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  • 21weath|er|cock — «WEHTH uhr KOK», noun, verb. –n. 1. a device to show which way the wind is blowing, especially one in the shape of a rooster; weather vane. 2. Figurative. a person or thing that is changeable or inconstant, especially one who veers easily to… …

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  • 22Vane — (v[=a]n), n. [OE. & E. Prov. E. fane weathercock, banner, AS. fana a banner, flag; akin to D. vaan, G. fahne, OHG. fano cloth, gund fano flag, Icel. f[=a]ni, Sw. fana, Dan. fane, Goth. fana cloth, L. pannus, and perhaps to Gr. ? a web, ? a bobbin …

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  • 23Vane of a leveling staff — Vane Vane (v[=a]n), n. [OE. & E. Prov. E. fane weathercock, banner, AS. fana a banner, flag; akin to D. vaan, G. fahne, OHG. fano cloth, gund fano flag, Icel. f[=a]ni, Sw. fana, Dan. fane, Goth. fana cloth, L. pannus, and perhaps to Gr. ? a web,… …

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  • 24Edgar Faure — Infobox Prime Minister name=Edgar Faure order =Prime Minister of France term start =20 January 1952 term end =8 March 1952 predecessor =René Pleven successor =Antoine Pinay term start2 =23 February 1955 term end2 =31 January 1956 predecessor2… …

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  • 25Flight dynamics — is the science of air and space vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions. The three critical flight dynamics parameters are the angles of rotation in three dimensions about the vehicle s center of mass, known as pitch , roll and yaw… …

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  • 26Weather vane — A weather vane, also called a wind vane, is a movable device attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind. Very often these are in the shape of cockerels and are called weather cocks. Arrows are also popular …

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  • 27Thomas Griffiths Wainewright — (October 1794 – 17 August 1847) was an artist, writer and infamous poisoner.Early lifeWainewright was born into affluence and London literary society in Richmond, London, Englandcite web |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020509b.htm… …

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  • 28Stability derivatives — are a means of linearising the equations of motion of an atmospheric flight vehicle so that conventional control engineering methods may be applied to assess their stability.The dynamics of atmospheric flight vehicles is potentially very… …

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  • 291840 Grand National — The 1840 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the second official annual running of a steeplechase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase handicap horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on March 5th 1840… …

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  • 30Wainewright — Thomas Griffiths Wainewright (* Oktober 1794 in Chiswick, England; † 1852 in Hobart, Australien) war ein englischer Journalist, Maler, Kunstkritiker und Mörder. Leben Thomas Griffiths Wainewright wurde von einem entfernten Verwandten, Dr. Charles …

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