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31Combination machine — A combination machine is a woodworking machine that combines the functions of two or more separate machines into a single unit. For example, a combination machine might consist of a tablesaw with a side mounted jointer. Another common example of… …
32Slot machine — redirects here. For the band, see Slot Machine (band). One armed bandit redirects here. For the album, see One Armed Bandit (album). Slot machines in the Trump Taj Mahal A slot machine (American English), informally fruit machine (British… …
33Portsmouth Block Mills — The Portsmouth Block Mills form part of the Portsmouth Dockyard at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, and were built during the Napoleonic Wars to supply the British Royal Navy with pulley blocks. They started the age of mass production using all… …
34Daniel Leavitt — William Michael Harnett, The Faithful Colt 1890, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. Painting of an early American revolver Daniel Leavitt (1813–59) [1] was an early American inventor who with his partner Edwin Wesson patented the first… …
35Changchun — /chahng choon /, n. Pinyin, Wade Giles. a city in and the capital of Jilin province, in NE China: former capital of Manchuria. 1,200,000. Formerly, Hsinking. * * * or Ch ang ch un City (pop., 1999 est.: 2,072,324), capital of Jilin province,… …
36Brechin — ▪ Scotland, United Kingdom small royal burgh (town), council area and historic county of Angus, Scotland, situated on the River South Esk in the fertile vale of Strathmore. One of Scotland s three round towers (10th century) adjoins the… …
37Machining — Machine shop redirects here. For the record label, see Machine Shop Recordings. New Guinea in 1943. Mobile Machine Shop truck of the US Army with machinists working on automotive parts. Conventional machining is a form of subtractive… …
38Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
39Ralph Flanders — Infobox Senator name = Ralph Edward Flanders imagesize = 175px birth date = birth date|mf=yes|1880|9|28 birth place = Barnet, Vermont death date = death date and age|mf=yes|1970|2|19|1880|9|28 death place = Springfield, Vermont resting place =… …
40Coventry — For other uses, see Coventry (disambiguation). City of Coventry   City Metropolitan borough   …
