In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RAPHANY
Raph"a*ny, n. Etym: [Cf. F. raphanie.] (Med.)
Definition: A convulsive disease, attended with ravenous hunger, not uncommon in Sweden and Germany. It was so called because supposed to be caused by eating corn with which seeds of jointed charlock (Raphanus raphanistrum) had been mixed, but the condition is now known to be a form of ergotism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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