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A nomad is a member of a motorcycle club (which may or may not be an outlaw motorcycle club) or similar club who is not a member of a specific charter of the group. Some nomads live in geographical areas that have fewer than the required numbers to form a charter. [1] They may even have been sent to the area with a mandate to establish a chapter.
The stepped reckoner or Leibniz calculator was a mechanical calculator invented by the German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz around 16 and completed in 1694. [1] The name comes from the translation of the German term for its operating mechanism, Staffelwalze, meaning "stepped drum". It was the first calculator that could perform all ...
Pagan's MC. Pagan's Motorcycle Club, or simply the Pagans, is an outlaw motorcycle club formed by Lou Dobkin in 1957 in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. [1] [4] The club rapidly expanded and by 1959, the Pagans, originally clad in blue denim jackets and riding Triumphs, began to evolve along the lines of the stereotypical one ...
Membership. 3,000-4,000 full-patch members [5] [6] The Vagos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Green Nation, is a one percenter motorcycle club formed in 1964 in San Bernardino, California. [1] [3] The club's insignia is Loki, the Norse god of mischief, riding a motorcycle. Members typically wear green.
Motorcycle bell. A motorcycle bell, also known as a Guardian® Bell, spirit bell, gremlin bell OR biker bell, [1] is a decorative metal bell that is attached below a motorcycle, often given as a token of good wishes while riding. [2] [3] The bell is usually about 25 mm (1 in) long, made from pewter or other metals, and is given to a ...
Critical Mass (cycling) San Francisco Critical Mass, April 29, 2005. Critical Mass is a form of direct action in which people travel as a group on bicycles at a set location and time. The idea is for people to group together to make it safe for each other to ride bicycles through their streets, based on the old adage: there's safety in numbers .
Pascal's calculator (also known as the arithmetic machine or Pascaline) is a mechanical calculator invented by Blaise Pascal in 1642. Pascal was led to develop a calculator by the laborious arithmetical calculations required by his father's work as the supervisor of taxes in Rouen. [2] He designed the machine to add and subtract two numbers ...
American Motorcyclist Association. The American Motorcyclist Association ( AMA) is an American nonprofit organization of more than 200,000 motorcyclists that organizes numerous motorcycling activities and campaigns for motorcyclists' legal rights. Its mission statement is "to promote the motorcycling lifestyle and protect the future of ...