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| | The Difference Dictionary: C |
 | | First prepared in 1865, the material, a highly flammable homogeneous colloidal dispersion of cellulose nitrate and camphor, was commercially important for its toughness, resilience, low manufacturing cost, and resistance to water, oils, and dilute acids. |
 | | Chartist movement - A revolutionary political movement, chiefly working class, that came to prominence in 1838 and disappeared after 1850. |
 | | The Chartists demanded universal suffrage, equal electoral districts, vote by ballot, annually elected parliament, payment for members of parliament, and abolition of the property qualification. |
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