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    Propeller (redirect from Screw propeller)
    A propeller (often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at...
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    The screw is a mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force. It is one of the six classical...
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    A screw axis (helical axis or twist axis) is a line that is simultaneously the axis of rotation and the line along which translation of a body occurs...
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    2016 with the same lineup that had recorded King, and their third album, Dove, was released in 2018. All four original members of Belly knew each other...
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    Renaissance scientists: Lever Wheel and axle Pulley Inclined plane Wedge Screw A simple machine uses a single applied force to do work against a single...
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  • HMS Dove in 1839, renamed Kangaroo in 1843, and eventually launched in 1852. She was sold in 1897. HMS Dove (1855) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat...
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    prefix designations of "PS" for paddle steamer or "SS" for screw steamer (using a propeller or screw). As paddle steamers became less common, "SS" is incorrectly...
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    Turn of the Screw; 1899–1900 had the publication of The Awkward Age and The Sacred Fount. During 1902–1904, he wrote The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors...
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    Votrax (redirect from Federal Screw Works)
    radio 'DOVE-OSCAR 17' or 'DOVE' Microsatellite. M. D. McIlroy used a "Votrax" branded "Federal Screw Works" synth, a single potted block, as the 'Screw Works'...
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    Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) was the first case brought in the United States federal courts testing a...
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