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  2. HMS Renown (1916) - Wikipedia

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    The ship's engines and boilers were replaced by Parsons geared turbines and eight Admiralty three-drum boilers operating at 400 psi (2,758 kPa; 28 kgf/cm 2). [26] This saved some 2,800 long tons (2,800 t) of weight and allowed the two forward boiler rooms to be converted to 4.5-inch (110 mm) magazines and other uses.

  3. Michelson–Morley experiment - Wikipedia

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    ~2.0 cm/s Jaseja et al. [28] 1964: The frequencies of two He–Ne masers, mounted on a rotating table, were compared. Unlike Cedarholm et al., the masers were placed perpendicular to each other. ~30 m/s Shamir and Fox [29] 1969: Both arms of the interferometer were contained in a transparent solid . The light source was a Helium–neon laser.

  4. 15 cm Lang staal L/24 - Wikipedia

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    With a charge of 6.2 kg of prismatic powder, and a projectile of 28.4 kg, the average velocity was 470.9 m/s at 50 meters from the muzzle with a pressure of 1,939 atm. With 6.2 kg of another kind of gunpowder it was 412.8 m/s and a pressure of 1,296 atm. A third type of powder gave a speed of 451 m/s and a pressure of 1,420 atm.

  5. Moon - Wikipedia

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    The English proper name for Earth's natural satellite is typically written as Moon, with a capital M. [19] [20] The noun moon is derived from Old English mōna, which stems from Proto-Germanic *mēnōn, [21] which in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *mēnsis 'month' [22] (from earlier *mēnōt, genitive *mēneses) which may be related to the verb 'measure' (of time).

  6. 2022 in science - Wikipedia

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    The monthly average carbon dioxide (CO 2) level in Earth's atmosphere exceeds 420 parts per million (ppm) for the first time in recorded history. [ 124 ] [ 125 ] A new approach to reverse of neuropathic pain is demonstrated in animals – a gene therapy for local transgenes encoding for (releasing) GABA which is effective for months at a time.

  7. Boeing F-15EX Eagle II - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft resulted from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) studies in 2018 to recapitalize the United States Air Force's (USAF) aging tactical aviation fleet. The F-15EX is a variant of the F-15 Advanced Eagle , a further development of the F-15E design initially intended for export and incorporates improved internal structure, flight control ...

  8. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia

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    A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.