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- Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...aul an unpowered train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space o...
13: * ''Efficiency'' - idle trains do not waste expensive motive power reso...
17: ...mon to classify locomotives by their means of providing motive work - the common ones include:
20: ... illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Cl...
27: ... locomotive was some two and a half times that of diesel power, and the daily mileage achievable was far l... - Germany (46412 bytes)
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27: |'''[[President of Germany|President]]''' || [[Horst K?r]] - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
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38: While many consider it part of the [[U.S. Southern States|South]], ...
40: ...geday.com/bridge-day-BASE-jumping.php] from the bridge), as well as many national and state parks. It...
46: ...Virginia and plantation owners in the plains and tidewater regions. Under the United States constitut...
48: ...wedly unionist, the counties it contained were divided in their secession votes. 18 West Virginia coun... - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
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39: ...of [[suburb]]s. More than half of the state's residents live there.
51: ...Kensington Runestone]], which most historians consider to be an elaborate [[hoax]]. Some say that the...
54: ...ed for many years afterward. Parts were also considered to be in the [[Northwest Territory]].
59: ...some tribes operate [[casinos]] which have been said to be among the most profitable in the country. ... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
22: * [[Animal husbandry]] in the [[Middle East]]
54: ...d]] wheel [[chariot]] in the [[Ancient Near East|Middle East]]
70: ...Clockwork]] (the [[Antikythera mechanism]]): [[Posidonius]]?
99: ...280s]]: [[Glasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
119: * [[1620]]: [[Slide rule]]: [[William Oughtred]] - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
30: *[[Tim Berners-Lee]] — [[World Wide Web]]
62: ...o DaVinci]], (1452-1519), [[Italy]] — [[euclidean geometry]]
67: ...dolf Diesel]], (1858-1913), [[Germany]] — [[Diesel engine]]
81: *[[James Fergason]] — [[liquid crystal display]]
95: ...], (1882-1945), [[United States|USA]] — liquid fuel rocket - Alternative technology (2518 bytes)
5: ...courage rapid adoption; whether or not public subsidies for adoption are appropriate; which technologi...
7: ... adopted, after which they might no longer be considered "alternative." For example, a class of chemi...
11: ...fuels for automobiles (besides [[gasoline]] and [[diesel]])
16: ** [[Biodiesel]]
19: ...tosynthetic]] "[[Gratzel cell]]s" ([[Titanium dioxide]]) - Economics (30960 bytes)
1: ...n]] of [[goods]] and [[services]]. Economics is said to be [[positive (social sciences)|positive]] whe...
3: ...ders the economy as a whole, in which case it considers [[aggregate supply]] and [[aggregate demand|de...
12: Economics is usually divided into two main branches:
14: ...l actors such as businesses, households, and individuals, with a view to understand decision making in...
17: ...rds, its premises ought to have theoretical and evidential support in microeconomics. - Golf (35905 bytes)
4: '''Golf''' is an outdoor [[game]] where individual players or teams play a small [[golf ball|ball...
8: Competitive golf can be played by individual players (''single'') or by teams. Golf can be ...
16: ...s or may be replaced by dropping another ball outside the water, but a penalty is incurred in the latt...
18: ...leave the ground. The direction of growth of individual blades of grass affects the rolling of a golf ...
29: ...nate shots until the ball is holed out. When individual players have all brought a ball into play, the... - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: [[Image:Genoa 139a.jpg||thumb|250px|Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
14: ...called the "[[Plimsoll Mark]]", exists on ships' sides, and consists of a [[circle]] with a horizontal...
19: ...t that maneuverability took second place to broadside weight; this led to the dominance of the sail-po...
21: ...et]] of [[1812]]. Steam propulsion progressed considerably over the rest of the [[19th century]]. Nota...
23: The marine [[diesel]] engine first came into use around [[1912]]: eit... - Train (10331 bytes)
3: ... illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Cl...
7: ...ne place to another along a planned route. The guideway ([[permanent way]]) usually consists of conve...
21: ...Kingdom]], a train hauled by two locomotives is said to be "double-headed", but in [[Canada]] and the ...
31: ...abor intensive and cleaner (but more expensive) [[diesel locomotive]]s and [[electric locomotive]]s, while...
