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The Great Reno Balloon Race — is a hot air balloon race held each September in Reno, Nevada. The event is held at the Rancho San Rafael Park, just west of the University of Nevada, Reno. The event is free to the public, and completed its 24th year in 2005. Part of the mission … Wikipedia
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Inventions in the modern Islamic world — [ Abdus Salam, the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient, include the electroweak interaction, electroweak symmetry breaking, magnetic photon, neutral current, preon, W and Z bosons, supergeometry, supermanifold, superspace and superfield.] This… … Wikipedia
Union Army Balloon Corps — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Union Army Balloon Corps caption= Woodblock sketch of Lowe s balloon with McClellan s Army of the Potomac as depicted in Harper s Weekly . dates= October 1861 August 1863 country= United States allegiance= Union… … Wikipedia
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Thaddeus S. C. Lowe — Infobox Scientist name = Thaddeus S. C. Lowe caption = Thaddeus Lowe, ca. 1890 birth date = August 20, 1831 birth place = Jefferson Mills, Coos County, New Hampshire, U.S. death date = death date|1913|1|16|mf=y death place = Pasadena, California… … Wikipedia
L. T. C. Rolt — Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt (usually abbreviated to Tom Rolt or L.T.C. Rolt) (11 February 1910 ndash;9 May 1974; his death was recorded in The Times No 59086, 11 May 1974) was a prolific English writer and the biographer of major civil engineering … Wikipedia
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airplane — /air playn /, n. 1. a heavier than air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier than air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also … Universalium
