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cylinder

a three-dimensional shape with two parallel, circular bases and a curved surface that joins the bases

Alessandro Volta

an Italian physicist and chemist who is best known for inventing the voltaic pile, the first battery

Maria Sibylla Merian

a German naturalist and scientific illustrator who is known for her detailed illustrations of insects and plants

ventricle

a large chamber in the heart that pumps blood

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