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• Kinematic pair
  Kinematic pairs are the building blocks of most [[kinematic chain]]s and mechanical [[linkage (mechanical)|l * [[Degrees of freedom (engineering)|Degrees of freedom]]
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• Giuseppe Merosi
  ...d as a building surveyor, before he discovered his gift for the automotive engineering. He gained first experiences at [[Bianchi]] and the running department of [
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• Unit
  * A unit can refer to a self-contained section of a building (or maybe a structure such as a cabin) meant to be rented or otherwise occu * In chemical engineering, a unit is a (usually) large vessel or section of a plant in which a [[unit
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• Engineering
  '''Engineering''' applies [[science|scientific]] and [[technology|technical]] knowledge to ...hat [[compromise]]s are at the heart of "[[level of invention|low-level]]" engineering designs, while at a higher level the best design is that which eliminates t
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• CF
  ...the [[Fusi]] firm, which were the Italian FN importers. This nice piece of engineering has a three speed foot change gearbox, engine dimensions of 60x61,5 mm. Pro ...The production was started with the help of about ten workers, in a small building in the outskirt of [[Pesaro]]. Several models, all with [[Minarelli]] two s
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• Arturo Merzario
  ...s Racing Cars|Williams]], [[Fittipaldi (constructor)|Fittipaldi]], [[March Engineering|March]], [[Walter Wolf Racing|Wolf]], [[Merzario]] ...struggled in Formula One for three years, initially with March cars before building their own chassis, and later moving down to [[Formula Two]].
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• Alloy
  ...vity]], of an alloy may not differ greatly from those of its elements, but engineering properties, such as [[tensile strength]] and [[shear strength]] may be subs ...[[silver]] used in [[jewelry]] and the [[aluminium]] used as a structural building material are also alloys.
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• I.DE.A Institute
  | Services || industrial engineering and design, automobile design and prototyping ...of Development in Automotive Engineering) is an [[automobile]] design and engineering company in [[Turin]], [[Italy]], founded in 1978. The [[Rieter|Rieter Holdi
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• Fusi
  '''CF''' (designers [[Catellia]] and [[Fiorani]]) had started building powerful little 173 cc and 248 cc OHC singles in 1928. They were very succe The firm of CF (designers Catellia and [[Fiorani]]) had started building a powerful little 173 cc and 248 cc face cam OHC singles in 1928. They were
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• Shock absorber
  ...al [[machine]]s. Large shock absorbers have also been used in [[structural engineering]] to reduce the susceptibility of structures to [[earthquake]] damage and [ Applied to a structure such as a [[building]] or [[bridge]] it may be part of a [[seismic retrofit]] or as part of new,
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• Architecture
  ...lder, carpenter") is the [[art]] and [[science]] of [[design|designing]] [[building]]s and [[structure]]s. ...easing [[aesthetics]]. This distinguishes it from [[applied science]] or [[engineering]], which usually concentrate more on the functional and feasibility aspects
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• Mugello Circuit
  ...September 2008. However, the race had to be cancelled due to the delay in building the new chassis for the new race cars. | [[March Engineering|March]]
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• Abarth
  [[Carlo Abarth]] began his well-known association with [[Fiat]] in 1952, building the [[Abarth 1500 Biposto]] upon Fiat mechanicals.[http://www.rickcarey.com ...[Renault]]. It is based in the ''Officine 83'', part of the old Mirafiori engineering plant.
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• Giuseppe Farina
  ...Nino," was a doctor of engineering and nephew of Pinin Farina of the coach building company. He began his motor racing career in hillclimbs, graduating to circ
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• Tractor
  ...n, small demolitions, light transportation of building materials, powering building equipment, digging holes, breaking [[asphalt]] and paving roads. Some bucke ...l make backhoe-loaders very useful and common in [[civil engineering|urban engineering]] projects such as construction and [[repair]]s in areas too small for larg
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• Giotto Bizzarrini
  Bizzarrini received an engineering degree from the [[University of Pisa]] in 1953. His design thesis in his se ...he Long Knives]]" . It was caused because Ferrari wanted to reorganise the engineering staff. Bizzarrini left Ferrari and founded with other ex-Ferrari engineers
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• James Hunt
  ...severe official disapproval. Hunt's career continued in the works [[March Engineering|March]] team, but that disintegrated and he soon fell in with the [[Hesketh ! [[March Engineering|March]]
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• Ollearo
  ...is activity was supported by his younger brother Mark who was an expert in building frames and valid racing driver. At that time [[Italy]] was troubled by a se ...winter of 1922. They built a [[scooter]] in record time with sophisticated engineering, was presented mounted on a bicycle frame and reinforced appropriately modi
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• Bertone
  | Services || engineering products and processes,building prototypes and cars, producing special windscreens | Divisions || Stile Bertone<br>Bertone Engineering<br>Carrozzeria Bertone<br>Bertone Glass
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• Prototype
  ...e design is to be expected. Often prototypes are built using very limited engineering detail as compared to final production intent. ...atch the intended final performance of the product and some allowances and engineering judgement are often required before moving forward with a production design
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• Chiribiri
  Chiribiri began life as an engineering and [[automobile manufacturer]] in [[Turin]] in 1910 when the 45 year old [ ...nio Chiribiri was born in Venice in 1865 but it was not a natural city for engineering so he moved to [[Florence]] to work in a small factory. He quickly moved o
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• Tre Spade
  ...arting with building a new plant and erect the building beside the office (building that still exists for the same function). Christened the new company under ...precision of surgery Parts of trails and [[Carreggia]] military, materials engineering, materials rail ... The brothers also agreed to create a foundry in Turin,
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• Aerodynamics
  ...objects in streams of water or simply dropping them off the top of a tall building. Towards the end of this time period [[Gustave Eiffel]] used his [[Eiffel ...aft to fly at hypersonic speeds has seen very limited success. Along with building a successful scramjet aircraft, the desire to improve the aerodynamic effic
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• Nino Farina
  ...Nino," was a doctor of engineering and nephew of Pinin Farina of the coach building company. He began his motor racing career in hillclimbs, graduating to circ
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• Triumph-Italia
  ...Triumph - ''"Italian bodywork at its best, British tradition in sports car engineering at its finest.”'' ...had some aluminum body panels, all Italias used steel. Ruffino envisioned building 1,000 cars, between 1960 and 1962, with worldwide distribution including th
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• TM
  ...important experience on two-stroke engines. And so the idea was formed of building an original motorcycle with an engine made by themselves. [[Flenghi]] set t ...most prestigious competitors. This justifies the prices of these jewels of engineering that appeal to a niche market made up of very demanding customers. They can
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• François Cévert
  |Team(s):||[[March Engineering|March]], [[Tyrrell]] In [[1971]], with the Tyrrell team now building their own cars, Cévert finished second in [[French Grand Prix|France]] and
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• Ferdinand Porsche
  ...ber 3]], [[1875]] – [[January 30]], [[1951]]) was an Austrian [[automotive engineering|automotive engineer]], Porsche was born to german-speaking family in [[Vra ...ork, he sneaked into university classes; he never received any more formal engineering education than this.
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• Engine tuning
  '''Engine tuning''' or '''engine building''' is the adjustment, modification or design of [[internal combustion engin ...bored, smoother, less contorted intake and exhaust [[manifold (automotive engineering)|manifold]]s. This helps maintain the velocity of gases. Similarly, the por
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• Exhaust pipe
  In most production engines, the '''[[manifold (automotive engineering)|manifold]]''' is an assembly designed to collect the exhaust gas from two ...ust when the truck is driving on a dry dusty unmade surface such as on a [[building site]].
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• Ducati Singles
  Ducati began by building a 250&nbsp;cc racer. The prototype won most of its races in America, many r ...[Australia]] and [[Germany]]. In Italy Ducati was doing well, and not just building motorcycles. By 1965, Ducati Meccanica SpA had become the Italian distribut
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• Dante Giacosa
  ...was engineering manager at Fiat by 1937 and he had become director of the engineering division of Fiat by 1950. ...ion for good handling and ride quality. It was with a 508C chassis that as engineering manager Dante Giacosa led a team that developed the Fiat 508CMM a streamlin
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• Isotta-Fraschini
  ...ail traction engine]]s but has provided a wide range of civil and military engineering products and services. ...model would be unlike any other, as Isotta-Fraschini had decided to start building the most luxurious cars in the entire world. Their reasoning? After the war
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• Rayton
  ...er hand a bloated sedan. I was working alone, it was just me in that small building, so I could get away with not producing hundreds of sketches and passing th ...an ingenious mode of transportation, and in this case also a new method of engineering an automobile.
