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2. Spinner (wheel) - Wikipedia

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   Two bladed spinner on a wire wheel 1967 AMC simulated wire wheel cover with spinner. The spinner or "knock-off" originated with Rudge-Whitworth center lock wire wheels and hubs, which were first patented in 1908. [1] [2] The spinner was a threaded, winged nut designed to keep the wheel fastened to the hub. They were screwed on and "knocked on ...

3. Spinnaker - Wikipedia

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   A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind). Spinnakers are constructed of lightweight fabric, usually nylon, and are often brightly colored. They may be designed to perform best as either a reaching or a ...

4. Spinner (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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   A fan from a Rolls-Royce RB211 turbofan engine, with its spinner visible at the centre of the fan blades.. The first spinners were fitted to aircraft in the early 1910s, originally to reduce drag caused by the large-diameter rotary engines of that era, and also were prominent on World War I-era aircraft, like the Morane-Saulnier N French monoplane fighter, and for the Central Powers, Robert ...

5. 8 (Spinners album) - Wikipedia

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   The editors of AllMusic Guide scored 8 two out of five stars, with reviewer Jason Elias noting that the loss of Wynne as a vocalist negatively impacted The Spinners, with their producer Bell having "no idea what to do" with Edwards; he notes that several tracks are successful, but "the bad outweighs the good here, making Spinners/8 the most problematic album Bell produced for the group".

6. Spinnerbait - Wikipedia

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   An In-Line Spinnerbait. A spinnerbait or spinner is any one of a family of hybrid fishing lures that combines the designs of a swimbait with one or more spoon lure blades. . Spinnerbaits get the name from the action of the metallic blades, which passively revolve around the attachment point like a spinning propeller when the lure is in motion, creating varying degrees of vibration and flashing ...

7. Spinner (Blade Runner) - Wikipedia

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   Spinner from Blade Runner 2049 on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles Spinner is the generic term for the fictional flying cars used in the film Blade Runner . A Spinner can be driven as a ground-based vehicle, take off vertically, hover, and cruise using jet propulsion much like the Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL ...