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  • Thumbnail for Speed limit
    Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed limits...
    155 KB (17,360 words) - 03:14, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Toyota Yaris Verso
    The Toyota Yaris Verso is a mini MPV produced by Toyota using the Yaris nameplate from August 1999 to October 2005. In Japan, it is known as the Toyota...
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  • The Hughes D-2 was an American fighter and bomber project begun by Howard Hughes as a private venture. It never proceeded past the flight testing phase...
    12 KB (1,673 words) - 13:34, 9 July 2023
  • Carrier Pigeon was an American clipper ship that was launched in the fall of 1852 from Bath, Maine. Her value was estimated at US$54,000 (equivalent to...
    14 KB (1,463 words) - 20:04, 11 May 2023
  • Highway 131 was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Simcoe County and the city of Barrie. The route, which...
    6 KB (531 words) - 04:23, 14 December 2022
  • In turbocharged internal combustion engines, a boost controller is a device sometimes used to increase the boost pressure produced by the turbocharger...
    6 KB (786 words) - 07:26, 17 April 2022
  • CAS benthic landers (BL)s are a series of very little known unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV)s developed by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in the People's...
    9 KB (939 words) - 05:19, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for U.S. Route 97 in Oregon
    U.S. Route 97 (US 97) in the U.S. state of Oregon is a major north–south United States highway which runs from the California border, south of Klamath...
    27 KB (2,109 words) - 05:10, 25 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Llynclys railway station
    Llynclys railway station was a station in Llynclys, Shropshire, England. The station was opened on 1 May 1860 and closed on 18 January 1965. The station...
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  • Thumbnail for Oxford–Bicester line
    The Oxford–Bicester line is a railway line linking Oxford and Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. Opened in 1850, later becoming part of a through route...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Croatan (CVE-25)
    USS Croatan (CVE-25) (previously AVG-25 then ACV-25) was a Bogue-class escort carrier launched on 1 August 1942 by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation...
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  • Thumbnail for General utility van
    A general utility van (GUV) is a type of rail vehicle built by British Rail primarily for transporting mail and parcels. They were used by both Rail Express...
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  • Hillclimbing is a problem faced by railway systems when a load must be carried up an incline. While railways have a great ability to haul very heavy loads...
    3 KB (459 words) - 05:29, 9 May 2023
  • The VAM Lerma is an automobile that was designed and manufactured by Vehiculos Automotores Mexicanos from 1981 to 1983. The Lerma shared parts with other...
    22 KB (3,339 words) - 09:53, 19 September 2022
  • Thumbnail for Mississippian Railway
    The Mississippian Railway (reporting mark MSRW) is a short line railroad operating from Amory, Mississippi, to Fulton, Mississippi. It is owned and operated...
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  • USCGC Point Countess (WPB-82335) was an 82-foot (25 m) Point class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1962 for use as...
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  • Thumbnail for West Spokane Street Bridge
    The West Spokane Street Bridge was a pair of bascule bridges that crossed the west fork of the Duwamish River in Seattle, Washington, United States. The...
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  • Alula Airport (IATA: ALU, ICAO: HCMA) is an airport serving Aluula (Alula, Caluula), a Gulf of Aden coastal village in the Bari region of northeastern...
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  • Thumbnail for Andrew A. Frank
    Andrew Alfonso Frank is an emeritus American professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at University of California, Davis (UC Davis). He is...
    9 KB (1,039 words) - 17:59, 23 August 2022
  • Thumbnail for RAE Larynx
    The Royal Aircraft Establishment Larynx (from "Long Range Gun with Lynx engine") was an early British pilotless aircraft, to be used as a guided anti-ship...
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