Search results

• 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina)
  ...of the battleship [[ARA Moreno]] during its construction, sometime between 1910 and 1915. |design_date=1910
  3 KB (496 words) - 22:13, 1 July 2010
• 14"/45 caliber gun
  ...d {{USS|Texas|BB-35|6}} pause to have their picture taken on top of one of the dual 14"/45 [[caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|caliber]] gun turret |origin= {{flag|United States}}
  7 KB (1,083 words) - 22:19, 1 July 2010
• 4"/50 caliber gun
  ...un from {{USS|Ward|DD-139|6}} which fired the [[first American shots fired in World War II|first American shot of World War II]] at [[Attack on Pearl Har |used_by=<small>{{flagicon|United States|size=22px}} United States<br>{{UK}}<br>{{flagicon|Canada|size=22px}} Canada
  5 KB (698 words) - 22:33, 1 July 2010
• Parrott rifle
  [[Image:parrott_rifle.jpg|thumb|280px|A 200-pound Parrott rifle in Battery Gregg on Morris Island, South Carolina, 1865.]] ...zzle loading]] [[Rifling|rifled]] [[artillery]] weapon used extensively in the [[American Civil War]].
  16 KB (2,443 words) - 21:10, 2 July 2010
• QF 12 pounder 18 cwt naval gun
  ...]] turret for [[HMS Shannon (1906)|HMS ''Shannon'']] under construction at the Vickers works, Barrow ...={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
  6 KB (816 words) - 21:13, 2 July 2010
• Swedish Mauser
  ...'' (Model 1941) [[sniper rifle]].<ref>Jones, D: ''Crown Jewels: The Mauser in Sweden'', pp. 37, 59, 81, 93. Collector Grade Publications, 2003.</ref> ...ary [[Lee-Enfield]] rifle) instead of the "cock-on-opening" style found on the German [[Gewehr 98]].
  11 KB (1,686 words) - 21:33, 2 July 2010
• Acetic acid
  ...]] (62&nbsp;[[Fahrenheit|°F]]) to a colourless [[crystal]]line [[solid]]. The pure acid and its concentrated solutions are dangerously corrosive. ...[[descaling agent]]s. In the [[food industry]], acetic acid is used under the [[E number|food additive code]] E260 as an [[acidity regulator]] and as a c
  41 KB (5,915 words) - 16:49, 27 September 2010
• Horace Everett Hooper
  '''Horace Everett Hooper''' (December 6, 1859 – June 13, 1922) was the publisher of ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'' from 1897 until his death. ...Colorado]]. He sold books to the western states making use of the [[United States Postal Service]].
  3 KB (453 words) - 13:31, 19 September 2010
• Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
  | foundation = [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] ({{Start date|1768}}) | location_country = [[United States|U.S.]]
  7 KB (845 words) - 13:31, 19 September 2010
• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899) | country = United Kingdom (1768–1900)<br>United States (1901–present)
  94 KB (12,721 words) - 13:31, 19 September 2010
• Propædia
  ...listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the ''Britannica''. ==The Outline of Knowledge==
  41 KB (5,585 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...en developed, both online and on [[optical media]]. Since the early 1930s, the ''Britannica'' has developed several "spin-off" products to leverage its re ...nica''. The first encyclopedia to include biographies of living people was the 64-volume ''[[Grosses Universal-Lexicon]]'' (published 1732–1759) of [[Jo
  61 KB (8,890 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Catholic Encyclopedia
  ...e."<ref>[[s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Encyclopedia preface|Preface]] to the ''Catholic Encyclopedia''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://oce.catholic.com/ ...clopedia and its Makers |location=New York |publisher=[[Encyclopedia Press|The Encyclopedia Press]] |pages=iii–viii |nopp=yes|oclc=748253}}</ref>
  15 KB (1,891 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Creosote
  ...mperature treatment of [[beech]] and other woods, or from the [[resin]] of the [[creosote bush]]. ...sy liquid with a smoky odor and burned taste. Other than looks and taste, the chemical makeup is totally different to coal tar creosote. It is made of p
  10 KB (1,614 words) - 10:12, 20 September 2010
• Textile manufacturing
  ...ry of Textile manufacturing from 1750 to 1850 | Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution|Hand processing techniques today and before 1750 | Te ...xtile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods|hand techniques]] to achieve the same results.
  38 KB (5,949 words) - 10:16, 20 September 2010
• Textiles of Mexico
  [[File:RuginProgressTeotitlan.JPG|thumb|300px|Rug in progress in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca]] ...to 1910), when the mechanization of [[weaving]] was introduced, mostly by the French.
  42 KB (6,562 words) - 10:16, 20 September 2010
• Timeline of clothing and textiles technology
  *c. 8000 BC – Evidence of [[flax]] cultivation in the [[Near East]].<ref name="Cambridge 1">''Cambridge History of Western Textil ...ref>Barber 1991.</ref> This requires much greater skill than [[knitting]] in order to create a fine product.<ref name="Theaker 2006">Theaker 2006.</ref>
  11 KB (1,428 words) - 10:16, 20 September 2010
• Strobilanthes callosus
  ...''<ref name="Nature lovers on the Karvy trail; Times of India"/><ref name="The Karvy blooms; July 2000"/>. ...2006; Frontline Magazine; INDIA'S NATIONAL MAGAZINE from the publishers of THE HINDU</ref>.
  23 KB (3,499 words) - 10:22, 20 September 2010
• Drywall
  {{For|the musical group|Drywall (musical project)}} [[Image:Drywall.jpg|thumb|Example of drywall with [[joint compound]], the common interior building material. (This photo shows drywall hung verticall
  32 KB (4,776 words) - 10:23, 20 September 2010
• Lockout-Tagout
  ...es can be turned on. The procedure requires that a '''tag''' be affixed to the locked device indicating that it should not be turned on. ...signed off on their portion of the project and removed their padlock from the clamp.
  11 KB (1,655 words) - 21:30, 20 September 2010

View (previous 20 | next 20) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)