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Steam launch, includes, on the Thames, 'any vessel propelled by steam, electricity, or other mechanical power, no tbeing used solely as a tug or for the carriage of goods and not being certified by the Board of Trade as a passenger steamer to carry 200 or more passengers,' and must be registered, display lights after sunset and before sunrise, etc., Thames Conservancy Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. clxxxvii.), ss. 3, 138, 147, 148; see now the consolidating Thames Conservancy Act, 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. xxxvii.); Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Thames.'...
Bed screw
A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies and assisting in launching...
blastoff
the launching of a rocket especially of a spacecraft under its own power...
Dogshore
One of several shores used to hold a ship firmly and prevent her moving while the blocks are knocked away before launching...
Hubble Telescope
A large astromical optical telescope placed into orbit around the earth from which in the absence of absorption and distortion by the earths atmosphere clear high resolution images of astronomical objects can be obtained in the visible infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths The telescope was launched into orbit on April 24 1990 Since then the telescope has taken thousands of images many of them unique recording never before seen astronomical phenomena Service missions were performed in 1993 and 1997 during which astronauts upgraded or replaced equipment on the telescope Link to Hubble Telescope Information...
Lanch
To throw as a lance to let fly to launch...
Launch
To throw as a lance or dart to hurl to let fly...
launcher
a device capable of launching a rocket...
launching
the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time...
launchpad
a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched...
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