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In 1964 more all-transistor electronic calculators were introduced: Sharp introduced the CS-10A, which weighed 25 kilograms and cost 500,000 yen ($500000), and Industria Macchine Elettroniche of Italy introduced the IME 84, to which several extra keyboard and display units could be connected so that several people coul...
25
4,916
4916
67
1
0
The name derives from ELektronen KAlkulator, and it weighed around 8 kilograms .
8
4,917
4917
117
1
0
3819921 – Miniature electronic calculator – J. S. Kilby, Texas Instruments, 1974 (originally filed 1967), handheld ( 3 pounds ) battery operated electronic device with thermal printer
3
4,920
4920
28
1
0
Bowhead whale plates can be 9 meters long.
9
4,922
4922
85
3
0
This additional oxygen storage is vital for deep diving, since beyond a depth around 100 meters , the lung tissue is almost completely compressed by the water pressure.
100
4,923
4923
28
3
0
Diving depths average about 100 meters .
100
4,925
4925
13
1
0
It was up to 3 meters long.
3
4,927
4927
51
3
0
Sounds can be disruptive at distances of more than 100 kilometers .
100
4,928
4928
36
3
0
Wild killer whales may travel up to 160 kilometers in a day and critics say the animals are too big and intelligent to be suitable for captivity.
160
4,929
4929
4
3
0
The 680 kilograms calf was a popular attraction and behaved normally, despite separation from his mother.
680
4,930
4930
23
4
0
A year later, the then 8164 kilograms whale though smaller than average, was too big to keep in captivity, and was released on April 1, 1998.
8,164
4,931
4931
41
3
0
For CRTs, the viewable size is typically 1.0 inches smaller than the tube itself.
1
4,933
4933
71
2
0
Before 2013 top-end consumer LCD monitors were limited to 2560x1600 at 30 inches , excluding Apple products and CRT monitors.
30
4,935
4935
121
2
0
In about 2009, NEC/Alienware together with Ostendo Technologies (based in Carlsbad, CA) were offering a curved (concave) 43 inches monitor that allows better viewing angles near the edges, covering 75% of peripheral vision in the horizontal direction.
43
4,936
4936
8
2
0
A fixed 19 inches , 4:3 rack mount LCD monitor
19
4,937
4937
24
2
0
A 1U stowable clamshell 19 inches , 4:3 rack mount LCD monitor with keyboard
19
4,938
4938
14
2
0
A panel mount 19 inches , 4:3 rack mount LCD monitor
19
4,940
4940
57
4
0
The new Lockheed cargo plane design possessed a range of 1100 nautical miles , takeoff capability from short and unprepared strips, and the ability to fly with one engine shut down.
1,100
4,943
4943
408
2
0
https://web.archive.org/web/20150413115830/http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2011/09/images-lockheeds-stealth-c-130/ Lockheed's stealth C-130 successor revealed] - Flightglobal.com, 13 September 2011 The Air Force Research Laboratory funded Lockheed and Boeing demonstrators for the Speed Agile concept, whic...
70
4,944
4944
61
5
0
It was a 5 percent-scale model of a narrowbody design with a 55000 pounds payload.
55,000
4,947
4947
105
6
0
This record flight beat the previous record longest flight by over 10 hours and the two gunships took on 410000 pounds of fuel.
410,000
4,948
4948
18
5
0
max speed note=at 20000 feet
20,000
4,952
4952
89
2
0
Cocaine base/crack can be smoked because it vaporizes with little or no decomposition at 98 °C , which is below the boiling point of water.
98
4,953
4953
8
3
0
Roughly 625 pounds of leaves were harvested per hectare, six times per year.
625
4,955
4955
64
2
0
Then battery acid (weak sulfuric acid) was used, one bucket per 25 kilograms of leaves, to create a phase separation in which the cocaine free base in the gasoline was acidified and extracted into a few buckets of "murky-looking smelly liquid".
25
4,956
4956
64
1
0
The 3750 pound yearly harvest of leaves from a hectare produced 2 kilograms of pasta , approximately 40–60% cocaine.
2
4,957
4957
137
3
0
The Army of Norway, or , comprising four divisions totaling 67,000 German soldiers, held the arctic front, which stretched approximately 500 kilometers through Finnish Lapland.
500
4,958
4958
39
2
0
By November, the operation had stalled 30 kilometers from the Kirov Railway due to unacclimatised German troops, heavy Soviet resistance, poor terrain, arctic weather and diplomatic pressure by the United States on the Finns regarding the lend-lease deliveries to Murmansk.
