Injector used in steam locomotives. A steam injector is typically used to deliver cold water to a boiler against its own pressure using its own live or exhaust steam, replacing any mechanical pump. This was the purpose for which it was originally invented in 1858 by Henri Giffard.
Verruca: A wart by another name, a local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a human papillomavirus) is transmitted by contact.The contact can be with a wart on someone else or one on oneself (autoinoculation).Warts that occur on the hands or feet are called common warts. A wart on the sole of the foot is a plantar wart.Genital (venereal) warts are located on the genitals and may be transmitted by sexual contact.The word wart is from Old English and far back as the 8th century referred to a wart. The name verruca is Latin for wart. wart on the sole of the foot is a plantar wart. Genital (venereal) warts are located on the genitals and may be transmitted by sexual contact. The word wart is from Old English and far back as the 8th century referred to a wart. The name verruca is Latin for wart.
Boudicca, sometimes written Boadicea, was queen of the Iceni tribe, a Celtic clan which united a number of British tribes in revolt against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in 60-61 AD. While she famously succeeded in defeating the Romans in three great battles, their victories would not last.