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51Giger Bar — A Giger Bar is a bar themed and modelled by the Swiss artist H. R. Giger. There are two Giger Bars: the first, [http://www.hrgiger.com/barmuseum.htm The Museum HR Giger Bar] , is located in Château St. Germain, Gruyères, Switzerland, which opened …
52Machu Picchu — Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu * UNESCO World Heritage Site The mountain Huayna …
53Shock absorber — Gas damper A shock absorber is a mechanical device designed to smooth out or damp shock impulse, and dissipate kinetic energy. It is a type of dashpot. Contents …
54Santa Maria de Ovila — Santa María de Óvila Ruins of Santa María de Óvila in Spain …
55Place Ville-Marie — Infobox Skyscraper building name = Place Ville Marie | built = 1962 use = Office location = Montreal, Quebec Canada roof = 188 m (617 feet) top floor = antenna spire = floor count = 43 floor area = 95,922 m² (1,032,495.81 ft.²) elevator count =… …
56Newmark's influence chart — Newmark’s Influence Chart is an illustration used to determine the vertical pressure at any point below a uniformly loaded flexible area of soil of any shape. This method, like others, was derived by integration of Boussinesq’s equation for a… …
57National Museum of Western Art — This article is about an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. For other uses, see NMWA (disambiguation). National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo designed by Le Corbusier The National Museum of Western Art (国立西洋美術館 …
58Jama'at Khana — A Jama at Khana in Nishapur,Dizbad Region. Musallah redirects here. For the mat used for prayer, see prayer rug. Jama at Khana literally, a congregational place an amalgamation derived from the Arabic word jama‘a (gathering) and the Persian word… …
59Construction industry of Japan — In Japan, the mainstay of infrastructure development is the construction industry, which employed 9.4 percent of the labor force in 1990 and contributed some 8.5 percent of GDP. After the two oil crises (1973 and 1979) in the 1970s, construction… …
60Retrofit — Retrofitting refers to the addition of new technology or features to older systems. An example of this is car customizing, where older vehicles are fitted with new technologies: power windows, cruise control, remote keyless systems, electric fuel …
