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J’Élle Stainer. The subcontrabass saxophone is the largest of the family of saxophones that Adolphe Sax described in his 1846 patent. He called it the saxophone bourdon, named after the very low-pitched 32′ bourdon pedal stop on large pipe organs. Although Sax planned to build one, the first playable instrument was only built in 2010.
The nuclear-powered Project 949A Antey (Oscar II class) submarine K-141 Kursk sank in an accident on 12 August 2000 in the Barents Sea. It was taking part in the first major Russian naval exercise in more than 10 years. All 118 personnel on board were killed.
Sub-Radio is an American indie pop band based in Washington, D.C. [1] Their sound has been described as "infectious, bright pop," [2] "gorgeous vocal harmony," [3] and “tailor-made for festival sing-alongs.”. [4] Their music has been critically compared to that of The Killers, The Aces, and Panic At the Disco. [1]
Submarine tender. USS Frank Cable (back of picture), one of two submarine tenders maintained by the United States Navy. The attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) is in the foreground. A submarine tender, in British English a submarine depot ship, is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines .
Nguyễn Đình Đức. Professor Nguyen Dinh Duc (Nguyễn Đình Đức) (born 1963) is a Vietnamese scientist and currently serves as the Chairman of the University Council at the University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi [2]. He has made significant contributions in the field of new materials, particularly ...
The word subconscious represents an anglicized version of the French subconscient as coined by John Norris, in "An Essay Towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World. Design'd for Two Parts. The First Considering it Absolutely in It Self, and the Second in Relation to Human Understanding” (1708): "The immediate objects of Sense, are ...
Triomphant class. Vanguard class. A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with nuclear warheads. These submarines became a major weapon system in the Cold War because of their nuclear deterrence capability.
Yerkes luminosity class IV. The term subgiant was first used in 1930 for class G and early K stars with absolute magnitudes between +2.5 and +4. These were noted as being part of a continuum of stars between obvious main-sequence stars such as the Sun and obvious giant stars such as Aldebaran, although less numerous than either the main sequence or the giant stars.