Steam locomotive — A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a road locomotive such as a traction engine or steamroller.Steam locomotives dominated rail traction from the mid 19th… … Wikipedia
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List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks — The following is a list of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since it began the program in 1971. The designation is granted to existing artifacts or systems representing a… … Wikipedia
NYC Hudson — New York Central Hudson One of the ten J 3a Hudsons given a streamlined casing of Henry Dreyfuss design to haul the 20th Century Limited, on display at the 1939 World s Fair. Power type Steam Builder … Wikipedia
2-6-6-4 — Norfolk Western Class A #1206 displayed at the New York World s Fair in 1939. In the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotive wheel arrangement, a 2 6 6 4 is a locomotive with a two wheel leading truck, two sets of six driving… … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Russia — This article is about the current country. For other uses, see Russia (disambiguation). Russian Federation Российская Федерация Rossiyskaya Federatsiya … Wikipedia
international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… … Universalium
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