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X AND Y SIMULTANEOUSLY DESIGNED A METHOD OF PRODUCTION FOR A CERTAIN METAL. NAPOLEON III IS SAID TO HAVE HAD A DINNER SET MADE OF THIS METAL FOR HIS MOST HONOURED GUESTS. BUT X AND Y'S METHOD MADE THIS METAL ONE OF COMMON USE. IDENTIFY X AND Y.
Monday, January 25, 2010
QUESTION 119
HE WAS A STABLE KEEPER IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. HE HAD AROUND 40 HORSES, BUT HE HAD A CERTAIN POLICY BY WHICH HE WOULD ROTATE THE USE OF HORSES TO PREVENT ANY ONE PARTICULAR HORSE FROM GETTING EXHAUSTED. A COMMON PHRASE IS NAMED AFTER HIM AND HIS METHOD OF ROTATION. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?
QUESTION 118
HE CAME TO INDIA ALONG WITH ___ IN THE 1930s. THEY STARTED A SMALL BUSINESS WHICH UNDERTOOK SMALL JOBS. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, IMPORTS STOPPED. SO THEY STARTED TO DEAL IN DAIRY PRODUCTS. THEY SAW THE WAR PERIOD AS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND STARTED REPAIR AND RELATED BUSINESS. BUT THEY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR STARTING ANOTHER COMPANY. IDENTIFY THE PICTURE. WHAT DID THEY START?