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  • * [[Wagon-wheel effect]]
    13 KB (1,944 words) - 12:16, 8 October 2009
  • When adopted, the Westinghouse system had a major effect on [[railroad]] safety. Reliable braking was assured, reducing the frequent ...applying the brakes. This deficiency could easily cause a [[runaway train (effect)|runaway]] train. Straight air brakes are still used on locomotives, althou
    20 KB (3,254 words) - 23:06, 5 July 2009
  • The ripple effect of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo led to the demise of the station wagon where [
    23 KB (3,587 words) - 23:11, 7 August 2009
  • ...Fuel supply was via a single [[Weber carburetor|Weber]] ADF twin-[[Venturi effect|choke]] [[Carburetor|carburettor]], fed from a [[Trunk (automobile)|trunk]]
    13 KB (1,741 words) - 22:15, 27 October 2009
  • ...ysler Corporation|Chrysler]] both produced experimental turbine cars to no effect.
    29 KB (4,330 words) - 12:07, 23 January 2009
  • ...ward force that changes and not the location of the center of gravity, the effect on over/under steer is ''opposite'' to that of an actual change in the cent ...by an airfoil or "spoiler" mounted near the rear of the car, but a useful effect can also be achieved by careful shaping of the body as a whole, particularl
    36 KB (5,845 words) - 08:04, 8 October 2009
  • ...ally organization, the [[General Confederation of Labor]], in an effort to effect a compromise with the centrist parties ordered the occupation ended. In 192
    39 KB (5,921 words) - 11:29, 14 April 2012