Search results

• USS Robert E. Peary (DE-132)
  |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=
  4 KB (634 words) - 20:25, 2 July 2010
• USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137)
  |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=
  6 KB (847 words) - 22:10, 2 July 2010
• USS Mills (DE-383)
  |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=
  7 KB (933 words) - 22:15, 2 July 2010
• USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=
  9 KB (1,340 words) - 22:15, 2 July 2010
• USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377)
  |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=
  11 KB (1,489 words) - 21:45, 2 July 2010
• Wood gas generator
  ...hting. Unlike the common coal gas, or coke gas which was used in municipal service, this gas provided a more efficient heating fuel.Gaseous-fuelled internal c ...circumstances or in [[economic shortage|distressed economies]]. Some World War II era wood gas generators were of the "Imbert" type. They were designed ar
  11 KB (1,818 words) - 19:04, 24 June 2010
• USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
  |Ship in service=7 March 1968 |Ship out of service=1972
  10 KB (1,456 words) - 19:35, 2 July 2010
• USS Chehalis (PGM-94)
  |Ship in service= |Ship out of service=
  4 KB (531 words) - 21:53, 2 July 2010
• AT4
  <!-- Service history --> |service=
  23 KB (3,570 words) - 20:53, 1 July 2010
• 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  <!-- Service history --> |service=1972 - present
  8 KB (1,183 words) - 22:34, 1 July 2010
• 61 cm Type 90 torpedo
  <!-- Service history --> | service = 1933 - 1945
  5 KB (655 words) - 09:54, 19 September 2010
• FM57 rifle
  <!-- Service history --> | service =
  2 KB (218 words) - 19:27, 2 July 2010
• MG 151 cannon
  <!-- Service history --> |service=
  10 KB (1,476 words) - 20:52, 2 July 2010
• Mark 24 Mine
  ...[[Japan]]ese submarines. It entered service in March 1943 and continued in service with the US Navy until 1948. Approximately 4,000 torpedoes were produced, s ...t in December 1941. These later projects later became Office of Scientific Research and Development project 61 (FIDO).
  6 KB (856 words) - 20:57, 2 July 2010
• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |service=1914—46<ref name=Hogg&Thurston1972page78>Hogg & Thurston 1972, page 78</r
  17 KB (2,439 words) - 21:15, 2 July 2010
• QF 4.5 inch Mk I – V naval gun
  * '''QF Mark II''': Land service used by the [[British Army]]. ==Naval service==
  12 KB (1,909 words) - 21:15, 2 July 2010
• QF 6 inch /40 naval gun
  <!-- Service history --> |service=1892-1945
  14 KB (2,105 words) - 21:18, 2 July 2010
• Type 93 torpedo
  ...lay outside U.S. Navy headquarters in [[Washington, D.C.]], during [[World War II]]. <!-- Service history -->
  17 KB (2,630 words) - 21:40, 2 July 2010
• Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
  <!-- Service history --> |service=1936–1945
  12 KB (1,783 words) - 21:41, 2 July 2010
• Hydroelectric
  ...irrigation and power to citizens (in addition to aluminum power) after the war. In Suriname, the [[Brokopondo Reservoir]] was constructed to provide elect ...longer economic lives than fuel-fired generation, with some plants now in service which were built 50 to 100 years ago.<ref>[http://reme.epfl.ch/webdav/site/
  39 KB (5,447 words) - 23:02, 2 July 2010
• Chloroquine
  ...r a decade because it was considered too toxic for human use. During World War II United States government-sponsored clinical trials for anti-malarial dru ...anta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 2001.</ref>
  16 KB (2,187 words) - 16:41, 27 September 2010
• Aspirin
  ...veness in the wake of the [[Spanish flu pandemic]] of 1918. However recent research suggests that the high death toll of the 1918 flu was partly due to aspirin ...1919 [[Treaty of Versailles]] following Germany's surrender after [[World War I]], Aspirin (along with [[heroin]]) lost its status as a registered tradem
  78 KB (10,918 words) - 16:52, 27 September 2010
• Nitrous oxide
  The technique was used during [[World War II]] by ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' aircraft with the [[GM-1]] system to boost the po ...Drug and Alcohol Addiction]. NY, Marcel Dekker, 1991 ISBN 082478474X</ref> Research has also found that it increases [[suggestibility]] and [[imagination]].<re
  61 KB (8,728 words) - 16:50, 27 September 2010
• Mercury (element)
  .... It remains in use in a number of other ways in scientific and scientific research applications, and in [[amalgam (dentistry)|amalgam]] material for [[dental ...WJbBMd7wC|title = Toxicological effects of methylmercury|author = National Research Council (U.S.) - Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology| publisher =
  69 KB (10,077 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
• Zidovudine
  ...a universal cure for cancer. These efforts eventually culminated in the "[[War on Cancer]]" in the 1970s. ...hil Furman, Marty St. Clair, Janet Rideout, Sandi Lehman and others. Their research efforts focused on the viral enzyme [[reverse transcriptase]]. Reverse tran
  21 KB (3,049 words) - 16:51, 27 September 2010
• Airspeed Oxford
  |status= Out of production, out of service ...ting, bombing and gunnery roles throughout the [[World War II|Second World War]].
