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2. Spark-gap transmitter | Wikipedia

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   A second type of spark gap that had a similar quenching effect [15] was the "rotary gap", invented by Tesla in 1896 [92] [93] and applied to radio transmitters by Reginald Fessenden and others. [ 17 ] : p.359–362 [ 79 ] It consisted of multiple electrodes equally spaced around a disk rotor spun at high speed by a motor, which created sparks ...

3. Gap, Hautes-Alpes | Wikipedia

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   Gap, Hautes-Alpes. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Gap (French pronunciation: [ɡap], Occitan: [ˈɡap]) is the prefecture of the department of Hautes-Alpes, in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France.

4. United States Merchant Marine | Wikipedia

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   The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...

5. Interstate Highway System | Wikipedia

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   The Pershing Map FDR's hand-drawn map from 1938. The United States government's efforts to construct a national network of highways began on an ad hoc basis with the passage of the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916, which provided $75 million over a five-year period for matching funds to the states for the construction and improvement of highways. [8]

6. List of airline codes (S) | Wikipedia

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   This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators , the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also included for completeness.

7. South China Sea | Wikipedia

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   The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro and Palawan), and in the south by Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung Islands, encompassing an area of around 3,500,000 km 2 (1,400,000 sq mi).