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  2. Spanish Inquisition - Wikipedia

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    The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Spanish: Tribunal del Santo Oficio de la Inquisición), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by the Catholic Monarchs, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.

  3. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet - Wikipedia

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    In a break with tradition, the Navy pioneered the "principal site concept" [4] with the F/A-18, where almost all testing was done at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, [8] instead of near the site of manufacture, and using Navy and Marine Corps test pilots instead of civilians early in development. In March 1979, Lt. Cdr. John Padgett became the ...

  4. Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet - Wikipedia

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    VFA-143 "Pukin Dogs" F-14B and F/A-18E in 2005. The Super Hornet is a redesign of the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.The wing and tail configuration trace its origin to a Northrop prototype aircraft, the P-530, c. 1965, which began as a rework of the lightweight Northrop F-5E (with a larger wing, twin tail fins and a distinctive leading edge root extension, or LERX). [6]

  5. Comparison of web search engines - Wikipedia

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    Search engine Server's location(s) Dedicated servers Data center Cloud computing HTTPS available Tor gateway available Proxy gateway search links available Ahmia: Yes Yes AOL: Yes No Ask.com: Yes No Baidu: China Yes No Un­known Blackle: No No Brave Search: Yes Yes DuckDuckGo [8] USA No Verizon Internet Services Amazon EC2: Yes Yes No Ecosia ...

  6. Google - Wikipedia

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    Then Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt (left) with co-founders Sergey Brin (center) and Larry Page (right) in 2008. Google LLC (/ ˈ ɡ uː ɡ ə l / ⓘ GOO-ghəl) is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial ...

  7. Eurofighter Typhoon - Wikipedia

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    The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. [3] [4] The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter [5] and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project through a joint holding company, Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH.

  8. Autogas - Wikipedia

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    Autogas or LPG is liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used as a fuel in internal combustion engines in vehicles as well as in stationary applications such as generators. It is a mixture of propane and butane .

  9. Uniflow steam engine - Wikipedia

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    The single-acting uniflow steam engine configuration closely resembles that of a two-stroke internal combustion engine, and it is possible to convert a two-stroke engine to a uniflow steam engine by feeding the cylinder with steam via a "bash valve" fitted in place of the spark plug. [6]