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102Doldrums — The doldrums is a colloquial expression derived from historical maritime usage for those parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean affected by the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a low pressure area around the equator where the prevailing …
103North American DC-3 — The DC 3 was a proposed space shuttle designed by Maxime Faget at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) in Houston. The design was nominally developed by North American Aviation (NAA), although it was a purely NASA internal design. Unlike the… …
104Eureka Stockade — The Eureka Stockade was the setting of a gold miners revolt in 1854 near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, against the officials supervising the mining of gold in the region. The revolt was prompted by grievances over heavily priced mining items,… …
105Celestial pole — The north and south celestial poles and their relation to axis of rotation, plane of orbit and axial tilt …
106Planets in astrology — ‹ The template below (Astrology) is being considered for merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › Astrology …
107Tichborne Case — The affair of the Tichborne claimant was the celebrated 19th century legal case in the United Kingdom of Arthur Orton (1834 ndash;1898), an imposter who claimed to be the missing heir Sir Roger Tichborne (1829 ndash;1854).Heir who disappearedSir… …
108North Star — The North Star is the prominent pole star that lies closest in the sky to the north celestial pole and which appears (approximately) directly overhead to an observer at the Earth s North Pole; currently, this is Polaris. The North Star lies about …
109History of research ships — The research ship had origins in the early voyages of exploration. By the time of James Cook s Endeavour , the essentials of what today we would call a research ship are clearly apparent. In 1766, the Royal Society hired Cook to travel to the… …
110Burgsvik beds — The Burgsvik beds are a sequence of shallow marine limestones and sandstones found near the town of Burgsvik in the southern part of Gotland, Sweden. The beds were deposited in the Upper Silurian period, around Ma|420, in warm, equatorial waters… …
