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Pykrete. A slab of pykrete. Pykrete is made of 14% sawdust and 86% water by mass. Pykrete ( / ˈpaɪkriːt /, PIE-creet) [1] is a frozen ice composite, [2] originally made of approximately 14% sawdust or some other form of wood pulp (such as paper) and 86% ice by weight (6 to 1 by weight). During World War II, Geoffrey Pyke proposed it as a ...
Iceland ( Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ⓘ) [d] is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is linked culturally and politically with Europe and is the region's most sparsely populated country. [12] Its capital and largest city is ...
Minecraft. modding. A Minecraft mod is a mod that changes aspects of the sandbox game Minecraft. Minecraft mods can add additional content to the game, make tweaks to specific features, and optimize performance. Thousands of mods for the game have been created, with some mods even generating an income for their authors.
A winter service vehicle ( WSV ), or snow removal vehicle, is a vehicle specially designed or adapted to clear thoroughfares of ice and snow. [1] [2] [3] Winter service vehicles are usually based on a dump truck chassis, with adaptations allowing them to carry specially designed snow removal equipment. Many authorities also use smaller vehicles ...
Ice cutting. Icecutters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1890s. 1919 filmreel of ice-harvesting in Pennsylvania, US (silent) Ice cutting is a winter task of collecting surface ice from lakes and rivers for storage in ice houses and use or sale as a cooling method. Rare today, it was common (see ice trade) before the era of widespread mechanical ...
MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the “.MOD” file extension, except on the Amiga which doesn't rely on filename extensions; instead, it reads a file's header to determine filetype. A MOD file contains a set of instruments in the form of samples, a number of ...
The starlet shared a special photo with fans on Instagram, showing herself smiling while wearing a black swimsuit and bold pink cat-eye sunglasses. Hawn had her arms wrapped around her 10-year-old ...
And on Wednesday, the EU imposed tariffs of up to 38% on Chinese EV imports. That came weeks after Biden raised the tariff rate on imports of Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%. The tariff rate on ...