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1Australian Standard Garratt — Infobox Locomotive name = Australian Standard Garratt caption = ASG No. G33 as preserved, 2007 powertype = steam data for = Australian Standard Garratt builder = whytetype = 4 8 2+2 8 4 numinclass = 65 length = 85 ft 9½ in (26.15 m) driversize =… …
2technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
3china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
4China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
5railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …
6environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
7Steam 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,… …
8Digboi —   city   …
9LNER Class V2 — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = LNER Class V2 caption = 60876 on no.9 road at Annesley MPD, 6 May 1962. designer = Sir Nigel Gresley builder = LNER Doncaster and Darlington Works builddate = 1936–1944 totalproduction = 184 whytetype = 2 …