30
4,960
4960
56
6
0
In October, Finland informed Germany that it would need 159000 tonnes of grain to manage until next year's harvest.
159,000
4,961
4961
27
6
0
Annual grain deliveries of 180000 tonnes equaled almost half of the Finnish domestic crop.
180,000
4,963
4963
10
2
0
Along the 21 kilometers -wide breakthrough, the Red Army concentrated 3,000 guns and mortars.
21
4,964
4964
118
1
0
In some places, the concentration of artillery pieces exceeded 200 guns for every kilometre of front or one for every 5 meters .
5
4,965
4965
53
3
0
By this point, the Finnish Army had retreated around 100 kilometers to approximately the same line of defence they had held at the end of the Winter War.
100
4,967
4967
107
3
0
He is able to perceive the thoughts of others or project his own thoughts within a radius of approximately 250 miles .
250
4,968
4968
201
3
0
11 of the Act also provided that the issuance of bonds "shall be treble the number per mile" (to $48,000) for tracked grade completed over and within the two mountain ranges (but limited to a total of 300 miles at this rate), and "doubled" (to $32,000) per mile of completed grade laid between the two mountain ranges.
300
4,969
4969
40
2
0
3 of the 1862 Act granted the railroads 10 sqmi of public land for every mile laid, except where railroads ran through cities and crossed rivers.
10
4,971
4971
35
2
0
These grants were later doubled to 20 sqmi per mile of grade by the 1864 Act.
20
4,972
4972
53
2
0
April 26, 1864: Central Pacific opened to Roseville, 18 miles , where it makes a junction with the California Central Railroad, operating from Folsom north to Lincoln.
18
4,973
4973
37
2
0
May 13, 1865: Central Pacific opened 36 miles to Auburn, California.
36
4,974
4974
42
2
0
September 1, 1865: Central Pacific opened 54 miles to Colfax, California (formerly known as "Illinoistown.")
54
4,975
4975
41
2
0
December 3, 1866: Central Pacific opened 92 miles to Cisco, California.
92
4,976
4976
73
3
0
December 1, 1867: Central Pacific opened to Summit of the Sierra Nevada, 105 miles .
105
4,977
4977
55
2
0
April 28, 1869: Track crews on the Central Pacific lay 10 miles of track in one day.
10
4,978
4978
69
2
0
Compaq World Headquarters (now HP United States) campus consisted of 80 acres of land which contained 15 office buildings, 7 manufacturing buildings, a product conference center, an employee cafeteria, mechanical laboratories, warehouses, and chemical handling facilities. "[
80
4,979
4979
6
2
0
It is 20 kilometers northwest of Mâcon.
20
4,980
4980
112
1
0
Circuit Park Zandvoort was born and in the summer of 1989 the track was remodeled to an interim Club Circuit of 2 kilometers , while the disposed southern part of the track was used to build a Vendorado Bungalow Park and new premises for the local football and hockey clubs.
2
4,981
4981
76
1
0
This project was finished in 2001 when, after the track was redesigned to a 4 kilometers long circuit and a new pits building was realized (by HPG, the development company of John Hugenholtz jr, son of the former director), a new grandstand was situated along the long straight.
4
4,982
4982
28
1
0
The elevation difference is 7 meters .
7
4,983
4983
34
3
0
André Darrigade of France won the 180 miles race, Tom Simpson (Britain) was 4th.
180
4,985
4985
22
2
0
in Lisbon (2005), at 75 meters the tallest Christmas tree in Europe.
75
4,986
4986
171
4
0
According to the United States Department of Agriculture's agriculture census for 2007, 21,537 farms were producing conifers for the cut Christmas tree market in America, 5717 sqkm were planted in Christmas trees.
5,717
4,987
4987
54
1
0
The life cycle of a Christmas tree from the seed to a 2 meters tree takes, depending on species and treatment in cultivation, between eight and twelve years.
2
4,991
4991
131
4
0
The increased power of these new engines allowed the CH-46D to carry an increased payload, such as up to 25 troops or a maximum of 7000 pounds of cargo.
7,000
4,994
4994
16
4
0
range note=with 2400 pounds payload
2,400
4,996
4996
231
1
0
In 1716 Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany issued an edict legislating that the three villages of the Lega del Chianti (Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti and Radda in Chianti) as well as the village of Greve and a 2 miles of hillside north of Greve near Spedaluzzo as the only officially recognised prod...
