Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wallingford is a railway station along the SEPTA R3 line, the former Pennsylvania Railroad West Chester Line. It is located at Kershaw Road and Possum Hollow Road (although SEPTA gives the address as "Kershaw Avenue"), Wallingford, Pennsylvania.In 1855, when the rail line was extended (to Media) through Wallingford, passing and freight sidings were built at the location. The present station was built in 1890 (although some sources claim it was built in 1880) and designed by architect Frank Furness. For a time, this station also served as Wallinford's post office. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wallis Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) (IATA: WAL, ICAO: KWAL), located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, is operated by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, primarily as a rocket launch site to support science and exploration missions for NASA and other U.S. government agencies. WFF includes an extensively instrumented range to support launches of more than a dozen types of sounding rockets, small expendable suborbital and orbital rockets, high altitude balloon flights carrying scientific instruments for atmospheric and astronomical research and—using its Research Airport—flight tests of aeronautical research aircraft including unmanned aerial vehicles. Данное издание не...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Wally Yachts is a maritime design and manufacture company based in Monte Carlo, Monaco.Founded by wealthy Italian businessman Luca Bassani in 1994, Wally started out primarily as a sail boat design firm and have more recently branched out into designing cutting edge motor yachts, one of the most noteworthy to date of these power boats is the 118 WallyPower. Wally's sailboats and motor yachts range from the recently introduced Nano 11-metre day sailer/racer through the 24-metre range, and often exceed 30 to 60 metres in length. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walnut Hill is an unused train station located on Moredon Road in Abington Township, Pennsylvania. The station was a stop on the Reading Railroad's Newtown Line. It later became a part of SEPTA's Fox Chase-Newtown Rapid Transit Line.Walnut Hill, and all stations north of Fox Chase, was closed on January 14, 1983, due to failing diesel train equipment resulting in low ridership.In addition, a labor dispute began within the SEPTA organization when the transit operator inherited 1,700 displaced employees from Conrail. SEPTA insisted on utilizing transit operators from the Broad Street Subway to operate Fox Chase-Newtown diesel trains, while Conrail requested that railroad motormen run the service....
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walnut–Locust is a subway station on SEPTA's Broad Street Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is located between Walnut Street and Locust Street at 200 South Broad Street in the Avenue of the Arts district of Center City, Philadelphia.Walnut–Locust is served by local trains, special "sport express" trains, and is the southern terminus for express trains, which reverse direction on tracks immediately south of the station. On the "sport express" line, the station is the last stop before its terminus at the Pattison station. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ernst Hjalmar Waloddi Weibull (18 June 1887-12 October 1979) was a Swedish engineer, scientist, and mathematician.Weibull came from a family that had strong ties to Scania. He was a cousin of the historian brothers Lauritz, Carl Gustaf and Curt Weibull, of whom especially the first is noteworthy for introducing a stricter criticism in the interpretation of medieval Scandinavian sources.He joined the Swedish Coast Guard in 1904 as a midshipman. Weibull moved up the ranks with promotion to sublieutenant in 1907, Captain in 1916 and Major in 1940. While in the coast guard he took courses at the Royal Institute of Technology. In 1924 he graduated and became a full professor. Weibull obtained his...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walpole is a station along the MBTA Commuter Rail's Franklin Line from Franklin, Massachusetts to Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located in Walpole, Massachusetts near the town center, and was formerly known as Walpole Union Station, having originally served the Old Colony Railroad as well as the New York and New England Railroad. Unlike the current Franklin Line, the former Old Colony Railroad line that runs through Walpole spans from Mansfield to the south and Medfield Junction and Framingham to the north. Today, the segment of this line south of Walpole is used for commuters heading to Foxboro Stadium station. The Choo Choo Stop is the store located within the station. Данное...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walpole Drive Halt is a diminutive urban request stop on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man, catering almost exclusively for local traffic. Due to the nature of the tramway's construction, the cars can stop and drop off almost anywhere and will do so within reason. For this reason a great number of localised stopping places have built up since the line was completed, many at the intersection of smaller road crossings and the like. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walrus HULA was a proposed Hybrid Ultra Large Aircraft. The goal was to create an airship capable of traveling up to 12,000 nautical miles (about 22,000 km) in range, while carrying 500-1000 tons of cargo. In distinct contrast to earlier generation airships, the Walrus HULA would be a heavier-than-air vehicle and would generate lift through a combination of aerodynamics, thrust vectoring, and gas buoyancy generation and management. As of April 2006, the project was in danger of termination. The 2007 Budget request from DARPA called for the termination of work on WALRUS after completion of the current Phase I contracts.
Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walrus is a diesel locomotive currently on the Groudle Glen Railway. Walrus has a sister locomotive called Dolphin.This locomotive was one of three built in 1952 by the Hunslet Engine Company for Robert Hudson (explaining the unusual manufacturers' title which appears prominently, cast into the locomotive's radiator frontage). It was built to run in a sand and gravel pit in Twickenham and did so until closure, after which the three were put up for sale. Along with works No. 4352 the locomotive was purchased by Doddington Park in Chipping Sodbury where a pleasure ground had been established. It was at this time that the locomotive acquired a "steam outline" structure. Данное...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walrus-class submarine is the only submarine class currently in operation in the Royal Netherlands Navy. They have been in use since 1990 and are all named after sea mammals.The Walrus-class submarines are unusual in that instead of a cross-shaped assembly of stern diving planes and rudders, they mount four combined rudders and diving planes in an "X" configuration. This tail configuration was first tested in 1960 on the United States Navy's USS Albacore (AGSS-569), but has since been used only by the Walrus class, all Swedish Navy submarines since the Sjoormen class, the Royal Australian Navy's Collins class and the German Type 212A. Данное издание не является...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walrus HULA is a proposed Hybrid Ultra Large Aircraft. The goal is to create an airship capable of traveling up to 12,000 nautical miles (about 22,000 km) in range, while carrying 500-1000 tons of cargo. In distinct contrast to earlier generation airships, the Walrus HULA will be a heavier-than-air vehicle and will generate lift through a combination of aerodynamics, thrust vectoring, and gas buoyancy generation and management. As of April 2006, the project is in danger of termination. The 2007 Budget request from DARPA calls for the termination of work on WALRUS after completion of the current Phase I contracts.DARPA says that advances in envelope and hull materials, buoyancy and lift...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walsall railway station is the principal railway station of Walsall, West Midlands, England and situated in the heart of the town. It is operated by London Midland, who run all of its train services. The main entrance is situated inside the Saddlers Shopping Centre.Services from the station go to Birmingham New Street 17 km (10 3/4 miles) south on the Walsall Line, (operated on behalf of Centro), and north to Cannock and Rugeley. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1319-8822-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walsall to Wolverhampton Line is a railway line in the West Midlands, England. It connects the town of Walsall to the city of Wolverhampton. For most of its length, it follows the part of the route of the original Grand Junction Railway.Passenger services, which are funded by Centro and operated by London Midland, operate hourly. These were reintroduced to the line in the late 1990s, having previously ceased as part of the Beeching Axe in 1965. However, the Strategic Rail Authority's West Coast Main Line Route Utilisation Strategy proposed the withdrawal of the service in December 2006. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of steam engine valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844. The gear is sometimes named without the final "s", since it was incorrectly patented under that name. It was extensively used in steam locomotives from the late 19th century until the end of the steam era.The Walschaerts valve gear was slow to gain popularity. The Stephenson valve gear remained the most popularly used valve gear on 19th-century locomotives. The Walschaerts gear had the advantage that it could be mounted entirely on the outside of the locomotives, leaving the space between the frames clear; this caused adoption first among some articulated...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Walsh code is used to uniquely define individual communication channels. Walsh codes are mathematically orthogonal codes. As such, if two Walsh codes are correlated, the result is intelligible only if these two codes are the same. As a result, a Walsh-encoded signal appears as random noise to a CDMA capable mobile terminal, unless that terminal uses the same code as the one used to encode the incoming signal. The Walsh code is calculated by the Walsh function. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1311-7560-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Walsingham was a railway station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway. It opened on 1 December 1857, and served the villages of Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham. It closed on 5 October 1964. The station building is currently (2007) home to St. Seraphim's Russian Orthodox church.Since 1982, there has been a second station at Walsingham - the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. This station is sited slightly to the north of the original, the latter now having a car and coach park on the site of the tracks. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается...
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