45: ...the city and its suburbs. Some carriages may be laid out to have more standing room than seats, or to ... - Aircraft (13315 bytes)
15: ...s use a spinning rotor (a ''rotary wing'') to provide both lift and thrust. The abbreviation [[VTOL]] ...
37: ...was the [[Zeppelin]], although there were some accidents such as the [[Hindenburg_disaster|Hindenburg]...
59: ...e [[rotary-wing aircraft]]. Here, the lift is provided by rotating [[aerofoil]]s or [[rotor]]s. The be...
67: ...ge:Glider-landed-in-field.jpg|500px|right|thumb|Glider in Field]]
71: ...the wind direction changes with altitude). For gliders, takeoff takes place from a high location, or ... - Watercraft (2566 bytes)
8: ...e or snorkel for a supply of the air that running diesel engines requires; in contrast, nuclear-powered su...
10: ...ither fishing boats nor [[ferry|ferrie]]s are considered ships, though both carry cargo (their catch o...
12: ...s to mind first. (Some of these would even be considered at best questionable as examples of boats.) - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
9: ...ls were beginning to be replaced by iron. In the mid century systems developed in which unflanged whe...
11: ...used this device to see wider use and encouraged wider experimentation, though it was not used for loc...
27: ... 1890s, electric power became practical and more widespread, allowing extensive underground railways. ...
31: ...e been modernized to become part of the urban "rapid transit" system in their respective areas.
33: ===Diesel Power=== - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
8: ...r'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
15: ...at the same time. One of the first to propose the idea (around [[1690]]) was the physicist [[Denis Pap...
27: In [[Scotland]] the ideas of the ''Charlotte Dundas'' were taken up by [...
32: Incidentally, the cartoon ''[[Steamboat Willie]]'' intr...
37: ...[[Loch Katrine]], while on Loch Lomond the [[PS Maid of the Loch]] is being restored. - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
1: ...da-Insight.jpg|thumbnail|[[Honda Insight]], a hybrid gas-electric vehicle|300px]]
2: ...us2004.jpg|thumbnail|2004 [[Toyota Prius]], a hybrid gas-electric vehicle|300px]]
3: ...ss.jpg|thumbnail| [[Whispering Wheel]] Bus, a hybrid bus with an in wheel motor design. |300px]]
4: <!-- Need a photo of a Blue Hybrid here! though I dreed to suggest, Perhaps an Explo...
6: ...e gasoline as their sole [[fuel]] source though [[diesel]] and other fuels such as [[ethanol]] or plant ba... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
14: *[[1871]] - President of the [[France|French]] government [[Thiers]]...
21: *[[1925]] - The [[Tri-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], and ...
28: *[[1959]] - American President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs a bill into law...
35: *[[1971]] - A landslide at [[Chungar]], [[Peru]] crashes into [[Lake Yan...
39: ...my]] is found in the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Pyramid of Cheops]]. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
3: ...ils are arranged in a [[train]] (a series of individual powered or unpowered vehicles linked together)...
8: ...nd transport known. The [[Rail tracks|rails]] provide very smooth and hard surfaces on which the [[whe...
15: ...xe]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more efficient in their progress t...
17: ...tracks as they run through cities and the countryside is impractical.
22: ...ary elements, and should be viewed from a system-wide perspective when planning, constructing and main... - Mustard (7834 bytes)
6: ...x_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ... and mixing them with water, vinegar or other liquids, are turned into a [[condiment]] also known as '...
22: ...a hirta'') grows wild in [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]] and [[Mediterranean]] Europe and has sp...
26: ...il has also been found to be an effective [[pesticide]]. [http://www.bioproducts-bioenergy.gov/pdfs/bc...
34: ...action occurs between an [[enzyme]] and a [[glucoside]] from the seeds, resulting in the production of... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...lands were always its chief component. After the mid-15th century, it was known as the "Holy Roman Emp...
15: ... far as the Rhine and the [[Danube]] remained outside the [[Roman Empire]].
19: ...estern Roman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the terr...
30: ===Middle Ages===
33: ...ire]] was established. The Frankish empire was divided into counties, and its frontiers were protected...
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