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The Hubley Manufacturing Company made accurate metal replicas of many popular American cars and trucks, with some foreign models also represented. Construction, farm, and fire vehicles were commonly produced, as well as motorcycles. A couple of earlier examples were a detailed 1934 Chrysler Airflow, a 1934 Ford coupe, and a 1930s Studebaker.
The REO versions of the truck had some changes, such as different door handles and a more powerful engine. It is estimated that REO produced around 20,000 of these trucks and, unlike the original Studebaker trucks which were also used by the United States, the REO versions were only for export to the Soviet Union.
A Synoptic automatic weather station. Synoptic weather stations are instruments which collect meteorological information at synoptic time 00h00, 06h00, 12h00, 18h00 and at intermediate synoptic hours 03h00, 09h00, 15h00, 21h00 (UTC). Every weather station has assigned station unique code by WMO for identification.
The Signaltron main departure board at Praha-Smíchov station, Czech Republic (2012), manufactured by Pragotron Schematic of a split-flap display in a digital clock display An animation of how a split-flap display works Flap departure board at Gare du Nord, Paris (2007) Section of a split-flap display board at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (2005) Enlarged inner workings of a split-flap clock
On June 9, 2009, Judge Gregg approved the sale of Checker Motors Corp. to the subsidiaries of two Canadian automotive suppliers, Narmco Group LLC and Van-Rob Inc. The Narmco Group, based in Windsor, Ontario, paid $650,000 for Checker's business of making stamped metal and welded assemblies for GM trucks and other vehicles. Van-Rob Inc., based ...
The DOW fleet, PODS, and Mobile Mesonets have been featured on television, including Discovery Channel's series Storm Chasers (joined by the Tornado Intercept Vehicles and the Dominator SRV vehicles), [11] National Geographic Channel's specials Tornado Intercept and The True Face of Hurricanes, and PBS's Nova episode "The Hunt for the ...
The Nash "All-Weather Eye" was the first automobile air conditioning system for the mass market. [2] The use of the Weather Eye name for automobile passenger heating and air conditioning systems continued in American Motors Corporation (AMC) vehicles. The design principles of the Nash Weather Eye system are now in use by nearly every motor ...
These stations measure real-time atmospheric parameters, pavement conditions, water level conditions, visibility, and sometimes other variables. Central RWIS hardware and software are used to process observations from ESS to develop nowcasts or forecasts , and to display or disseminate road weather information in a format that can be easily ...