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  • 21full — 1. adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is full; full of water). 2 having eaten to one s limits or satisfaction. 3 abundant, copious, satisfying, sufficient (a full programme of events; led …

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  • 22full — full1 adjective 1》 containing or holding as much or as many as possible; having no empty space.     ↘having eaten as much as one is able.     ↘filled with intense emotion.     ↘(full of) having a large number or quantity of.     ↘(full of) unable …

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  • 23Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… …

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  • 24Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …

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  • 25Steam engine — A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/564472/steam engine steam engine Britannica Online Encyclopedia ] ] Steam engines have a long history,… …

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  • 26Naval tactics in the Age of Steam — The development of the steam ironclad firing explosive shells in the mid 19th century rendered sailing tactics obsolete. New tactics were developed for the big gun Dreadnought battleships. The mine, torpedo, submarine and aircraft posed new… …

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  • 27Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway — Heritage Railway name = Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway locale = Embsay, North Yorkshire, England terminus = Embsay builtby = Midland Railway originalgauge = RailGauge|ussg preservedgauge = RailGauge|ussg operator = Embsay and Bolton Abbey… …

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  • 287100 steam locomotive — The Japanese 7100 series steam locomotive was first used in Hokkaidō, upon the establishment of the government sponsored Horonai Railway in 1880. The locomotives were imported from the United States.The locomotives were produced by the American… …

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  • 29Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line — The Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line was a railway line running from Three Bridges (on the Brighton Main Line) in West Sussex to Tunbridge Wells Central in Kent via East Grinstead in East Sussex, a distance of… …

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  • 30Bodmin and Wenford Railway — Heritage Railway name = Bodmin and Wenford Railway locale = Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom terminus = Bodmin builtby = Great Western Railway originalgauge = RailGauge|ussg preservedgauge = RailGauge|ussg linename = Bodmin and Wenford Railway… …

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