  37 KB (5,369 words) - 21:55, 17 February 2018
• Harry Ashmore
  ...h Infantry Division]], part of the [[United States Third Army]]. After the war, Harry Ashmore became the [[editorial]] writer at the ''Charlotte News'' (i ...he ''Arkansas Gazette'' won the [[Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]], ''For demonstrating the highest qualities of civic leadership, journalis
  9 KB (1,283 words) - 13:31, 19 September 2010
• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...rly 19th-century editions of ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' included seminal research such as [[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young's]] article on Egypt, which ...he 2005 [[Codie awards|Codie award]] for "Best Online Consumer Information Service";<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.siia.net/codies/2005/winners.asp#Conten
  94 KB (12,721 words) - 13:31, 19 September 2010
• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...eenth-century editions of the ''Britannica'' regularly included high-level research works from its authors; by contrast, the 20th century editions are notable ...5–1916, sales dropped significantly when the United States entered World War I.
  61 KB (8,890 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Depleted uranium
  ...military used DU penetrator rounds in the [[1991 Gulf War]], the [[Bosnia war]],<ref>{{cite web ...fore DU had become an item of interest, more than 20 years before the Gulf War.
  80 KB (11,721 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
• Iron
  ...veal that mechanical properties of iron crucially depend on purity: Purest research-purpose single crystals of iron are softer than aluminium. Addition of only ...type of [[stainless steel]] used for making cutlery, and hospital and food-service equipment.<ref name="Metallo"/>
  67 KB (9,808 words) - 10:24, 20 September 2010
• Optacon
  ...the EE Department. The Optacon was developed with researchers at Stanford Research Institute (now [[SRI International]]). Linvill was one of Telesensory's fou ...l, developed the concept further with the support of the [[Office of Naval Research]]. A key aspect of Linvill's concept was to use vibrating [[Piezoelectric_
  28 KB (4,544 words) - 13:16, 20 September 2010
• Dry cleaning
  ...is maid spilled [[kerosene]] (paraffin) on it. He subsequently developed a service cleaning people's clothes in this manner, which became known as "nettoyage After [[World War I]], dry cleaners began using chlorinated solvents. These solvents were muc
  22 KB (3,351 words) - 21:30, 20 September 2010
• Asbestos
  ...orney.com/pilot3-1.htm "Shipyards, a Crucible for Tragedy: Part 1: How the war created a monster"] ''Virginian-Pilot'' Norfolk, Virginia (newspaper)</ref> ...idolite asbestos in its "Micronite" filter from 1952 to 1956.<ref>[[Cancer Research]]</ref>
  77 KB (11,403 words) - 21:32, 20 September 2010
• Air safety
  Following the development of [[radar]] in [[World War II]], it was deployed as a landing aid for civil aviation in the form of [[ ...before certification authorities will permit these aircraft in commercial service.
