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  2. Henri Giffard - Wikipedia

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    The Giffard dirigible, created by Giffard in 1852 A- Steam from boiler, B- Needle valve, C- Needle valve handle, D- Steam and water combine, E-Water feed, F- Combining cone, G- Delivery nozzle and cone, H- delivery chamber and pipe, K- Check valve. Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard (8 February 1825 – 14 April 1882) was a French engineer.

  3. Model engineering - Wikipedia

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    2" Scale Steam roller and traction engine models on display at Midland Model Engineering 2007. The 'classic' areas of model engineering interest are live steam models (typically steam locomotives, stationary engines, marine steam engines, Showman's engines, and traction engines), [2] internal combustion engines, [3] and clock making. [4]

  4. Stuart Turner (company) - Wikipedia

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    Stuart Turner Ltd was incorporated in 1906 [2] and started to produce model steam engines, gas engines for domestic electricity, lathes, etc. Stuart Turner went on to produce further model steam designs, and in 1906 there were nine models in the range. By 1907 more space was needed so premises were rented at Market Place in the centre of Henley ...

  5. Engineering drawing - Wikipedia

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    When part definition is defined mathematically via a solid model, the assertion that one cannot interrogate the model—the direct analog of "scaling the drawing"—becomes ridiculous; because when part definition is defined this way, it is not possible for a drawing or model to be "not to scale". A 2D pencil drawing can be inaccurately ...

  6. Category:Steam engines - Wikipedia

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    A Steam engine is an external combustion engine that derives motion from the thermal expansion or condensation of steam Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steam engines . Subcategories

  7. Australian Standard Garratt - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Standard Garratt (ASG) was a Garratt articulated steam locomotive designed and built in Australia during World War II for use on the 1067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge railway systems owned by the Australian states of Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    The last image we have of Patrick Cagey is of his first moments as a free man. He has just walked out of a 30-day drug treatment center in Georgetown, Kentucky, dressed in gym clothes and carrying a Nike duffel bag.

  9. List of aviation pioneers - Wikipedia

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    Received patent (with Gustave de Struve) for a steam-engine powered “flying machine” capable of carrying 120 people (i.e., commercial passenger aircraft) (1864), [183] and for a navigable balloon (1883). [184] E. Lilian Todd: 1865 26 Sep 1937 United States: Designer Construction Propeller: First female aircraft designer (c. 1906). [185 ...