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A boat is an informal (although once widely used) term for the massive cars produced by the Detroit manufacturers during the 1950s and onward. The age of the boats came to a rather abrupt end in the early 1970s, when the first gas crisis hit and driving a needlessly large car became impractical financially. The term (possibly) derives from the fact that the vehicles in question were indeed the size of small watercraft. Another possible explanation is the tendancy of these cars to 'float' on ...

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For transportation of a baby or toddler there are special vehicles, special car seats, and devices for carrying. Baby transport - Carrying the child. Main article: Babywearing Baby carriers and slings are devices that hold the infant against the parent's body in order to be easily held and carried while walking. These are very commonly seen in Africa as a piece of cloth wrapped and tied to support the baby while the mother walks or works. Baby transport - Pushable vehicle ...

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• Baby transport - Carrying the child
• Baby transport - Pushable vehicles
• Baby transport - Carriages and prams
• Baby transport - Strollers and pushchairs
• Baby transport - Travel systems
• Baby transport - Car seats
• Baby transport - Group 0
• Baby transport - Group 0+
• Baby transport - Group 1
• Baby transport - Group 2
• Baby transport - Group 3

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Borehole Mining (BHM) is a remote operated method of extracting (mining) of mineral resources through boreholes by means of high pressure water jets. This process can be carried-out from land surface, open pit floor, underground mine or floating platform or vessel through pre-drilled boreholes. Borehole mining - The process. A borehole is drilled from land surface to a desired depth, where then an actual borehole mining will take a place. A casing column is lowered down the hole. Since BHM ta ...

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A bicycle frame is the main component of a bicycle, onto which wheels and other components are fitted. The modern and most common frame design for an upright bicycle is based on the safety bicycle, and is made of two triangles, a main triangle and a paired rear triangle. This is known as the diamond frame. The main triangle consists of the head tube, top tube, down tube and seat tube. The rear triangle consists of the seat tube, and paired chain stays and seat stays. The head tube contains the headset, the interface with the fo ...

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• Bicycle frame - Frame tubes
• Bicycle frame - Head tube
• Bicycle frame - Top tube
• Bicycle frame - Down tube
• Bicycle frame - Seat tube
• Bicycle frame - Chain stays
• Bicycle frame - Seat stays
• Bicycle frame - Frame geometry
• Bicycle frame - Frame size
• Bicycle frame - Road and triathlon bicycles
• Bicycle frame - Mountain bicycles
• Bicycle frame - Variations
• Bicycle frame - Frame materials
• Bicycle frame - Steel
• Bicycle frame - Aluminum alloys
• Bicycle frame - Titanium
• Bicycle frame - Carbon fibre
• Bicycle frame - Thermoplastic

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CR gas or dibenzoxazepine, chemically dibenz[b,f][1,4]oxazepine, is an incapacitating agent, a lachrymatory agent. It is a pale yellow crystalline solid with pepper-like odor. It is about 6-10 times stronger than CS gas. It causes very intense skin pain, namely around moist areas, blepharospasm causing temporary blindness, coughing and gasping for breath, and panic. It is capable of causing immediate incapacitation. It is a suspected carcinogen. It is considerably toxic. In a poorly ventilated space, an individual ...

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Azithromycin is the first macrolide antibiotic belonging to the azalide group. Azithromycin is derived from erythromycin by adding a nitrogen atom into the lactone ring of erythromycin A, thus making the lactone ring 15-membered. Azithromycin is sold under the brand names Zithromax and Sumamed, and is one of the world's best-selling antibiotics. Azithromycin is used for the treatment of respiratory-tract, soft-tissue and genitourinary infections. Azithromycin - Etymology. Azithromycin's name i ...

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• Azithromycin - Etymology
• Azithromycin - History
• Azithromycin - Available forms
• Azithromycin - Mechanism of action
• Azithromycin - Pharmacokinetics
• Azithromycin - Metabolism
• Azithromycin - Side effects

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Camber angle is the angle made by the wheel of an automobile; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheel and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear. It is used in the design of steering and suspension. If the top of the wheel is further out than the bottom (that is, away from the axle), it is called positive camber, if the bottom of the wheel is further out ...

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A bush is a mechanical fixing between two, possible moving, parts, or a strengthened fixing point where one mechanical assembly is attached to another. In a car or other vehicle's suspension, bushes are used to connect the various moving arms and pivot points to the chassis and other parts of the suspension. In order to minimise vibration, wear and transmission of noise, they often incorporate flexible material such as rubber or polyurethane. These bushes often take the form of an annular cylinder of flexible material inside a ...

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A Lake is a body of water surrounded by land. The majority of lakes are fresh water, and most lie in the northern hemisphere at higher latitudes. Large lakes are sometimes referred to as "inland seas" and small seas are sometimes referred to as lakes. The term lake is also used to describe a feature such as Lake Eyre, which is dry most of the time but becomes filled under seasonal conditions of heavy rainfall. Many lakes are artificial and are constructed for hydro-electric power supply, recreation (swim ...

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• Lake - Characteristics
• Lake - Types of lakes
• Lake - Artificial lakes
• Lake - Abiotic and biotic limnology
• Lake - How lakes disappear
• Lake - Extraterrestrial lakes
• Lake - Notable lakes

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Chariot was the name of a WW2 naval weapon, the British manned torpedo. A chariot is a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle. In Latin biga is a two-horse chariot, and quadriga is a four-horse chariot. It was used for battle during the Bronze and Iron Ages, and continued to be used for travel, processions and in games after it had been superseded militarily. Early forms may also have had four wheels, although these are not usually referred to as chariots. The critical invention that allowed the constructi ...