2
4,998
4998
58
5
0
402-411, Ullmann Publishing, 2008 As of 2006 , there were 17640 acres of vineyards in the Chianti Classico subregion.
17,640
4,999
4999
61
3
0
The Chianti Classico subregion covers an area of approximate 100 sqmi between the city of Florence to the north and Siena to the south.
100
5,000
5000
79
4
0
The area is noted for the cool climate of its elevated vineyards located up to 2950 feet .
2,950
5,007
5007
132
3
0
The most famous historical example was the Paris gun, used by the Germans during World War I to bombard Paris from a range of about 120 kilometers .
120
5,010
5010
92
5
0
Both the western and eastern basins have recorded depths (by sonar bathymetry) in excess of 10920 meters , while the center basin is slightly shallower.
10,920
5,022
5022
81
3
0
3, 411 – 436, Table 1, 1963 LORAN-C navigation provided geographical accuracy of 460 meters or better.
460
5,029
5029
33
5
0
They recorded a maximum depth of 10915 meters (location not available).
10,915
5,030
5030
245
4
0
Fisher, Trenches, The Earth Beneath the Sea, Table I, p 418 Table1 Additionally, at location “H-4” in the Challenger Deep, the expedition cast three taut-wire soundings: on 12 April, the first cast was to 5078 fathoms (corrected for wire angle) 9287 meters at Coord in the central basin. (
9,287
5,031
5031
77
4
0
On 13 April, the final cast recorded 5297 fathoms (corrected for wire angle) 9687 meters at Coord (the western basin). ”
9,687
5,034
5034
46
5
0
The 25 March dredge haul at Coord encountered 10015 meters , which pre-shadowed by 22 years the discovery of HMRG Sirena Deep in 1997.
10,015
5,036
5036
461
5
0
On Scripps Institution of Oceanography's INDOPAC Expedition Leg 3, the chief scientist, Dr. Joseph L. Reid, and oceanographer Arnold W. Mantyla made a hydrocast of a free vehicle INDOPAC Expedition, Leg 3, R/V. Thomas Washington Informal Report, SIO INDP03WT) (a special-purpose benthic lander (or "baited camera") for m...
10,840
5,037
5037
125
5
0
Cruise Report, INDOPAC Expedition, Leg 9 A benthic lander was put into the western basin (Coord, on 13 January, bottoming at 10663 meters and recovered 50 hours later in damaged condition.
10,663
5,038
5038
55
5
0
Quickly repaired, it was again put down on the 15th to 10559 meters depth at Coord.
10,559
5,039
5039
118
5
0
The benthic lander was put down for the third and last time on the 17th, at Coord, in the central basin at a depth of 10285 meters .
10,285
5,043
5043
4
5
0
The 10455 meters depth was furthest east at 142°26.4’ E (in the central basin), about 17 km west of the eastern basin.
10,455
5,045
5045
102
4
0
All three deep basins of the Challenger Deep were covered, but Kana Keoki recorded a maximum depth of 7800 meters .
7,800
5,046
5046
94
4
0
Under chief scientist Hideo Nishida, they used CTD temperature and salinity data from the top 4500 meters of the water column to correct depth measurements, and later conferred with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (including Fisher), and other GEBCO experts to confirm their depth correction methodology.
4,500
5,047
5047
116
3
0
They employed a combination of NAVSAT, LORAN-C and OMEGA systems for geodetic positioning with accuracy better than 400 meters .
400
5,050
5050
31
5
0
The maximum depth recorded was 10804 meters (location of depth is not available).
10,804
5,052
5052
254
3
0
Hakuhō Maru was equipped with a narrow beam SeaBeam 500 multi-beam echosounder for depth determination, and had an Auto-Nav system with inputs from NAVSAT/NNSS, GPS, Doppler Log, EM log and track display, with a geodetic positioning accuracy approaching 100 meters .
100
5,054
5054
114
2
0
This may demonstrate that the basins might not be flat sedimentary pools but rather undulate with a difference of 50 meters or more.
50
5,055
5055
76
1
0
Taira revealed, “We considered that a trough deeper that Vitiaz's record by 5 meters was detected.
5
5,056
5056
43
5
0
There is a possibly that a depth exceeding 11000 meters with a horizontal scale less that the beam width of measurements exists in the Challenger Deep. [
11,000
5,058
5058
228
5
0
On this cruise, JAMSTEC established an area of the Challenger Deep (11°10’N to 11°30’ N, by 141°50’ E to 143°00’ Esndwhich later was recognized as containing three separate pools/basins en echelon, each with depths in excess of 10900 meters ) toward which JAMSTEC expeditions would concentrate their investigations for t...
