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- Helicopter (20080 bytes)
5: ...ically. Subject only to refuelling facilities and load/altitude limitations, a helicopter can travel to ...
9: ...s (some helicopters can carry slung loads, accommodating awkwardly shaped items), or as a mount for st...
15: ...ying helicopter was first conceived by [[Leonardo da Vinci]] in the [[15th century]], but it was not u...
25: ...ong slot along the tail boom, utilizing the [[coanda effect]] to produce forces to counter the torque....
29: ...streaming and can occur while in a hover on windy days making hovering turns difficult. - Rail transport (15539 bytes)
8: ...f the car on two four wheel support trucks. Fully loaded, the contact between each wheel and the rail is...
9: ... the train evenly, allowing significantly greater loads per [[axle]]/wheel than in [[road transport]].
15: ...e]]). Conversely, US freight railways have consolidated and become more efficient in their progress to...
24: ...irement changed over time and left the system to adapt?
53: ...essful steam-operated railway, the [[Stockton and Darlington Railway]], ran in northern [[England]] in... - Apache (7848 bytes)
3: ...leaders have included [[Cochise]], [[Mangas Coloradas]], and [[Geronimo]]. The U.S. Army found them t...
8: ... in North America fan out from west-central [[Canada]] where some Southern Athabaskan-speaking groups ...
10: ...and other game, and used dogs to pull [[travois]] loaded with their possessions. In April 1541, while t...
12: ...hey follow the cattle. They have dogs which they load to carry their tents, poles, and belongings.'' (...
14: ...ecent experiments show these dogs may have pulled loads up to 50 lb (20 kg) on long trips, at rates as h... - Bayeux Tapestry (13194 bytes)
2: ... (that is, a weaving), but is [[embroidery]], and dates from [[1077]]. It is currently to be found in...
5: ...mous tapestry used to be attributed to Queen Matilda, William’s wife, but it was probably commis...
7: ...eum in a dark room with special lighting to avoid damaging it.
9: ...f muted brick, rust, mustard yellow, olive-green, dark brown and off-white can be found in cloth tradi...
11: ...on 207) Earlier, it was believed that Queen Matilda constructed the entire tapestry, but this is unli... - Pantheon, Rome (8255 bytes)
9: ..., during the reign of the Emperor [[Hadrian]], as date-stamps on the bricks reveal. It was totally rec...
17: ...ed for the cannon, and that the bronze for the baldachin came from [[Venice]].[http://gnv.fdt.net/~aab...
19: ... and [[Annibale Caracci]], the [[architect]] [[Baldassare Peruzzi]] and two kings of [[Italy]]: [[Vict...
26: ...]] opening into the [[rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]], under a coffered, [[concrete]] [[dome]], with ...
30: ...ns made of modern concrete would hardly stand the load of its own weight, since concrete has very low [[... - Navajo Nation (14007 bytes)
7: The Nation's boundaries abut the [[Ute|Ute Nation]] at the [[Four Cor...
11: ...tion at a historic homeland where Hopi history predates that of Diné Šn the area.
17: ... in North America fan out from west-central [[Canada]] where some Athapaskan-speaking groups still res...
19: ...lived in tents, and used dogs to pull [[travois]] loaded with their possessions. In April 1541, while t...
22: ...hey follow the cattle. They have dogs which they load to carry their tents, poles, and belongings.'' (... - Avalanche (25211 bytes)
3: ...is released down a slope, and is one of the major dangers faced in the [[mountain]]s in [[winter]]. A...
12: Avalanches occur when the load on the upper snow layers exceeds bonding forces (...
14: ...exceeded naturally by adding new snow or by rapid loading, by falling ice, [[cornice]]s and similar mean...
19: Determining critical load which would cause a slope avalanche is a complex ...
22: ...d 38 degrees. Unfortunately, slopes with the most dangerous steepness are favourite for skiing. - Muslim (12217 bytes)
4: ... worship the prophet Muhammad, contrary to the fundamental principles of Islam itself.
18: ...arrations reported from the Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatimeh Zahra or any of the twelve [[Imams]...
31: * Belief in the Day of Judgement.
39: * Establishing of the five daily Prayers (Salah). These prayers are ritualisti...
41: ... having sex from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan (Sawm). - Ox (2803 bytes)
11: ...cannot slow a load like harnessed horses can, the load has to be controlled downhill by other means.
15: ...y are more sure-footed and do not try to jerk the load. Many oxen are still in use worldwide, especially... - Siberian Husky (8100 bytes)
24: !Classification and breed standards
29: ...ogle.com/search?q=cache:LLjcTsGFJpUJ:www.fci.be/uploaded_files/270gb2000_en.doc+site:www.fci.be+%22270/+...
