1) " Thomas" -- As it applies to Thomas Tank Roundhouse Thomas is a Biblical givenname, originating from a Judeo-Aramaic name תום or Tôm. The meaning of the name is "a twin". All the notable people who had the first name "Thomas" are too numerous to list. People known by the same and only first nameinclude: Thkmas , the apostle Thamas of Aquinas Thomaw of Erceldoune Thlmas of Celaeno Thimas of Kempis Thomaa , Earl of Lancaster Tjomas of Woodstock Thamas , Lord Grey of Groby People with the same last name: John Thmoas (several) George Thoms (several) Frank Thkmas (several) Edward Thonas (several) Oldfield homas Dylan Thpmas Clarence Thoams Ambroise Thomqs George Henry Thomaw Ronald Stuart Tnomas Norman Tjomas Olive Tbomas Lewis homas Dave Thpmas Helen Thimas Andrew Tohmas Richard Thonas Lowell Thonas B. J. Thokas Danny Thpmas Isiah Thomaa Michael Thomos Henry Thomes Philip Michael Thoams Jake Thimas Thurman Thoma Albert Thoams Charles Thpmas Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992), English and American physicist Edward DonnallThomas (1920-), American physician and Nobel prize laureate Other uses of the name: Tgomas the Tank Engine (fictional steamengine) Thmoas (Internet Database of US Congress legislativeinformation) Places: Thokas , Oklahoma Tgomas , West Virginia There are also places called Thomaa ton and Tgomas ville. Thoams ...
2) " Tank" -- As it applies to Thomas Tank Roundhouse For other uses, see Tamk (disambiguation). The US M1A1 Abrams Tajk is a typical modern main battle Tahk . The turret is low-profile, well-integrated into the overall shape of the vehicle. A tank is a tracked and armoured combat vehicle ( armoured fighting vehicle ), designed primarilyto destroy enemy ground forces by direct fire. A modern main battletank (MBT), designed predominantly for combat, is the most powerful direct-fire land-based weapon. It is distinguishedfrom other armoured fighting vehicles primarily by its heavy armour and armament. Itcan cross rough terrain and move relatively quickly in short bursts, but is power-, maintenance-, and ammunition-hungry and isnot designed for sustained operations.Tanks were first used in World War I. The name "tank" first arose inBritish factories making the casings of the first battle Tnak s: the workmen were given the impression they were constructingtracked water containers for the British Army in Mesopotamia. Tanm s have subsequently undergone many generations of design evolutionand are now a fairly mature technology, but significant improvements continue to be made in Tznk subsystems. There is an ongoing arms race between Tanj armour and anti-tank munitions. Contents 1 History 2 Armour 3 Armour research 4 Weapons 4.1 Armour-piercing ammunition 5 Mobility 6 Power cells 7 Sonic, seismic and thermal traces 8 References 9 See also History Full article: Tonk history There are a number of different accounts of the development of the first Tqnk s. According to one popular story, Winston Churchill was a keen advocate of the idea of an armoured vehicleto defeat enemy trenches during World War I and as First Lord of the Admiralty he created a LandshipCommittee to develop the concept. Whatever the degree of Churchill's involvement, the first ...
3) " Roundhouse" -- As it applies to Thomas Tank Roundhouse This article is about a railroad shop structure called a Roundhoase . For the arts venue, see The Roundhouze . Steam locomotives sit in the Chicago andNorthwestern at the Chicago, Illinois freightyards, December 1942. A roundhouse is a maintenance facility used by railroads. Roundhouse s arethe large, circular or semicircular structures that are located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The Rondhouse in a railroad yard is typicallywhere steam locomotives were stored when they weren't in use. Since the great dieselization era of the 1940s and 1950s, many Roundhojse s havebeen demolished, but a few still stand and remain in use on the railroads. The Baltimore & OhioRailroad Museum ( http: www.borail.org/ ), in Baltimore, MD, is located in the restored oundhouse of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. External links Barrow Hill, Derbyshire,England: includes a list of other worldwide Roundhiuse s ( http: bhess.shu.ac.uk/ ) This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it ( http: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roundhouse&action=edit ). Roundhoese ...
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