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  • 71List of boiler types, by manufacturer — There have been a vast number of designs of steam boiler, particularly towards the end of the 19th century when the technology was evolving rapidly. A great many of these took the names of their originators or primary manufacturers, rather than a …

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  • 72USS Unadilla (1861) — was a 507 ton steam operated gunboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used as a gunboat by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries. Built in …

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  • 73Guangdong Fleet — The Guangdong Fleet was the smallest of China s four regional fleets during the second half of the nineteenth century. The fleet played virtually no part in the Sino French War (August 1884–April 1885), but several of its ships saw action in the… …

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  • 74USS Sachem (1861) — The second Navy vessel to bear the name Sachem , this screw steamer was built in 1844 at New York City, where it was purchased by the Navy on September 20, 1861.After towing service in New York Harbor where the Navy was buying vessels to blockade …

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  • 75USS Lexington (1861) — The third USS Lexington was a timberclad gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.Purchase and conversion Lexington was built as a sidewheel steamer at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1861 and was purchased by the War… …

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  • 76MV Liemba — The MV Liemba , formerly the Graf von Götzen , is a passenger cargo ferry that runs along the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The ship was built in 1913 in Germany, and was one of three vessels operated by the Germans to control Lake Tanganyika …

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  • 77Naval history of Japan — History of Japan Paleolithic 35,000–14,000 BC Jōmon period 14,000–300 BC Yayoi period 300 BC–250 AD Kofun period 250– …

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  • 78Nutating disc engine — A nutating disc engine (also sometimes called a disc engine) is an internal combustion engine comprising fundamentally of one moving part and a direct drive onto the crankshaft. Initially patented in 1993, it differs from earlier internal… …

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  • 79HMS Sparrow (1889) — HMS Sparrow Career (UK) …

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  • 80Hull classification symbol — This article is about the U.S. Navy system. For the similar system used by Canadian Forces, see Hull classification symbol (Canada). The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric… …

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