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In 1906, the Waukesha Motor Company was founded in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In 1957, Waukesha bought the Climax Engineering Co. of Clinton, Iowa, also a noted builder of large engines. In 1968, Waukesha Motor Company was acquired by the Bangor-Punta Corporation. [1] In 1973, Waukesha sold the Climax division to the Arrow Engine Company.
In 1989, they moved out of their office at 1027 N. 7th Street of Milwaukee (now part of Milwaukee Area Technical College and Milwaukee PBS) to their location in Waukesha, their first location was at 545 S. 84th Street is now a car wash. Kalmbach began publishing its annual Great Model Railroads in November 1990. [6]
Gilbert cloud chamber, assembled An alternative view of kit contents. The lab contained a cloud chamber allowing the viewer to watch alpha particles traveling at 12,000 miles per second (19,000,000 m/s), a spinthariscope showing the results of radioactive disintegration on a fluorescent screen, and an electroscope measuring the radioactivity of different substances in the set.
Siemens U1 car 1001 prototype. In the early 1960s, Duewag developed and manufactured a prototype of a new tram for the Frankfurt U-Bahn.The design was largely based on the previously delivered trams, but added electronic controls that allowed several railcars to be coupled together to form trains, and a floor height of 93 cm (37 in) that made it possible to board from platforms with a height ...
The image of a U-2 was used on the cover of the band Negativland's controversial 1991 EP titled U2. [218] The TV series MythBusters featured the U-2 in the "Flights of Fantasy" episode [219] during the 2015 season. The myth tested was that the U-2 was the most difficult plane to fly.
A typical Mark II hand pump in India. The pump was designed in the 1970s in a joint effort between the Government of India, UNICEF, and The World Health Organization (WHO) to address the severe drought and a water shortage affecting India during that period and to prevent evacuation of villages to refugee camps.
Although the aircraft was designed before the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules came into force, the U-2 Superwing complies with them anyway (including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg)).
Waukesha (/ ˈ w ɔː k ɪ ʃ ɔː / ⓘ WAW-kish-aw) is the county seat of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States, along the Fox River. Its population was 71,158 at the 2020 census , making it the seventh-most populous city in Wisconsin.