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The Briggs & Stratton Gasoline/Electric Hybrid Car – In 1980, at the tail end of the energy crisis, Briggs & Stratton developed the first gasoline-electric hybrid automobile concept car. "The Hybrid" was designed by Brooks Stevens , had six wheels and was powered by a twin-cylinder 16 hp (11.9 kW) Briggs & Stratton engine and a large bank of ...
A Briggs and Stratton Flyer from 1916. Originally an experiment in creating a fuel-saving automobile in the United States, the vehicle weighed only 135 lb (61.2 kg) and was an adaptation of a small gasoline engine originally designed to power a bicycle. [12]
Under Army ownership, car wrecked and repaired, the repair reducing its capacity to 6,672 gallons. [146] Tank mounted on WP&YR Flatcar #319 in 1944 (USA 27). [147] Tank transferred to the WP&YR in 1946 (#27). [148] Re-mounted on the underframe of Gondola #108 in 1952. [149] Re-mounted on the underframe of Tank Car #3 in 1956. [150]
In 2004, Briggs & Stratton purchased Simplicity Manufacturing and closed the Port Washington plant in October 2008. As of 2015, manufacturing accounted for approximately 25% of Port Washington's jobs, [ 46 ] a significant decrease from the early 20th century when the Wisconsin Chair Company alone accounted for 50% of the city's jobs.
Hurricane Otis was a compact but very powerful tropical cyclone which made a devastating landfall in October 2023 near Acapulco as a Category 5 hurricane.Otis was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall at Category 5 intensity and surpassed Hurricane Patricia as the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane on record.
Sextette is a 1978 American musical comedy film directed by Ken Hughes, and starring Mae West in her final film, [5] alongside an ensemble cast including Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper and Walter Pidgeon.
It is praised as "one of the best general/multi-purpose lenses available", [1] [2] and ideal for available light photography on a Canon APS-C camera. [3]The fast f / 2.8 aperture, combined with 3-stop image stabilization, makes the 17–55 very useful in low light compared to an unstabilized f / 3.5–5.6 Canon EF-S 18–55mm lens, which is a frequent kit lens, and thus the 17–55 is much ...
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