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  • Tuffi und die Schwebebahn

    Tuffi und die Schwebebahn

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    [elementor-template id=”3378″] Tuffi und die Schwebebahn The suspension monorail was invented in England in the 1820s. The distinction is small but the first suspended railway was opened on June 25, 1825, using a patent recorded by Henry Palmer. It was built to carry bricks, but as an opening stunt it carried passengers. Through the next…

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George “Burt” Martin

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Large numbers should never scare you, except on price tags. If you really are mathematically challenged, don’t be intimidated even if it is too large to comprehend. Here is a large number – 120,000,000 – that may make you gasp, but after a visit to Niagara Falls you will know the details and understand its meaning, it’s just a “drop-in-a-bucket.”

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