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1Sill plate — A sill plate or sole plate in construction and architecture is the bottom horizontal member of a wall or building to which vertical members are attached. Sill plates are usually composed of lumber. It usually comes in sizes of 2×4, 2×6, 2×8, and… …
2Seismic retrofit — Seismic retrofitting is the modification of existing structures to make them more resistant to seismic activity, ground motion, or soil failure due to earthquakes. Other retrofit techniques are applicable to areas subject to tropical cyclones,… …
3Framing (construction) — Framing, in construction known as light frame construction, is a building technique based around structural members, usually called studs, which provide a stable frame to which interior and exterior wall coverings are attached, and covered by a… …
4igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary …
5Jet bridge — The word “jetway” is sometimes used for a high altitude airway. BridgeTypePix image title = Stearns Airport Equipment passenger boarding bridges at Denver International Airport type name = Jet bridge sibling names = Loading bridge,… …
61940 — This article is about the year 1940. Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century – 20th century – 21st century Decades: 1910s  1920s  1930s  – 1940s –  1950s   …
7USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) — was a sclass|Ashland|dock landing ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Belle Grove Plantation, the birthplace of President James Madison (1751–1836) in Port Conway, Virginia. Belle Grove was laid down on 27 October 1942 by the Moore… …
8Mount Everest — Everest redirects here. For other uses, see Everest (disambiguation). Mount Everest (Qomolongma / Sagarmatha) Highest Mountain in the World …
9Battle of Perryville — The Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive (Kentucky Campaign) during the… …
10Fort Concho — Infobox nrhp | name =Fort Concho Historic District nrhp type = nhld caption = location =630 S. Oakes Street San Angelo, Texas lat degrees = 31 lat minutes = 27 lat seconds = 10 lat direction = N long degrees = 100 long minutes = 25 long seconds …
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