  53 KB (7,764 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Benzene
  Until [[World War II]], most benzene was produced as a by-product of [[coke (fuel)|coke]] pro In laboratory research, [[toluene]] is now often used as a substitute for benzene. The solvent-pro
  45 KB (6,444 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Emergency management
  ...[[civil defense]] or within the conventional structure of the [[emergency service]]s. However, emergency management actually starts at the lowest level and o ...o protect the civilian population in times of peace as well as in times of war. Another current term, ''Civil Protection'' is widely used within the [[Eur
  50 KB (7,069 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Arsenic
  ...wn. Many were initially prepared for use in chemical warfare during World War I. Representative compounds have the formulae R_3-xAsCl_{x</s ...5 = Lavoie| first5 = P.| last6 = Viallet| first6 = A.}}</ref> Recently new research has been done in locating tumours using arsenic-74 (a positron emitter). Th
  51 KB (7,314 words) - 21:34, 20 September 2010
• Chromium
  ...xidation of superalloys, refractory metals, and graphite|author = National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Coatings|publisher = National Academy of Scien ...}) ore.<ref name="NRC">{{cite book|title = Chromium|author = National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants|pub
  51 KB (7,299 words) - 21:34, 20 September 2010
• Wildfire
  ...ildfire management experts encourage further development of technology and research.<ref>{{vancite web|title=International Experts Study Ways to Fight Wildfire ...s.fs.fed.us/mapterms.htm|title=Definition of Map Terms|publisher=US Forest Service [http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/ MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program]|access
  88 KB (12,641 words) - 21:35, 20 September 2010
• Lead
  ...ection Agency]]'s (EPA) [[Toxics Release Inventory]] and [[Superfund Basic Research Program]]s. TOXMAP is a resource funded by the US Federal Government. TOXMA ...Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service.
  52 KB (7,694 words) - 21:36, 20 September 2010
• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...d philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the [[Mellon Institute of Industrial Research]], founded in 1913 by Andrew and Richard Mellon. ...bequest that totaled about $2,915,000 in 1900.<ref>[http://www.clarku.edu/research/archives/jcbio.cfm Jonas Clark Biography], Clark University website (access
  106 KB (14,441 words) - 21:06, 21 September 2010
• List of prizes named after people
  | "Outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science, and alternates between the physical sciences and | Outstanding basic research in astronomy and mathematics, biosciences, geosciences or polyarthritis
  74 KB (9,674 words) - 21:06, 21 September 2010
• Methadone
  ...ords were requisitioned and expropriated by the Allies. The records on the research work of the I.G. Farbenkonzern at the Farbwerke Hoechst were confiscated by ...ssociated costs to society, findings which have been consistent with later research and backed up by modern knowledge of the psychological, social and pharmaco
  61 KB (8,865 words) - 22:13, 21 September 2010
• Xenon
  |accessdate=2009-04-02}}—National Standard Reference Data Service of the USSR. Volume 10.</ref><ref name="beautiful" /> |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research
  82 KB (11,842 words) - 21:02, 24 September 2010
• Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
  ...ed the protection of presidential candidates by the [[United States Secret Service]]. [[Hubert Humphrey]] went on to win the Democratic nomination for the pre ...ere was significant opposition to the ongoing military action in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]].<ref name=BBCJohnson>{{cite news| title = 1964: Election triumph
  33 KB (5,006 words) - 21:54, 26 September 2010
• Sterling Hall bombing
  ...ment at [[UW–Madison]], Sterling Hall also housed the ''Army Mathematics Research Center'' which made it the target of student protests. It currently houses |target=Army Mathematics Research Center, Sterling Hall, [[UW–Madison]]
  18 KB (2,750 words) - 21:54, 26 September 2010
• Assassination of George Tiller
  ...an [[anti-abortion]] activist. Tiller was killed during a Sunday morning service at his church, where he was serving as an usher. Multiple action groups and ...nvestigation of this crime, and I have directed the United States Marshals Service to offer protection to other appropriate people and facilities around the n
  47 KB (6,949 words) - 21:55, 26 September 2010
• Militant
  ...militant'' as "Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause". The [[Merriam-Webster Dictionary]] defines ''militant'' as "ag ...t'', at other times, can refer to any non-military individual engaged in [[war]]fare or [[combat]], or generally serving as a [[combatant]].
  16 KB (2,254 words) - 21:56, 26 September 2010
• Counter-terrorism
  ...Terrorism may be a tactic in a war between [[nation-state]]s, in a [[civil war]], or in an [[insurgency]]. | postscript = <!--None-->}}</ref> [[Sri Lankan Civil War]],<ref name =UNHCHR-1994>{{cite web
  54 KB (7,364 words) - 21:56, 26 September 2010

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