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  2. Cant (road and rail) - Wikipedia

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    In curved railway tracks, the outer rail is elevated, providing a banked turn. This allows trains to navigate curves at higher speeds and reduces the pressure of the wheel flanges against the rails, minimizing friction and wear. The difference in elevation between the outer and inner rails is referred to as cant in most countries.

  3. .dwg - Wikipedia

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    DWG (from drawing) is a proprietary [3] binary file format used for storing two- and three- dimensional design data and metadata.It is the native format for several CAD packages including DraftSight, AutoCAD, ZWCAD, IntelliCAD (and its variants), Caddie and Open Design Alliance compliant applications.

  4. FreeCAD - Wikipedia

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    FreeCAD's own main file format is FreeCAD Standard file format (.FCStd). [9] It is a standard zip file that holds files in a certain structure. [9] The Document.xml file has all geometric and parametric objects definitions. [9]

  5. Tempietto del Bramante - Wikipedia

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    A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at [[:nl:Tempietto van San Pietro in Montorio]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|nl|Tempietto van San Pietro in Montorio}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

  6. Mont Ventoux - Wikipedia

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    Mont Ventoux as seen from Avignon, around 50 km (30 miles) away. Mont Ventoux as seen from the town of Roussillon.. Although the hill was probably climbed in prehistoric times, the first recorded ascent was by Jean Buridan, who, on his way to the papal court in Avignon before the year 1334, climbed Mont Ventoux "in order to make some meteorological observations".

  7. Cab over - Wikipedia

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    The 1962 Sisu KB-112/117 was the first European serial produced truck with a hydraulically tiltable cabin, enabling easy access to the engine. A Mack F series truck. In Class 8 tractors (using the US designation), the cab-over design allows the vehicle's wheelbase to be shorter than in the conventional arrangement, wherein the engine is placed in front of the cab, covered by a horizontal or ...

  8. Hải Vân Pass - Wikipedia

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    The Hai Van Pass has also been the scene of at least two of Vietnam's most serious rail accidents, and at least one air crash. 24 June 1953 – 1953 Col des Nuages derailment : "About 100 or more" were killed when two locomotives and 18 cars of a passenger train plunged 50 feet through a sabotaged viaduct in the Col des Nuages, now known as the ...

  9. Sketchpad - Wikipedia

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    Sketchpad ran on the MIT Lincoln Laboratory TX-2 (1958) computer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which had 64k of 36-bit words.The user drew on the computer monitor screen with the recently invented light pen, which relayed information on its position by computing at what time the light from the scanning cathode-ray tube screen is detected.