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2. Liberty truck - Wikipedia

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   The Class-B Standardized Military Truck or "Liberty Truck" was a heavy-duty truck produced by the United States Army during World War I.It was designed by the Quartermaster Corps with help from the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1910 in an effort to help standardize the immense parts catalogue and multiple types of vehicles then in use by the US military, as well as create a truck which ...

3. Spoke - Wikipedia

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   Spoke. A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. A spoked wheel on display at the National Museum of Iran, in Tehran. The wheel is dated to the late 2nd millennium BCE and was excavated at Choqa Zanbil.

4. Wagon-wheel effect - Wikipedia

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   Video of a spinning, patterned paper disc. At a certain speed the sets of spokes appear to slow and rotate in opposite directions. The wagon-wheel effect (alternatively called stagecoach-wheel effect) is an optical illusion in which a spoked wheel appears to rotate differently from its true rotation. The wheel can appear to rotate more slowly ...

5. List of United States Army tactical truck models - Wikipedia

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   These trucks were designated by chassis type, followed by their manufacturer and model. Early use of "M" numbers relate to the body and not the truck itself. During WW II, "M" numbers began to be used for new trucks as well. In 1945, all truck production halted. Willys MB 1⁄4 -ton 4x4. Dodge WC51 3⁄4 -ton 4x4. Chevrolet G-506 11⁄2 -ton 4x4.

6. Chariot - Wikipedia

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   The wheels had from four to eight spokes and tires of bronze or iron. Due to the widely spaced spokes, the rim of the chariot wheel was held in tension over comparatively large spans. Whilst this provided a small measure of shock absorption, it also necessitated the removal of the wheels when the chariot was not in use, to prevent warping from ...

7. Ford F-Series (ninth generation) - Wikipedia

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   The term “Heavy Duty” was not in fact to do with an upgrade in the truck's abilities but was to differentiate it from the F-250 light-duty truck, which was simply a tenth generation F-150 with seven-lug wheels. The tenth-generation light-duty F-250 was not related to the 1997 F-250 HD or the newer 1999 F-250 Super Duty. As part of the 4×4 ...