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Iron. Iron is a chemical element; it has symbol Fe (from Latin ferrum 'iron') and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core.
An iron lung ward, as mocked-up for a film, circa 1953. Humans, like most mammals, breathe by negative pressure breathing: [15] the rib cage expands and the diaphragm contracts, expanding the chest cavity. This causes the pressure in the chest cavity to decrease, and the lungs expand to fill the space.
Iron Man, The Avengers. Iron Man's armor is a fictional powered exoskeleton appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is built and worn by billionaire Tony Stark when he assumes the identity of the superhero Iron Man. The first armor was created in-story by Stark and Ho Yinsen, and was designed by artist Jack Kirby, first ...
Boonpeng. Boonpeng (1890 – 19 August 1919), popularly known as Boonpeng Heep Lek ( Thai: บุญเพ็งหีบเหล็ก, RTGS : Bunpheng Hip Lek) or Iron-Chest Boonpeng, was a Thai murderer and suspected serial killer who killed between two and seven religious worshippers in 1917. Convicted for these killings, he was beheaded ...
Armoire de fer. L'armoire de fer (French: 'iron chest') in general refers to an iron chest used to house important papers. A notable and frequent use of the term refers to a hiding place at the apartments of Louis XVI of France at the Tuileries Palace where some secret documents were kept. The existence of this iron cabinet, hidden behind ...
Bill Mantlo, Iron Man #100 When Goodwin became Marvel's editor-in-chief, he assigned Gerry Conway as the writer for Iron Man. Conway was the first of several writers in a four-year effort to reform Iron Man, beginning in 1971, with stories that directly addressed the character's history as a weapons manufacturer. These stories were especially prominent during a run by Mike Friedrich, in which ...
The Iron Chest is a 1796 play by the British writer George Colman the Younger, with music by the composer Stephen Storace. Inspired by the novel Things as They Are by William Godwin , it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London on 12 March 1796. [1]
The Iron Cross, 1st class, employed a pin or screw posts on the back of the medal, and was worn on the left side of the recipient's uniform, like the original 1813 version. The Iron Cross 2nd Class, and the larger Grand Cross, were suspended from different ribbons: the Grand Cross from a neck ribbon, the 2nd Class from a ribbon on the chest.