Search results for "Speed of sound" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A number of injuries and even fatalities have been associated with ... 6,000 lives had been saved by the deployment of air bags.Newsome Law Firm, ...35 KB (5,475 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- publishing the first official observations of the transit of Mercury in 1631. ... He attempted to measure the speed of sound by cannon fire, arranged ...19 KB (2,823 words) - 05:22, 24 November 2022
- physical medium for commercial audio recordings as of 2007. Standard CDs have a diameter of 120 millimeters (mm) and can hold ...19 KB (3,102 words) - 00:20, 8 January 2024
- from 1981 to 2011. At launch, it consisted of three main assemblies: a reusable ... exits the flame trench at near the speed of sound, often causing a rippling ...43 KB (6,281 words) - 15:42, 4 February 2023
- a single note being played. He was a pioneer of chance music, non-standard ... Cage was a long-term collaborator and romantic partner of choreographer ...40 KB (6,250 words) - 17:00, 5 April 2024
- obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving fluid from within ... In chemically powered rockets, the combustion of propellant produces ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- direction. Thus, the diode can be thought of as an electronic version of ... Diodes are extremely useful devices for a variety of applications ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- All tape-based camcorders have removable media in the form of video ... eventually enabled the construction of portable video-cameras and ...34 KB (5,130 words) - 18:53, 25 November 2023
- Chameleon is any of the tropical, New World lizards comprising the ... Chameleon's add to the human wonder of nature, given their ability ...12 KB (1,901 words) - 02:06, 13 January 2023
- Gas is one of the four major states or phases of matter, along with ... Gas exists in the middle of a heating continuum in which heating the ...20 KB (3,107 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- March 29 1888) was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists ... entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of six, where he studied both ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- or electronic device with a set of "keys" that, when ... For much of the twentieth century, typewriters were indispensable ...36 KB (5,574 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- carnivorous mammal, Martes pennanti, of the marten genus (Martes) and ... With its speed and agility, the fisher is a remarkable predator that ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 17:26, 28 March 2024
- A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact ... Most tornadoes have wind speeds of 110 miles per hour (mph) (175 kilometers ...56 KB (8,507 words) - 00:50, 20 February 2024
- Rumba is both a family of music rhythms and a dance style that originated ... dancing, bolero is basically a slow version of the international-style back ...13 KB (2,099 words) - 20:44, 20 August 2022
- Duck is the common name for any member of a variety of species of ... Beyond their own individual purpose of survival, maintenance, and ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 17:18, 12 February 2024
- Scott Eyman, The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution ... *Eyman, Scott. The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution ...78 KB (11,661 words) - 18:11, 23 February 2023
- Digital preservation is a set of processes and activities that maintain ... The preservation of digital information is widely considered to require ...34 KB (4,699 words) - 14:38, 29 January 2024
- = write) is the long-distance transmission of written messages without physical ... Telegraphy forms the foundation for almost all of the communication ...24 KB (3,473 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- 6, 1914—July 31, 2006) was a pioneer of library and information science ... and leadership, he is well remembered as one of the most important figures ...14 KB (2,025 words) - 23:13, 7 October 2022
