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  2. 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 ...

  3. List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical ...

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    feet per minute FQIS Fuel Quantity Indication System FREQ Frequency: FS Fuselage station: FSDO Flight Standards District Office FSF Flight Safety Foundation: U.S.-based nonprofit organisation FSIMS Flight Standards Information Management System FSS flight service station: FTD flight training device: Flight crew training FTL

  4. Roosevelt Hotel (Manhattan) - Wikipedia

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    [38] [69] On each of the guestroom stories, the elevators opened onto a 12-foot-wide (3.7 m) elevator lobby with a floor clerk's desk. [30] Corridors connected the elevator lobby to the guestroom; each corridor measured 6 to 7.5 feet (1.8 to 2.3 m) wide, the standard width of a carpet at the time. [ 25 ]

  5. Boeing 747 - Wikipedia

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    The payload bay had to be 17 feet (5.18 m) wide by 13.5 feet (4.11 m) high and 100 feet (30 m) long with access through doors at the front and rear. [ 1 ] The desire to keep the number of engines to four required new engine designs with greatly increased power and better fuel economy.

  6. Economic history of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Coal sold in Cincinnati for 10 cents per bushel (94 pounds) and in New Orleans for 14 cents. [76]: 403–21 Charcoal production was very labor and land intensive. It was estimated that to fuel a typical sized 100 ton of pig iron per week furnace in 1833 at a sustained yield, a timber plantation of 20,000 acres was required. The trees had to be ...

  7. Big Dig - Wikipedia

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    The Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge over the Charles River under construction, looking north. The old elevated Central Artery crossing is to the right. Another important motivation for the final form of the Big Dig was the abandonment of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works' intended expressway system through and around Boston.

  8. Assistive technology - Wikipedia

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    Similar to desktop video magnifiers, this technology assists people with low vision. After the user loads the software into their computer's memory, it serves as a kind of "computer magnifying glass". Wherever the computer cursor moves, it enlarges the area around it. This allows greater computer accessibility for a wide range of visual abilities.