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Sextant. Celestial navigation at sea. Sailor using sextant. Travel and navigation.
Travel and Navigation
Nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Carl vinson plows through the Indian ocean as aircraft on its flight deck are prepared for flight operations 3/15/05.
Ships and Underwater Exploration
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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Pirate Ship leaving the harbor at the milky way sunset for a long campaign against the loyal marines on the oceans
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Sinking of the ocean liner the Titanic witnessed by survivors in lifeboats. May 15, 1912.
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General Pershing's troops moving into Mexico in 1917 during World War I.
Timeline of World War I
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10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
Albert Einstein in Washington, D.C. c. 1921-1923. Physicist
The Solar Eclipse That Made Albert Einstein a Science Celebrity
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The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
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ship, any large floating vessel capable of crossing open waters, as opposed to a boat, which is generally a smaller craft. The term formerly was applied to sailing vessels having three or more masts; in modern times it usually denotes a vessel of more than 500 tons of displacement. Submersible ships are generally called boats regardless of their size. The design of ships employs many technologies and branches of engineering that also are found ashore, but the imperatives of effective and safe operation at sea require oversight from a unique discipline. That discipline is properly called marine engineering, but the ...(100 of 22970 words)

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