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  • ...t often man-made (e.g. [[automobile|car]]s, [[motorcycle]]s, [[train]]s, [[ship]]s, and [[aircraft]]), although some other means of transportation which ar ==Types of vehicles==
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  • ...usually smaller than most [[ship]]s. Some boats are commonly carried by a ship or on land using trailers. A boat consists of one or more [[buoyancy]] structures called [[hull (ship)|hulls]] and some system of propulsion, such as a [[Propeller|screw]], [[oa
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  • ...humb|[[Italy|Italian]] [[ship rig|ship-rigged]] vessel [[Amerigo Vespucci (ship)|''Amerigo Vespucci'']] in [[New York Harbor]], 1976]] ...the number of [[mast (sailing)|mast]]s) which a boat requires to become a ship. (Note that one refers to [[submarine]]s as "boats"). Compare [[vessel]].
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  • {{transmission types}} ...hronization|synchronizing mechanisms]]. They are found commonly in various types of [[tractor|agricultural]], [[Semi-trailer truck|commercial]], and militar
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  • ...f they are not properly vented to the outdoors. Also, the gases from most types of machine are very hot; the pipe must be heat-resistant, and it must not p === Ship's or large boat's onboard engine ===
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  • ...s a type of [[seaplane]] which uses its [[fuselage]] as a floating [[Hull (ship)|hull]] (instead of [[pontoon]]s mounted below the fuselage). ...gradually trailed off, with many of the roles taken over by other aircraft types. In the 21st century, flying boats maintain a few niche uses, such as for d
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  • ...cycle or cardriverslicense you can drive a big moped. All new mopeds (both types) bought after [[1 June]] [[2006]] must be registered with a license plate, ...exist, such as the '''RCMP''' from the [[Greater Toronto Area]], '''Rocket Ship Tomos''' from [[Japan]], the '''MOFOs''' from [[New Jersey]], and '''The Va
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  • ...lied. These were commonly used in [[Crane (machine)|cranes]] and aboard [[ship]]s during [[Ancient Greece]], and in [[Mining |mine]]s, [[Pump |water pump] ...engine|steam]], [[solar power|solar]], [[turbine]], rotary, and different types of piston-type internal combustion engines. The gasoline internal combustio
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  • The various types of horsepower (metric) are: ''Shaft horsepower'' is the power delivered to the [[propellor]] shaft of a [[ship]] or [[turboprop]] airplane. This may be measured, or estimated from the in
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  • ...lied. These were commonly used in [[Crane (machine)|cranes]] and aboard [[ship]]s during [[Ancient Greece]], and in [[Mining |mine]]s, [[Pump |water pump] ...engine|steam]], [[solar power|solar]], [[turbine]], rotary, and different types of piston-type internal combustion engines. The gasoline internal combustio
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  • ...m is also used for other circular objects that rotate or turn, such as a [[Ship's wheel]] and [[flywheel]]. ...[[Common Era|BCE]] people had been buried on [[wagon]]s or [[cart]]s (both types). The earliest depiction of what may be a wheeled vehicle (here a wagon—f
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  • == Types of diesel engines == ...ng raced in classes that call for them, mainly in truck racing, as well in types of racing where these drawbacks are less severe, such as [[land speed recor
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  • Displacement in other engine types (especially for a [[Wankel engine]]) is much more complicated. For instance ...Much larger engines tend to be [[diesel engine]]s fitted to [[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, railroad [[locomotive]]s and those used to drive stationary [[generator
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  • ...engine]] hybrids where a small petrol engine powered a compressor. Several types of air engines also increased the range between fill-ups with up to 60% by ==Types==
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  • ...gave many dishes a [[sweet and sour|sweet-sour]] flavor. The most popular types of meat were [[pork]] and [[chicken (food)|chicken]], while [[beef]], which ...iterranean had since antiquity been based on cereals, particularly various types of [[wheat]]. Porridge and gruel, and later bread became the basic food tha
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