He succeeded in crossing the Atlantic from Morocco to Barbados after a two-month voyage of 6, 100 km with Ra II in 1970, thus conclusively proving that boats such as the Ra could have sailed with the Canary Current across the Atlantic in prehistoric times.

Count Jules-Albert de Dion was first into Rouen after 6 hours and 48 minutes at an average speed of 19 km / h.

Averaging at least 1. 6 km thick, the ice is so massive that it has depressed the continental bedrock in some areas more than 2. 5 km below sea level ; subglacial lakes of liquid water also occur ( e. g., Lake Vostok ).

Helicopter pads are available at 27 stations ; runways at 15 locations are gravel, sea-ice, blue-ice, or compacted snow suitable for landing wheeled, fixed-wing aircraft ; of these, 1 is greater than 3 km in length, 6 are between 2 km and 3 km in length, 3 are between 1 km and 2 km in length, 3 are less than 1 km in length, and 2 are of unknown length ; snow surface skiways, limited to use by ski-equipped, fixed-wing aircraft, are available at another 15 locations ; of these, 4 are greater than 3 km in length, 3 are between 2 km and 3 km in length, 2 are between 1 km and 2 km in length, 2 are less than 1 km in length, and data is unavailable for the remaining 4.

It contained approximately 1 mile ( 1. 6 km ) of wire, 280 dual-triode vacuum tubes, 31 thyratrons, and was about the size of a desk.

Scientists have discovered the longest underground river in the world, in Brazil, running for a length of 6, 000 km at a depth of nearly 4 km.

While over the far side of the Moon, the Command / Service Module's Service Propulsion System engine burned for six minutes and fifteen seconds, braking the spacecraft into an orbit around the Moon with a low point ( pericynthion ) of 58. 3 and a high point ( apocynthion ) of 170. 4 nautical miles ( 108. 0 and 315. 6 km, respectively ).

" Fifty stadia 6 mi from the coast was a mountain that was low on all sides ... broke it off all round about ... the central island itself was five stades in diameter 0. 92 km ; 0. 57 mi.

It is located 15 miles ( 24 km ) west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles ( 10 km ) from the English border.

The town is situated on the River Leven, four miles ( 6 km ) north-west of Dumbarton.

The first one or two roof boards ( marked `` E '' in fig. 6 ) are slipped into place across the roof beams, from outside the shelter.

For example, for the problem Af, 10 from 25 equals 15, then 6 from 15 equals 9.

In a few experiments the tubes were made from standard 6 mm. i.d. Pyrex tubing of 1 mm. wall thickness.

In addition one serum was obtained from a donor ( R. E. ) who had been sensitized 6 years previously.

One female, collected on an island off the coast of Nicaragua, was gravid and measured 4 feet 8 inches from snout to vent ( her tail should be between 6 and 7 inches long ).

The following summary, based on Figures 5 and 6, is an example of one way of interpreting the 42 figures constructed from onset ages and completion ages of individual children with respect to the appropriate mean age for each growth center.

After the 42 figures had been drawn like Figures 5 and 6, classifications of the onset ages and completion ages were summarized from them.

Root and stem tumors from sweet clover plants infected with WTV were quick-frozen in liquid nitrogen, embedded in ice, and cut at 3 - 6 **ym in a cryostat maintained at -16-degrees to -20-degrees.

Moderate radiation doses of from 100,000 to 200,000 rads can extend the shelf life ( at 35 F ) of fresh beef from 5 days to 5 or 6 weeks.

The luminous gain of the discussed tube was calculated from Eq. ( 6 ) for the 16 possible combinations of S-11 and S-20 photocathodes and P-11 and P-20 phosphor screens, for night light and P-20 light input.

Mr. and Mrs. Piero De Luise will honor Italian Consul and Mrs. Emilio Bassi at a cocktail party Tuesday, May 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. in their home.

Cocktails will be served from 6 to 7 p.m., with dinner at 7 and entertainment in the main dining room immediately following.

By July 1, six weeks from now, motel-keepers all over the nation will, by 6 p.m., be switching on that bleak -- to motorists -- sign, `` No Vacancy ''.

The top 3 students from 11 participating Dallas County high schools will be honored by the Dallas Sales Executives Club at a banquet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Sam Houston Room of the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel as the club winds up its annual Distributive Education project.

