The loss of the Skipjack-class nuclear powered submarine USS Scorpion is one of the greatest maritime mysteries of the 20th Century. When she disappeared in 1968, the Scorpion was one of the most modern and deadliest attack submarines the world had ever seen. Following a huge search and rescue...
Once used to sneak up on enemy warships undetected, submarines of today help to open up an entire untouched underwater world deep below the surface. From WWII's oxygen-hungry diesel subs to the modern marvels like USS Nautilus, propelled by silent nuclear power, witness the evolution of under...
Clive Cussler.Dirk Pitt doesn’t go looking for adventure: it finds him easily enough. His chance witnessing of an airship disaster – which nearly kills him – and subsequent discovery of the gruesome fate of the crew sets in motion the most nail...
There are endless famous (and not so famous)inventionsworthy of curiosity and wonder. Of course, the lists below are by no means complete, but do provide a 'greatest hits' list of inventions, both past and present, that have captured the imaginations and propelled us forward. 01 of 10 Inv...
These games emphasize the building of assembly lines that consume input resources in order to produce output goods, often with multiple chains of inputs to intermediary outputs. Factory Building This subcategory has games that involve building an actual factory, usually by manually mining resources fi...
The concept of ambulance service started in Europe with the Knights of St. John. Anemometer In 1450, Leon Battista Alberti, the Italian artist and architect, invented the first mechanical anemometer. The anemometer is a device that measures wind speed. ...
Quark Expeditions (1991, fleet) luxury polar cruises, among its chartered ships is 50 Years of Victory (nuclear-powered icebreaker cruise ship) ResidenSea top luxury ship operator of the privately-owned liner ms The World Silja Line (1957, Helsinki, Finland, part of TALLINK) fleet capacity is...
(HROs) and include hospitals, submarines and airlines. Because errors can be so disastrous in these organizations, it’s dangerous to operate in an environment where employees don’t feel able to report errors that have been made or raise concerns about that deficiencies may turn into future ...
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