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• Front-wheel drive
  ...youts. Detroit's "Big Three" enjoyed a remarkable run of 75 low-cost years building passenger cars with the [[live axle|live rear axle]] design first seen on t ...ing the mass of the drivetrain over the driven wheels improves [[traction (engineering)|traction]] on wet, snowy, or icy surfaces.
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• Pagani
  ...[Modena Design]] to meet the increasing demand for the services of design, engineering, model construction, moulds and prototypes. In 1992, he started constructi Pagani has also announced the building of the very exclusive Zonda Tricolore at the 2010 Geneva Motor show. With n
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• Bizzarrini
  ...ating with the Roma University developing advanced projects and designing, building and developing his own sport cars. He often said: "I'm not a car designer, ...The_great_walkout]. It was caused because Ferrari wanted to reorganise the engineering staff. Bizzarrini left Ferrari and founded with the rest of ex-Ferrari engi
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• Brescia
  ...gest Italian industrial area, concentrating on mechanical and automotive [[engineering]] and machine tools, as well as the [[Beretta]] arms firm. Its companies ar ...uses a famous bronze statue of Victory, found in 1826. Scanty remains of a building on the south side of the forum, called the curia, but which may have been a
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• Formula One engines
  *[[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] inline-4 1.5&nbsp;L Compressor *[[Alta Car and Engineering Company|Alta]] inline-4 2.5&nbsp;L
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• Automobile
  ...vention of the modern automobile, several other German engineers worked on building automobiles at the same time. In 1886, [[Gottlieb Daimler]] and [[Wilhelm M ...oved so significantly since the design of Selden's patent, that no one was building according to his early designs.
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• Officine Meccaniche
  ...à Anonima Officine Meccaniche" manufactured materials rail and other heavy engineering products. On October 1, 1917 OM took over the automaker Züst, thus obtaini In 2000, the headquarters of the company is moved from the old building on Via Pompeo Leoni in [[Milan]] to the new headquarters in [[Lainate]].
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• FIA GT Championship
  ...and [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]], alongside the pre-existing constructors, started building cars specifically for the new series, although it was still based in real p
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• Anzani
  ...7 he set up a small workshop in Paris with three staff and while they were building his engines he designed a [[hydrofoil]] powered by one of his engines and p ...'''British Vulpine Engine Company ''' and then again as '''British Anzani Engineering Company''' concentrating on small engines and car and motorcycle powerplant
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• Hydropneumatic suspension
  ...icals. Citroën thus encountered the same issue as [[Apple Computer]] did - building a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] system deprives you of positive [[ne ...d War II]], Paul Magès, an employee of Citroën, with no formal training in engineering, secretly develops the concept of an air/oil suspension to combine a new le
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• Watkins Glen International
  ...e a smaller version of the original street circuit and laid out by several engineering professors from nearby [[Cornell University]]. Along with the annual SCCA r ...or weddings, business meetings, etc. No cause could be determined and the building was a total loss. The loss included irreplaceable, unique original motorsp
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• Ancient Rome
  ===Engineering and architecture=== {{main|Roman engineering|Roman architecture}}
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• Stanguellini
  But above all, they are fondest of their long tradition of race cars and engineering. While visiting Modena and adjacent areas, it became evident that everyone ...son, Vittorio, still only 19 years-old. Vittorio had an extreme talent for engineering and guided the dealership along the lines that later would be picked up by
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• Gilco
  By attending the first years of Engineering at the [[Politecnico di Milano]], Gilberto Colombo knows Mario Speluzzi, pr ...th David Sigurtà. Here arises the idea of improving the hull of this class building a sample hand.
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• Venice
  ...in [[568]]. In the mid-[[8th century]], the Venetians resisted the empire-building efforts of [[Peppin III|Pepin III]] and remained subject to the [[Byzantine ...to ensure the supply of mainland [[wheat]], on which the city depended. In building its maritime commercial empire, the Republic acquired control of most of th
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