Locating the lowercase letters in columns 6 and 7 caused the characters to differ in bit pattern from the upper case by a single bit, which simplified case-insensitive character matching and the construction of keyboards and printers.

Fossilized filamentous algae from the Vindhya basin have been dated back to 1. 6 to 1. 7 billion years ago.

* podcasts. ie In this series of podcasts on Mayo's Heritage you can hear an excerpt from John Mc Hugh's Heritage Tour of Achill ( ref Programme 6 & Programme 8 )

Spassky won the first game as Black in good style, but tenacious, aggressive play from Karpov secured him overall victory by + 4 − 1 = 6.

During January – February 2007, Armenia ’ s trade with Russia and other former Soviet republics was $ 205. 6 million ( double the amount from the same period the previous year ), making them the country ’ s number one trading partner.

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400. 6 GWh ; note-imports an unknown quantity from Iran ( 2007 )

Ardipithecus kadabba is " known only from teeth and bits and pieces of skeletal bones ", and is dated to approximately 5. 6 million years ago.

The civilian population of the city dropped to near zero during the eight-years Iran – Iraq War. As of the 1986 census due to the war the population dropped to only 6 people.

The city of Ajaccio is one commune, but it contains six cantons, Cantons 1 – 6, and a fraction of Canton 7.

As of the census of 2000, there were 6, 260 people, 2, 481 households, and 1, 654 families residing in the city.

* The City as a Cheat ( 6: 9 – 16 ): The city is reprimanded for its dishonest trade practices.

The population density was 16, 422. 08 people per square mile ( 6, 341. 98 / km² ), making Cambridge the fifth most densely populated city in the US and the second most densely populated city in Massachusetts behind neighboring Somerville.

In the city the population was spread out with 13. 3 % under the age of 18, 21. 2 % from 18 to 24, 38. 6 % from 25 to 44, 17. 8 % from 45 to 64, and 9. 2 % who were 65 years of age or older.

With a population of 6. 76 million spread over, Cairo is by far the largest city in Egypt.

In the city the population was spread out with 26. 2 % under the age of 18, 9. 6 % from 18 to 24, 27. 9 % from 25 to 44, 19. 6 % from 45 to 64, and 16. 7 % who were 65 years of age or older.

, the city hosted 45. 6 million domestic and overseas visitors.

The number of inhabitants is however disputed by the locals, who point to a number between 5 and 6 million, citing recent drought years as a reason for many people moving into the city to find work.

Ambouli Airport, about 6 km from the city of Djibouti, is the country ’ s international air terminal.

* 2003 – A magnitude 6. 6 earthquake devastates southeast Iranian city of Bam, killing tens of thousands and destroying the citadel of Arg-é Bam.

All players will lose a city, because they all tie in the number of knights activated, and the barbarian attack strength ( 7 cities ) is greater than number of active knights ( 6 knights ).

In the June 6, 1840 issue of Philadelphia's Saturday Evening Post, Poe bought advertising space for his prospectus: " Prospectus of the Penn Magazine, a Monthly Literary journal to be edited and published in the city of Philadelphia by Edgar A.

As of the census of 2000, there were 15, 414 people, 6, 249 households, and 2, 649 families residing in the city.

Line No. 5 serves residential areas such as: LES ALIZES, ANATOLE, BRUTUS, CESAIRE, EAU LISETTE, BONHOMME, CABASSOU, and major traffic generators in the town of Cayenne ( city, district administrative and schools ). With a bus every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, and a bus every hour on Saturday afternoon. Amplitude ( 2 bus Max ): 6 pm start 00, end 20 h 04.

* 1981 – An earthquake registering 6. 7 on the Richter scale hits Athens, killing 16 people and destroying buildings in several towns west of the city.

The busiest traditional city tram line in the world is still route 4 / 6 in Budapest, where 50-meter long trains run at 60 to 90 second intervals at peak time and are usually packed with people.

On 4 October 1943, during a secret meeting with top SS officials in the city of Poznań ( Posen ), and on 6 October 1943, in a speech to the party elite — the Gau and Reich leaders — Himmler referred explicitly to the " extermination " ( German: Ausrottung ) of the Jewish people.

As of the 2011 census the population was 6, 699, an increase of 8. 3 percent from the 2006 census ; it has the lowest population of any capital city in Canada.

Iqaluit was designated by Canada as the host city for the 2010 meeting of the G7 finance ministers, held on 5 – 6 February.