then drying it with artificial heat.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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