Raft (disambiguation) — Raft may refer to:*Raft, a flat floating structure for travel over water *Raft (novel), a Stephen Baxter science fiction novel *RAFT (chemistry), reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer *The Raft (comics), a fictional prison facility in… … Wikipedia
Fulton surface-to-air recovery system — The Fulton surface to air recovery system (STARS) is a system used by the United States Air Force and United States Navy for retrieving persons on the ground from a MC 130E Combat Talon I aircraft. It involves using an overall type harness and a… … Wikipedia
List of structural engineering topics — This page aims to list all articles related to the specific discipline of structural engineering. For a broad overview of engineering, please see List of engineering topics. For biographies please see List of engineers.compactTOC NOTOC AA frame… … Wikipedia
Grand Central Station (Chicago) — Grand Central Station was a passenger railroad terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois from 1890 to 1969. It was located at 201 W. Harrison Street in the south western part of the Chicago Loop, the block bounded by between Harrison Street, Wells… … Wikipedia
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John Wellborn Root — Infobox Architect caption= Portrait of John Wellborn Root name=John Wellborn Root nationality=American birth date=birth date|1850|1|10|mf=y birth place=Lumpkin, Georgia death date=death date|1891|1|15|mf=y death place=Chicago, Illinois practice… … Wikipedia
commercial fishing — Introduction the taking of fish and other seafood and resources from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is one of the oldest employments of humankind. Ancient heaps of discarded mollusk shells (shell… … Universalium
Scuba set — A scuba diver in usual sport diving gear A scuba set is an independent breathing set that provides a scuba diver with the breathing gas necessary to breathe underwater during scuba diving. It is much used for sport diving and some sorts of work… … Wikipedia
Perelandra — infobox Book | name = Perelandra title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = C. S. Lewis illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = Space Trilogy genre = Science fiction novel… … Wikipedia
Offshore aquaculture — uses fish cages similar to these inshore ones, except they are submerged and moved offshore into deeper water. Offshore aquaculture, also known as open ocean aquaculture, is an emerging approach to mariculture or marine farming where fish farms… … Wikipedia