10,900
5,059
5059
190
5
0
Kairei Cruise Report KR-08-05, p.8 Kairei Cruise Report KR-14-01, p.5 The Yokosuka employed a 151-beam SeaBeam 2112 12-kHz multibeam echosounder, allowing search swaths 12–15 km in width at 11000 meters depth.
11,000
5,061
5061
86
3
0
The ship’s dual GPS systems attained geodetic positioning within double digit meter ( 100 meters or better) accuracy.
100
5,062
5062
200
5
0
Kairei gridded a survey area about 130 km N-S by 110 km E-W. - search parameters: "Kairei", "KR98-05" Kaikō'' made six dives (#71 - #75) all to the same location, (11°20.8' N, 142°12.35' E), near the 10900 meters bottom contour line in the western basin.
10,900
5,064
5064
170
5
0
The results of the 1998-1999 surveys include the first recognition that the Challenger Deep consists of three “right-stepping en echelon individual basins bounded by the 10500 meters depth contour line.
10,500
5,065
5065
58
5
0
The deepest depth we obtained during the swath mapping is 10938 meters in the West Deep (11°20.34’ N, 142°13.20 E).”
10,938
5,068
5068
117
5
0
On this survey, the size of each of the three basins was refined to 6–10 km long by about 2 km wide and in excess of 10850 meters deep.
10,850
5,070
5070
203
5
0
On the morning of 17 October, ROV Kaikō dive #272 began and recovered over 33 hours later, with the ROV working at the bottom of the western basin for 26 hours (vicinity of 11°20.148' N, 142°11.774 E at 10893 meters ).
10,893
5,073
5073
84
5
0
Whilst mapping the Challenger Deep the sonar equipment indicated a maximum depth of 10971 meters at an undisclosed position. [
10,971
5,074
5074
92
5
0
The lander Ashura made two descents: on the first, 6 July 2009, Ashura bottomed at Coord at 10867 meters .
10,867
5,075
5075
53
5
0
The second descent (on 10 July 2009) was to Coord at 10897 meters .
10,897
5,078
5078
103
5
0
The deepest depth recorded was on 28 November 2010 – camera cast CS5 – Coord}, at a corrected depth of 10889 meters (the central basin). [
10,889
5,079
5079
278
5
0
Hideki Kobayashi (Biogeos, JAMSTEC) and team deployed a benthic lander on 23 November 2013 with eleven baited traps (three bald, five covered by insulating materials, and three automatically sealed after nine hours) into the central basin of the Challenger Deep at Coord, depth 10896 meters .
10,896
5,080
5080
220
5
0
The expedition sampled at six stations transecting the central basin, with only two deployments of the “11-K camera system” lander for sediment cores and water samples to “Station C” at the deepest depth, i.e. Coord, at 10903 meters .
10,903
5,082
5082
41
4
0
Deep Sound 2'' was programmed to drop to 9000 meters and remain at that depth during its recording of sounds within the trench.
9,000
5,083
5083
63
5
0
On 19 December Leggo landed at Coord at a uncorrected depth of 11168 meters according to its pressure sensor readings.
11,168
5,084
5084
30
5
0
This reading was corrected to 10929 meters depth. [
10,929
5,087
5087
125
4
0
In a test of navigational proficiency, Jiaolong used an Ultra-Short Base Line (USBL) positioning system at a depth more than 6600 meters to retrieve sampling bottles. [
6,600
5,088
5088
53
5
0
On 12 July 2016, the ROV Haidou-1 dove to a depth of 10767 meters in the Challenger Deep area.
10,767
5,093
5093
252
4
0
2016 – RV Shyian 3 –– In December 2016, the CAS 3,300-ton research vessel Shiyan 3 deployed 33 broadband seismometers onto both the backarc northwest of the Challenger Deep, and onto the near southern Pacific Plate to the southeast, at depths of up to 8137 meters .
8,137
5,094
5094
133
4
0
On 29 January they recovered photography and samples of a new species of snailfish from the Northern slope of the Challenger Deep at 7581 meters , newly designated "Pseudoliparis swirei". [
7,581
5,095
5095
133
4
0
On 29 January they recovered photography and samples of a new species of snailfish from the Northern slope of the Challenger Deep at 7581 meters , which has been newly designated Pseudoliparis swirei. [
7,581