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- Locomotive (16705 bytes)
1: ...ix.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Great Western Railway]] No. 6833 ''Calcot Grange'', a [[4-6-0]] [[GWR 6800 C...
3: ...ce or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
12: ... a new one. Failure of the motive power unit does not require taking the whole train out of service.
13: * ''Efficiency'' - idle trains do not waste expensive motive power resources. Separat...
14: ...omotives have become obsolete when their cars are not, or vice versa. - Germany (46412 bytes)
1: ... [[Europe]]. It is bordered to the north by the [[North Sea]], [[Denmark]], and the [[Baltic Sea]], to...
51: ...ages per the [[European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages|ECRML]].<br>
57: ...e [[G8]] nations and a founding member of what is now the [[European Union]].
62: ...o back more than a thousand years, the state now known as Germany was unified as a modern nation-state...
66: ...ading state of Germany, from the more western and northern parts. - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
11: Governor = [[Joe Manchin]] |
36: ...tates|Southern state]] of the [[United States]], known as ''The Mountain State.''
38: ... during the [[American Civil War]]. The state is noted for its [[coal]] mining heritage, and union or...
40: ...een Bank Telescope]] at the [[National Radio Astronomy Observatory]].
42: ... [[USS West Virginia|USS ''West Virginia'']] in honor of this state. - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
8: Nickname = North Star State |
10: OfficialLang = None |
12: Governor = [[Tim Pawlenty]] |
39: .... The most significant [[metropolitan area]] is known as the [[Minneapolis-St. Paul|Twin Cities]], co...
43: ... state include ''Land of 10,000 Lakes'' and the ''North Star State''. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
1: This is a chronological list of [[invention]]s.
3: ...nvented in an impractical form many years before another inventor improves the invention into a practi...
96: * [[1128]]: [[Cannon]] in [[History_of_China|China]]
99: ...lasses|Eyeglasses]] in [[Italy in the Middle Ages|Northern Italy]]
130: * [[1709]]: [[Piano]]: [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]] - List of inventors (14020 bytes)
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26: *[[Arnold O. Beckman]], (1900 - 2004), [[pH]] meter
32: *[[Katherine Blodgett]], (1898-1979) — nonreflective [[glass]]
34: *[[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]] — [[snowmobile]]
40: ... and [[United States|USA]] — [[rocket]] technology - Alternative technology (2518 bytes)
1: ...lly friendly than the functionally equivalent technologies dominant in current practice. There are man...
5: ...and which of a field of competing alternative technologies should be pursued.
7: ...alternative." For example, a class of chemicals known as [[CFC]]s have been replaced by more ozone-fr...
9: ==Some alternative technologies==
11: ...fuels for automobiles (besides [[gasoline]] and [[diesel]]) - Economics (30960 bytes)
1: ...assumption]]s or a set of [[observation]]s, and [[normative]] when it prescribes that a certain action...
3: ...under scarcity or determining economic [[value#Economics|value]].
5: ...ocieties. (See also [[sociology]], [[political economy]], [[history]])
7: ...constraints, the topics covered are broad, and economists have also studied topics ranging from marria...
11: == Areas of study in economics == - Golf (35905 bytes)
8: ...o the aim is to have as many points as possible. Another variant of stroke play, the ''Modified Stable...
12: ...yed) or from the ''rough'' (uncut grass or ground not prepared at all).
16: ...played as it lies or may be replaced by dropping another ball outside the water, but a penalty is incu...
18: ...it so that it may be seen from some distance (but not necessarily from the tee). It is also termed "th...
20: ... the course (''obstructions'') and to ground in abnormal condition. - Ship (18843 bytes)
1: [[Image:Genoa 139a.jpg||thumb|250px|Picture provided by [http:...
2: ...mast]]s) which a boat requires to become a ship. (Note that one refers to [[submarine]]s as "boats"). ...
4: ... this was not part of the definition. The same economic pressures which increased sizes to the point o...
6: ... come to be more particularly associated with the noun '[[navy]]'.
14: ... of water, (summer, fresh, tropical fresh, winter north Atlantic) have different densities, subsequent... - Train (10331 bytes)
7: ...s of conventional [[rail tracks]], but may be [[monorail]] or [[magnetic levitation train|maglev]]. Pr...
9: In [[railway terminology]], a '''consist''' is used to describe the gr...
15: ...cial 'railways' are [[atmospheric railway]]s, [[monorail]]s, [[high-speed rail]]ways, [[Magnetic_levit...
27: A single uncoupled rail vehicle is not technically a train, but is usually referred to ...
