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  • ...ngine in [[1927]], but was unable to complete the production '''Sixteen''' model until [[1931]]. By that time, [[Cadillac (automobile)|Cadillac]] had alrea The [[Cadillac V-16]] was the most exclusive model of the marque from January [[1930]] until [[1940]], with the [[Cadillac V16
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  • [[Image:TVS2018 2.jpg|thumb|An HO scale model of Trewsville Southern unit 2018 with the dynamic brake circled in orange]] '''Dynamic braking''' is the use of the electric [[traction motors]] of a [[railroad]] vehicle as generators to slow the vehicle. It is termed ''Rheostatic'' if
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  • ...es a "prototype" and the word is often used interchangeably with the word "model" which can cause confusion. In general, “prototypes” fall into four ba '''Proof-of-Principle Prototype (Model)''' (also called a breadboard). This type of prototype is used to test som
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  • ...l transmission|manually]]. (Similar but larger devices are also used for [[railroad]] [[Locomotive#Diesel-hydraulic|locomotives]].) [[image:torque-converter-cutbox-model.jpg|thumb|A cut-away model of a [[torque converter]]]]
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  • ...le]]s, [[moped]]s, [[scooter]]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[kart racing|karts]], [[model airplane]]s and motorized garden appliances like [[chainsaw]]s and [[lawnmo :In real engines the process is completed from 0 to 150° but in this model it is completed at 120°.
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  • ...]s, [[snowmobile]]s, [[kart racing|karts]], [[model airplane]]s (and other model vehicles) and motorized garden appliances like [[string trimmer]]s, [[chain :In real engines the process is completed from 0 to 150° but in this model it is completed at 120°.
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  • ...d move, but Iacocca pointed to the government bail-outs of the airline and railroad industries, arguing that more jobs were at stake in Chrysler's possible dem ...y wanted. The Grand Cherokee would not be released until 1992 for the 1993 model year, at which time Iacocca left Chrysler.
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  • ...l transmission|manually]]. (Similar but larger devices are also used for [[railroad]] [[Locomotive#Diesel-hydraulic|locomotives]].) ...Chevrolet]]'s [[Powerglide]] and Packard's [[Ultramatic]] for the [[1950]] model year. Each of these transmissions had only two forward speeds, relying on t
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  • ...ger engines tend to be [[diesel engine]]s fitted to [[truck]]s, [[ship]]s, railroad [[locomotive]]s and those used to drive stationary [[generator]]s. The disp ...nches, of that amount, regardless of trim level. This number was not the ''model number'' of the car.
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  • ...of investors including [[Giovanni Agnelli]]. Fiat has also manufactured [[railroad]] vehicles, [[tanks]] and [[aircraft]]. As of 2009, Fiat is the world's six ...U.S. cost between $3,600 and $8,600, compared to US$825 the [[Ford Model T|Model T]] in 1908.
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  • ...ng costs, and thus prices.) In addition, bicycle makers adopted the annual model change (later derided as [[planned obsolescence]], and usually credited to [[Image:HotchkissBikeRR.JPG|thumb|1890s Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad]]
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  • ...n other countries - Eurocity has average speed about 120 kmph as the Czech railroad network is not suitable for higher speeds. From [[Berlin]], a train reaches ...ride on the Petrin hill cable railway. The whole city in one hall (perfect model in 1:480 scale) - a time travel to the past in Prague’s historical most s
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  • Vienna is a railroad hub, easily accessible from other major European cities. Overnight trains a ...is the only equestrian institute in the world which follows a Renaissance model of classical schooling. Eleves, or students, begin their training immediate
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