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* The Cheshire Cat lends its name to two public houses in the county of Cheshire ; one near Stockport and another on the A41 just south of Chester.
In Shropshire, the A41 swapped places with the A464 and the A529 ; the original A464 ran from Kingswood Common to Nantwich, and the original A529 ran from Hinstock to Chester.
; A41: Centurion prototype with coaxial Polsten cannon
London Transport's Aldenham Works was sited on the edge of Elstree close to the A41 ; it was opened in 1956, closed in 1986, and demolished in 1996.
The northern stub of the spine road links the main A41 road with the Black Country Route ; both of these roads opened simultaneously in July 1995.
Two main roads into the city do not meet the Ring Road, these being the A454 Compton Road from the west and the A460 Cannock Road from the north-east ; they meet the A41 and A449 respectively slightly further away from the Ring Road, but within in each case.
Also although they are adjacent, the only direct road connection between the two is for the use of buses and emergency vehicles only ; private vehicles must travel north or south from Perton and use the A41 or A454, a considerable detour which makes Wolverhampton appear much further away than it really is.

; and Centurion
Ranking within the legion was based on length of service, with the senior Centurion commanding the first century of the first cohort ; he was called the primus pilus ( First File ), and reported directly to the superior officers ( legates and tribuni ).
Early next morning five more ships ( the Convertine, Sancta Maria, Centurion, Kent and Hampshire ) and another fireship ( Happy Entrance ), joined the English fleet ; as against these, six of the most damaged ships were sent home for repair.
The Department of Energy ( DOE ) decided that direct experimentation was the best way to settle the issue, and between 1978 and 1988 ran a series of underground experiments at the Nevada Test Site ( now known as Nevada National Security Site ), that used small nuclear bombs to directly illuminate ICF fuel components with high-energy X-rays ; LLNL ran its program under the name " Halite ", while LANL ran its as " Centurion ".
After the battles at firebases Coral and Balmoral, in which the 1st Australian Task Force defeated the 141st and 165th NVA Infantry Regiments in May 1968 ; a third Centurion troop, which included two tankdozers, was formed.
Originally deployed as 26 Centurion tanks, after three and a half years of combat operations, 58 Centurions had served in country ; 42, of which 6 were beyond repair, suffered battle damage, and two Centurion tank crewmen had been killed in action.
Each Centurion in Vietnam normally carried a basic load of 62 rounds of 20 pounder shells ( 84mm ), 4, 000 rounds of. 50 caliber & 9, 000 rounds of. 30 calibre machine gun ammunition for its one tank commander's and two coaxial machine guns ; and were equipped with petrol engines, which necessitated the use of an extra externally mounted 100 gallon fuel tank, which was attached to the vehicle's rear.
; Centurion Mk 1: 17pdr armed version
; Centurion Mk 2: Fully cast turret
; Centurion Mk 3: Fitted with 20pdr, 2 stowage positions for track links on glacis
; Centurion Mk 4: Projected close-support version with 95 mm CS howitzer
; Centurion Mk 5: Browning machine guns fitted to coaxial and commander's cupola mounts, stowage bin on glacis
; Centurion Mk 5 / 1 aka FV 4011: Increased glacis armour, two coax machineguns: one. 30 Browning & one. 50 caliber Browning for ranging the 84mm ( 20 pounder ) main gun
; Centurion Mk 5 / 2: Upgunned to 105 mm
; Centurion Mk 6: Upgunned and uparmoured Mk 5
; Centurion Mk 6 / 1: Mk 6 fitted with IR equipment
; Centurion Mk 6 / 2: Mk 6 / 1 fitted with ranging gun
; Centurion Mk 7 aka FV 4007: Revised engine decks
; Centurion Mk 7 / 1 aka FV 4012: Uparmoured Mk 7
; Centurion Mk 7 / 2: Upgunned Mk 7
; Centurion Mk 8: Resilient mantlet and new commanders cupola
; Centurion Mk 8 / 1: Uparmoured Mk 8
; Centurion Mk 8 / 2: Upgunned Mk 8
; Centurion Mk 9 aka FV 4015: Upgunned and uparmoured Mk 7
; Centurion Mk 9 / 1: Mk 9 with IR equipment

; and prototype
Perhaps the earliest prototype for a law of government, this document itself has not yet been discovered ; however it is known that it allowed some rights to his citizens.
The German physicist Ernst Ruska and the electrical engineer Max Knoll constructed the prototype electron microscope in 1931, capable of four-hundred-power magnification ; the apparatus was a practical application of the principles of electron microscopy.
Worship of the icon as somehow entirely separate from its prototype is expressly forbidden by the Seventh Ecumenical Council ; standard teaching in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches alike conforms to this principle.
Using the Seagram as a prototype, Mies ' office designed a number of modern high-rise office towers, notably the Chicago Federal Center, which includes the Dirksen and Kluczynski Federal Buildings and Post Office ( 1959 ) and the IBM Plaza in Chicago ; the Westmount Square in Montreal, and the Toronto-Dominion Centre in 1967.
Luthor decides to fake his own death by piloting a prototype jet on a proposed trip around the world and crashing it in the Andes ; this is merely a cover for the removal of his brain from his cancer-ridden body and the growth of a cloned body around it, whereupon he passes himself off as his hitherto unknown, illegitimate 21-year-old son and heir, Lex Luthor II.
The kilogram is one of the seven SI base units ; among these, it is one of three ( besides the second and the Kelvin ) which is defined ad hoc, without reference to another base unit, since 1889 by means of the international prototype kilogram.
These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.
A prototype is then built and tested ; changes to meet or improve the specification, alter functionality, or reduce the cost, may be made.
The prototype consisted of a device attached to a wooden pedestal containing over a hundred wires, which would eventually be replaced with a single chip designed by Alcorn and Lee ; the chip had yet to be tested and built before the prototype was constructed.
The first car was the Saab 92 ; full-scale production started December 12, 1949, based on the prototype Ursaab.
The game did not start out as a Mario series game and the first prototype featured a generic man in overalls in the kart ; the team decided that characters three heads tall would best suit the design of the karts.
( Enterprise, the test vehicle which was the prototype for Columbia, originally had the same wing markings as Columbia but with the letters " USA " on the right wing spaced closer together ; Enterprises markings were modified to match Challenger in 1983.
Sega had admitted how expensive and problematic the 32X was, so it decided to make a combined version of the Mega Drive / Genesis and 32X ; however, by the time a prototype came out, the Sega Saturn was ready for release.
Sandra was asked to return her 2009 " Worst Actress of the Year " Razzie award ; however, this wasn't because of a change of heart for Bullock's performance but because Bullock personally accepted her Razzie and accidentally took the original one-of-a-kind prototype Razzie, as opposed to the cheap trinket normally handed out to celebrities.
As a result the Valiants were removed from service after problems with fatigue in their wings became apparent ; a planned low level variant of the Valiant did not progress beyond the prototype.
The museum annex houses an Air France Concorde ; the Enola Gay B-29 ; the Space Shuttle Discovery ; the Boeing 367 – 80, which was the prototype of the Boeing 707 ; the SR-71 ; and other famous aerospace artifacts, particularly those too large for the main building on the National Mall.
Exceeding 7 minutes of totality, this will be the first time this has happened in 177 years ; the last one occurred on June 30, 1973 when the Concorde prototype followed the totality spot for 73 minutes.
In the 1860s, the advent of electric motors made it possible for a gyroscope to spin indefinitely ; this led to the first prototype gyrocompasses.

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