31: ...o-day use by the [[1970s]]. A few countries, most notably the [[People's Republic of China]] where [[c... - Aircraft (13315 bytes)
15: ...speed it must descend in relation to the air (but not necessarily in relation to the ground). Helicopt...
37: ...dirigible balloons) such as [[blimp]]s (that have non-rigid construction) and rigid airships that have...
45: ...rofiting from airflow patterns determined by [[Bernoulli's equation]] and, to some extent, the [[Coand...
49: ...urfaces are placed forward of the wings, near the nose of the aircraft. Canards are becoming more comm...
51: ... principally an improvement in [[structure]]s and not aerodynamics. - Watercraft (2566 bytes)
5: ..., the distinction between those two categories is not one of size per se.
8: ...e or snorkel for a supply of the air that running diesel engines requires; in contrast, nuclear-powered su...
10: ... working on board. However, neither fishing boats nor [[ferry|ferrie]]s are considered ships, though b...
12: ... more specific than ''ship'' or ''boat'' (e.g., canoe, kayak, raft, barge, [[jet ski]]) comes to mind ...
17: *[[canoe]] - History of rail transport (7056 bytes)
9: ...els ran on L- shaped metal plates - these became known as [[plateways]]. In the late 18th century, Eng...
11: ...d encouraged wider experimentation, though it was not used for locomotive power until [[Richard Trevit...
14: ...at the Pennydarren ironworks in [[Wales]]. It was not financially successful, because it was too heavy...
22: ... railroads were built in places where canals were not practical.
27: ...eet railways were electrified. These then became known as "streetcars," "trolleys," "trams" and "Stras... - Steamboat (11603 bytes)
3: ...240px|[[PS Waverley|PS ''Waverley'']] leaving [[Dunoon]] on the [[Firth of Clyde]].]]
6: ...d submarines use steam to drive turbines, but are not referred to as steamships or steamboats.
8: ...r'' is occasionally used, out of nostalgia, for [[diesel]] motor driven vessels, prefix "'''MV'''".
15: ...but whether it was full-size and steam-powered or not is unclear. River boatmen took exception to the ...
17: ...sank, and while he made an improved model he does not seem to have had much success, though he may hav... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
6: ...e though [[diesel]] and other fuels such as [[ethanol]] or plant based oils have also seen occasional ...
8: ...ferent fuels — typically gasoline and [[ethanol]] [[alcohol fuel]].
12: ...ive{{cite web | title=FreedomCAR: Getting New Technology into the Marketplace | work=U.S. House of Rep...
14: ...y, though a number of nations continue to rely on diesel-electric fleets.
16: ...and in some places such as California is only a minor contributor, overshadowed by natural gas and oth... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
21: ...hits the Midwestern states of [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indiana]], killing 695 people.
29: ...vision Song Contest]] for [[Luxembourg]] singing "Nous les amoureux" (We the lovers).
32: *[[1965]] - [[Astronaut|Cosmonaut]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 m...
34: ...[[1970]] - [[Lon Nol]] ousts Prince [[Norodom Sihanouk]] of [[Cambodia]].
44: ...anged to Attack of the Show, ending an era of technological television. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...y efficient]] means of mechanised land transport known. The [[Rail tracks|rails]] provide very smooth ...
15: ...The [[East Japan Railway Company]] has taken an innovative and creative marketing stance and have achi...
26: ...ed path. The term "guideway" better describes the non-traditional modes.
28: ...r [[steam locomotive|steam]], [[diesel locomotive|diesel]] or [[electric locomotive]]s. The last of these ...
34: ... [[Pacific]] and transferred to trains to cross [[North America]] and be transferred back to a ship fo... - Mustard (7834 bytes)
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6: ...{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]}}
16: ...er liquids, are turned into a [[condiment]] also known as '''mustard'''. The seeds are also pressed to...
22: ...hite mustard (''Brassica hirta'') grows wild in [[North Africa]], the [[Middle East]] and [[Mediterran...
26: ...]] liquid fuel similar to [[diesel]] fuel. The biodiesel made from mustard oil has good cold flow properti... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
3: While the German people were not fully unified into a single political unit until...
5: ...e [[German Empire]] of 1871–1918 was often known as the second Reich to indicate its descent fro...
15: ...itary campaigns the Romans made the [[Rhine]] the north-eastern frontier of the [[Roman Empire]], givi...
19: ...ern Roman Empire, but the states they founded did not last. The western Germans moved into the territo...
25: ...nd was anointed by the Church. The Frankish kings now set up as protectors of the [[Pope]], and began ...
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