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  2. Frame (nautical) - Wikipedia

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    Frame numbers are the numerical values given to the frames. Frame numbers typically begin at 1 with the forward-most frame for US-built ships, and typically begin at 0 with the transom for ships built elsewhere, with numbers increasing sequentially towards the stern or bow, respectively. The total number vary per the length of a ship.

  3. Evergreen Point Floating Bridge - Wikipedia

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    A floating, 660-short-ton (600 t) cofferdam was launched in November 2013 to assist in repairs of the pontoons, functioning as a portable drydock that wrapped around parts of the pontoons. [25] The repairs were made by the contractor at the direction of WSDOT from December 2013 to June 2014 and cost a total of approximately $208 million, [ 26 ...

  4. Auxiliary floating drydock - Wikipedia

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    USS Artisan with USS Antelope (IX-109) and LST-120 in the dock at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, 8 January 1945 Los Alamos (AFDB-7), with a repaired submarine at Holy Loch, Scotland in 1985 YFD-2 The first Yard Floating Dock built in 1901, arriving Pearl Harbor 23 October 1940 from New Orleans Naval Yard USS Pennsylvania in drydock USS Dewey, the second YFD, c. 1906–1907

  5. Binoculars - Wikipedia

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    However, if glasses frames are thicker and so significantly protrude from the face, an eye relief over 17 mm should be considered. Eyeglasses wearers should also look for binoculars with twist-up eye cups that ideally have multiple settings, so they can be partially or fully retracted to adjust eye relief to individual ergonomic preferences.

  6. Furniture - Wikipedia

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    Greek furniture construction also made use of dowels and tenons for joining the wooden parts of a piece together. [26] Wood was shaped by carving, steam treatment, and the lathe, and furniture is known to have been decorated with ivory, tortoise shell, glass, gold or other precious materials.