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  2. Belt armor - Wikipedia

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    The belt armor (A) is on the exterior, at the waterline. Also indicated is the main deck (B), the sloping deck armor (C), and the torpedo bulkhead (D). Belt armor is a layer of heavy metal armor plated onto or within the outer hulls of warships , typically on battleships , battlecruisers and cruisers , and aircraft carriers .

  3. Steam locomotive components - Wikipedia

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    The diagram, which is not to scale, is a composite of various designs in the late steam era. Some components shown are not the same as, or are not present, on some locomotives – for example, on smaller or articulated types. Conversely, some locomotives have components not listed here.

  4. Cockpit - Wikipedia

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    A cockpit or flight deck [1] is the area, on the front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or submersible, from which a pilot controls the vehicle. Cockpit of an Antonov An-124 Cockpit of an A380. Most Airbus cockpits are glass cockpits featuring fly-by-wire technology. Robin DR400 1936 de Havilland Hornet Moth. Note the bifurcated split stick ...

  5. Serpentine belt - Wikipedia

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    Serpentine belt (foreground) and dual vee belt (background) on a bus engine Belt tensioner providing pressure against the back of a serpentine belt in an automobile engine. A serpentine belt (or drive belt [1]) is a single, continuous belt used to drive multiple peripheral devices in an automotive engine, such as an alternator, power steering pump, water pump, air conditioning compressor, air ...

  6. Timing belt (camshaft) - Wikipedia

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    Manufacturer-specification timing belts may stretch at high rpm, [citation needed] retarding the cam and therefore the ignition. [12] Stronger aftermarket belts will not stretch and the timing is preserved. [13] When designing the timing belt, a wider belt increases its strength however a narrower belt reduces weight and friction. [14]

  7. List of steamboats on the Columbia River - Wikipedia

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    GT = Gross Tons; RT = Registered Tons YB = Year Built Dspo = Disposition type; Ldng = Landing; Rpds = Rapids; Vessels should not be assumed to have served continuously in Oregon or on the Columbia river and its tributaries during the periods shown on this chart; transfer between service areas was common.

  8. Bilevel rail car - Wikipedia

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    Voiture à impériale. Double deck carriages date to at least as early as the second half of the 19th century. In France several hundred voitures à impériale with seats on the roof were in use by the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest, Chemins de fer de l'Est and Chemins de fer du Nord by 1870, having been in use for over 2 decades; the upper deck was open at the sides with a light roof or awning ...

  9. Object diagram - Wikipedia

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    Initially, when n=2, and f(n-2) = 0, and f(n-1) = 1, then f(n) = 0 + 1 = 1. Consider one possible way of modeling production of the Fibonacci sequence.. In the first UML object diagram on the right, the instance in the leftmost instance specification is named v1, has IndependentVariable as its classifier, plays the NMinus2 role within the FibonacciSystem, and has a slot for the val attribute ...