59: ...shed year round, so the shedding is less profuse—but constant. Therefore, an owner might have a ...
69: ...ere also imported from the [[Koryak]] and [[Kamchadal]] tribes. Recent [[DNA analysis]] confirms that ...
73: ...registered Siberian Huskies are largely the descendants of the 1930 Siberia imports and of [[Leonhard ... - Dog (69384 bytes)
7: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
10: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Canidae]]}}
17: The '''Dog''' is a [[canidae|canine]] [[carnivore|carnivorous]] [[mammal]] th...
23: ...h implies a lot of meat consumption) help prevent damage to muscle tissue.
27: ...y to any [[mammal]] belonging to the family [[Canidae]] (as in "the dog family"), such as [[wolf|wolve... - Chesapeake Bay Retriever (3178 bytes)
12: !Classification and breed standards
17: |[http://www.fci.be/uploaded_files/263gb99_en.doc Stds]
26: |[http://www.canadasguidetodogs.com/retrievers/chesapeakearticle1.htm...
41: ... game was taken to market in order to protect the load from theft. Thus, the breed is very protective an...
44: ... a faded tan to a dull straw color. The breed standard states that white may also appear, but it must ... - Ecology (24417 bytes)
1: ...ence''', is the study of the distribution and abundance of [[life|living organisms]] and how these pro...
4: ...[[ecosystem]]s, to the [[biosphere]] as a whole — these latter strata are the primary subjects o...
9: ...ividuals of a [[species]] is behavorial ecology — for example, the study of the [[queen bee]], a...
11: ...ized activity of a species is community ecology — for example, the activity of bees assures the ...
13: ...ironment and a species is environmental ecology — for example, the consequences of environmental... - Cargo ship (2532 bytes)
3: ...hine)|crane]]s and other mechanisms to load and unload, and come in all sizes.
19: ... the war and build up men & equipment for the [[D-Day]] landings. - Screw (22059 bytes)
9: ...tician [[Archytas of Tarentum]] ([[428 BC|428]] – [[350 BC]]) was credited with the invention of...
11: ...] in [[1797]]; a similar device was patented by [[David Wilkinson]] in the [[United States]] the next ...
13: Standardization of screw thread forms accelerated during...
27: ...ft of a 75,000 kW generator at the [[Grand Coulee Dam]] in [[1942]]]]
46: ...d by the markings. Such inferior fasteners are a danger to life and property when used in aircraft, a... - Renewable energy (27996 bytes)
3: ...le forms of energy, other than geothermal and [[tidal power]], ultimately come from the [[Sun]]. Some ...
30: ...demand for air conditioning is highest during the day.
41: ...e time (load factor 25%), but some reach 35%. The load factor is generally higher in winter.
81: ...energy, a term usually reserved for hydroelectric dams.
82: * [[Tidal power]], which captures energy from the tides in... - Wind power (27669 bytes)
13: The change of seasons, change of day and night, the [[Coriolis effect]], the irregula...
19: ...an example, on a cool 15 degrees C (59 degrees F) day at sea level, air density is about 1.22 kilogram...
24: ...for three-dimensional vertical-axis turbines like Darrieus or Gorlov turbines (see below).
26: ...acility in Colorado. The histogram shows measured data, while the curve is the Raleigh model distribut...
28: ...s plotted to the right against an actual measured dataset. - Harbor (2637 bytes)
9: ...lity where [[boat]]s and [[ship]]s can load and unload. It may consist of [[quay]]s, [[wharf]]s, [[jetty...
11: During the [[D-Day]] operations of [[1944]], two artificial harbors...
16: ...], and [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia]] ([[Canada]]).
23: * [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]
28: ...artificially created harbor is located in [[Rotterdam]], [[The Netherlands]]. - Modern architecture (3868 bytes)
8: ...ements such as [[Cubism]] and [[De Stijl]] as fundamentally altering the way in which buildings are d...
19: ...universal space, walls freed from the function of load bearing, cantilevers, glass at corners of buildin...
21: ...s the ideology differed slightly. However, the fundamental aim was to unite art and technolgy to produ... - Motorcycle (40437 bytes)
12: [[Image:Daimler-1-motorcycle-1.jpg|thumb|right|Replica of fi...
13: ... built by [[Germany|German]] inventors [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm Maybach]] in Cannstatt (a ci...
15: ...e rise of the Japanese manufacturers (led by [[Honda]]) in the late 60's and early 70's who were able ...
25: Some motorcycles include the engine as a load bearing (or ''stressed'') member; this has been u...
47: * The weave oscillations damp out once the rider reduced the roll angle.
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