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• Chariot - Indo-Iranians
• Chariot - China
• Chariot - Ancient Near East
• Chariot - Egyptian
• Chariot - Hittite
• Chariot - Mycenaean
• Chariot - Chariots in the Bible
• Chariot - Iron Age Mesopotamia
• Chariot - Northern Europe
• Chariot - Central and Western Europe
• Chariot - Classical Antiquity
• Chariot - Greece
• Chariot - Roman Empire
• Chariot - Russian Tachanka
• Chariot - Additional Bibliography

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Bush is the name of some things and places, and a family name. Bush - Things. Things commonly called Bush include: Bush – a particular shape of plant, largely synonymous with shrub; The Bush is a term used in several countries for rural, undeveloped land or country areas; see also Alaskan Bush A Bush is a mechanical fixing designed to minimise wear between moving parts, or for providing a strengthened fixing poi ...

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A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. Beach - Components. Some geologists consider a beach to be just this shoreline feature of deposited material, but William Bascom (1980) has argued that a beach is the entire system of sand set in motion by waves to a depth of ten meters (30+ feet) or more off ocean coasts. Submerged, longshore bars are therefore also part of the beach. In ...

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• Beach - How beaches are formed
• Beach - Beaches and recreation
• Beach - Artificial beaches
• Beach - Sounds of the beach
• Beach - Beaches as habitat
• Beach - Reference
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In chemistry, concentration is the measure of how much of a given substance there is mixed with another substance. This can apply to any sort of chemical mixture, but most frequently is used in relation to solutions, where it refers to the amount of solute dissolved in a solvent. To concentrate a solution, one must add more solute, or reduce the amount of solvent (for instance, by selective evaporation). By contrast, to dilute a solution, one must add more solvent, or reduce the amount of solute. ...

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• Concentration - Quantitative notation
• Concentration - Mass percentage
• Concentration - Mass-volume percentage
• Concentration - Volume-volume percentage
• Concentration - Molarity
• Concentration - Molality
• Concentration - Molinity
• Concentration - Normality
• Concentration - Mole fraction
• Concentration - Formal
• Concentration - Parts-per notation
• Concentration - Techniques used to determine concentration
• Concentration - Table of concentration measures

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Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. The trademark of Auto Union was a symbol of four overlapping rings, symbolizing the four member companies (all four in a line, in an attempt to avoid confusion with the 5 Olympic rings). The trademarks and company names of the member companies - Horch, Audi, DKW and Wanderer - were continued; the four ring logo was used only in racing. The four ring logo of Auto ...

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• Auto Union - Racing results
• Auto Union - Aftermath
• Auto Union - Auto Union after World War II
• Auto Union - Auto Union clones
• Auto Union - Sources

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Articulated buses, also known as bendy buses, accordion buses or jointed buses, have an increased passenger capacity. Found almost exclusively in public transportation use, these buses are usually around 60 feet long, while a regular bus is 35 to 45 feet. To make them nimble enough to safely navigate streets at their increased length, they are fitted with an extra pair of wheels and a flexible joint (usually located slightly behind the midpoint of the bus, behind the second pair of wheels). Some models of articula ...

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• Articulated bus - Use

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An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor. Different types of automobiles include cars, buses, trucks, vans, and motorcycles, with cars being the most popular. The term is derived from Greek 'autos' (self) and Latin 'movére' (move), referring to the fact that it 'moves by itself'. Earlier terms for automobile include 'horseless carriage' and 'motor car'. An automobile has seats for the driver and, almost without exception, one or more passengers. It is th ...

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• Automobile - The modern automobile
• Automobile - Steam powered vehicles
• Automobile - Combustion engine
• Automobile - Innovation
• Automobile - Model changeover and design change
• Automobile - Regulation
• Automobile - Environmental improvements
• Automobile - Alternative fuels and batteries
• Automobile - Safety
• Automobile - Future of the car
• Automobile - Major possible subsystems

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A double wishbone suspension is an automobile independent suspension design using two parallel wishbone-shaped arms to locate the wheel. Each wishbone (or arm) has two mounting positions to the chassis and one at the wheel hub. The shock absorber and coil spring mount to the wishbones to control vertical movement. Double-wishbone designs allow the engineer to carefully control the camber angle of the wheel, and are commonly used in sports cars. In mechanical engineering, it is also known as a short long arm, or SLA, suspension, if it has unequal length arms. A very similar arran ...

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The Citroën Traction Avant was a automobile produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1935 to 1957. It is one of the most famous early examples of front wheel drive, hence its name which in French means pull from the front (this is a general term for all front wheel drive cars). Traction Avant was designed by André Lefèbvre in late 1933/early 1934. In addition to front-wheel-drive, the car also introduced the use of an arc-welded monocoque frame, independently sprung front wheels, and a torsion bar suspension. ...

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The Citroën DS (also known as Déesse, or Goddess, after the punning initials in French) was an automobile produced by the French manufacturer Citroën between 1955 and 1975. The DS is well-known for its futuristic, aerodynamic body design, and for its innovative technology (including its hydropneumatic suspension system). Citroën DS - Model History. After 10 years of development in secret as the successor to the venerable Traction Avant, the DS 19 was introduced on October 5, ...

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The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining or near the ocean. A coastline is properly, a line on a map indicating the disposition of a coast but the word is often used to refer to the coast itself. The adjective, coastal describes something as being on, near or having to do with a coast. Coast is a very specific term and is only applied to that part of an island or continent that borders an ocean or its saltwater tributaries. A pelagic coast refers to a coast which fronts the open ocean, as opposed to ...

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• Coast - Human impacts
• Coast - Types of coast
• Coast - Coastal landforms & features
• Coast - Processes
• Coast - Related topics & articles
• Coast - Famous coasts

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