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121River engineering — The Los Angeles River is extensively channelized with concrete embankments. River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit.… …
122Maritime history of the United Kingdom — The Maritime history of the United Kingdom involves events including shipping, ports, navigation, and seamen, as well as marine sciences, exploration, trade, and maritime themes in the arts from the creation of the kingdom of Great Britain[1] as… …
123A/P — Ein Autopilot (A/P, auch „Steuerungsautomat“) ist eine automatische Steuerungsanlage in Flugzeugen, aber auch in Wasserfahrzeugen. Ebenso ermöglicht er die selbsttätige Steuerung von unbemannten Luftfahrzeugen (UAV), Raketen oder Satelliten.… …
124lighthouse — /luyt hows /, n., pl. lighthouses / how ziz/. 1. a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc. 2. either of two cylindrical metal… …
125IPAQ — This article is about the iPAQ PDA; for the iPAQ Desktop Personal Computer, see iPAQ (desktop computer). iPAQ presently refers to a Pocket PC and personal digital assistant first unveiled by Compaq in April 2000; the name was borrowed from Compaq …
126Scale (map) — The scale of a map is defined as the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground. If the region of the map is small enough for the curvature of the Earth to be neglected, then the scale may be taken as a constant… …
127List of Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom, 1997 — This is a complete list of all 1840 Statutory Instruments published in the United Kingdom in the year 1997. NOTOC 1 100* Education (Recognised Bodies) Order 1997 S.I. 1997/1 * Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Ambulance and Paramedic Service… …
128Hindawi Publishing Corporation — The Hindawi Publishing Corporation is a commercial publisher of STM (Science, Technology, and Medicine) literature. Founded in 1997, Hindawi currently publishes more than 120 peer reviewed scientific journals as well as, more recently, a number… …
