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  • Thumbnail for Pre-Columbian rafts
    Pre-Columbian rafts plied the Pacific Coast of South America for trade from about 100 BCE, and possibly much earlier. The 16th-century descriptions by...
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  • Thumbnail for River rapids ride
    A river rapids ride (or river rafting ride) is an amusement ride that simulates whitewater rafting. The river rapids ride concept was proposed by Bill...
    34 KB (1,524 words) - 14:04, 14 July 2024
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    in several delays. Sandbags loaded into rafts during testing went airborne. The ride's final design made rafts reach a maximum speed of 70 mph (110 km/h)...
    48 KB (4,247 words) - 14:56, 14 August 2024
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    The Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca in Spanish), sometimes referred to as the Golden Raft of El Dorado, is a pre-Columbian votive piece created by the Muisca...
    36 KB (4,326 words) - 08:36, 8 September 2024
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    foundations. The ancient Greeks notably constructed pad footings and strip-and-raft foundations. Until the 18th century, however, no theoretical basis for soil...
    25 KB (2,716 words) - 19:06, 17 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Uppsala River Rafting Event
    the event is organized by the Uppsala Union of Engineering and Science Students (UTN). The rafting takes place on 30 April every year, Walpurgis Night...
    2 KB (261 words) - 06:35, 8 July 2022
  • Thumbnail for Military engineering vehicle
    A military engineering vehicle is a vehicle built for construction work or for the transportation of combat engineers on the battlefield. These vehicles...
    34 KB (4,099 words) - 04:45, 14 August 2024
  • Porcelain Raft is Mauro Remiddi's main music project. The New York-based musician began his long, prolific career in Italy, the place of his birth, playing...
    12 KB (1,183 words) - 22:49, 8 July 2024
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    Mexeflote (redirect from Mexeflote raft)
    The Mexeflote is a landing raft used by the United Kingdom's Royal Logistic Corps and the Royal Australian Navy to move goods and vehicles between ship...
    8 KB (657 words) - 17:04, 9 July 2024
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    Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges (category Water rides manufactured by Barr Engineering)
    Popeye & Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges is a river rafting ride at Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, inspired by the character Popeye created by cartoonist...
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    Having threaded the maze of bayous at the river's confluence, and the "Great Raft" of lodged driftwood, the expedition was stopped by the Spanish near present-day...
    26 KB (2,713 words) - 15:50, 17 August 2024
  • often better known through their brand names, for instance: Polymerization RAFT (chemistry) Andrew J. Peacock; Allison R. Calhoun (30 June 2006). Polymer...
    9 KB (316 words) - 01:38, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mystic River Falls
    Mystic River Falls is a river raft ride located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The ride is an upgraded installation and direct replacement...
    16 KB (1,782 words) - 02:24, 17 September 2024
  • safety – Fire protection – Fire protection engineering – First moment of area – Flexibility method – Floating raft system – Floor – Fluid mechanics – Footbridges...
    7 KB (524 words) - 15:48, 11 July 2022
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    Méduse shipwreck and working with Théodore Géricault when he was painting The Raft of the Medusa. "Naufrage de la frégate "La Méduse" : faisant partie de l'expédition...
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  • turbine is mounted below a raft, driving a power system, typically a lift irrigation pump or generator, on top of the raft by belt or gear. The turbine...
    2 KB (251 words) - 20:23, 5 January 2022
  • Thumbnail for Danyor Suspension Bridge
    Danyor there used to be a boat which is locally called Jaalo (a traditional raft for the passage crossing rivers and lakes) used to cross the Hunza River...
    4 KB (222 words) - 05:22, 27 July 2024
  • Shallow foundation (category Structural engineering)
    limited and/or the columns are adjacent to the property lines. Also called raft foundation, a mat foundation is a single continuous slab that covers the...
    8 KB (978 words) - 21:05, 10 July 2024
  • Underpinning (category Building engineering)
    underpinning schemes include pile and beam, cantilever pile-caps and piled raft systems. Cantilevered pile-caps are usually used to avoid disturbing the...
    12 KB (1,533 words) - 08:31, 8 September 2024
  • Galadriel encounters a raft of stranded humans escaping from a sea creature that destroyed their ship. The creature attacks the raft, leaving only Galadriel...
    93 KB (8,496 words) - 20:35, 7 September 2024
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