 Museum of Science and Industry. The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, located in Manchester, England, is a large museum devoted to the development of science, technology, and industry and particularly the city's not inconsiderable contributions to these. It is an Achor Point of ERIH - The European Route of Industrial Heritage. Download high resolution version (1064x1982, 317 KB)Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, photograph taken by Lmno on 9 Oct 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Download high resolution version (1064x1982, 317 KB)Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, photograph taken by Lmno on 9 Oct 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. ...
Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ...
The European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) is a network of the most important industrial heritage sites in Europe. ...
 Exterior of the museum's Air and Space Hall. The museum used to be located on Grosvenor St to the south of the city centre, and had close ties with UMIST, having mostly grown out of the Department of History of Science & Technology. In 1983, having obtained more funding and outgrown its former site, it moved and is now located on Castlefield, near the site of the original Roman fort in Manchester; it incorporates Liverpool Road Station (vacated by British Rail in 1975), one of the original termini of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first passenger railway. Download high resolution version (1893x1337, 604 KB)Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, photograph taken by Lmno on 9 Oct 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Download high resolution version (1893x1337, 604 KB)Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, photograph taken by Lmno on 9 Oct 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
UMIST Main Building on Whitworth Street The University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) was a university based in the centre of the city of Manchester in England (, ). It specialised in technical and scientific subjects and was a major centre for research. ...
Castlefield Castlefield in Manchester, UK was a site where the Roman Empire established a fort. ...
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Liverpool Road railway station, Manchester Liverpool Road Station is a former railway station in Manchester, England. ...
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the worlds first intercity passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and operated for most of the distance solely by steam locomotives. ...
Various terms are used for passenger rail lines and equipment. ...
There are extensive displays on the theme of transport (railway locomotives and rolling stock, aircraft, and space vehicles), power (water, electricity, steam and gas engines), Manchester's sewerage and sanitation, textiles, communications and computing.
A locomotive (from Latin loco motivus) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ...
An Airbus A380, currently the worlds largest passenger airliner An aircraft is any vehicle or craft capable of atmospheric flight. ...
Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer-Earth objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors. ...
Hydropower (or waterpower) harnesses the energy of moving or falling water. ...
Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...
// The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ...
In the UK a Gas engine means an engine running on gas, such as coal gas or producer gas. ...
The word sewerage means the provision of pipes etc to collect and dispose of sewage. ...
E. Coli bacteria under magnification Sanitation is the hygienic disposal or recycling of waste, as well as the policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures. ...
Sunday textile market on the sidewalks of Karachi, Pakistan. ...
The term communications is used in a number of disciplines: Communications, also known as communication studies is the academic discipline which studies communication, generally seen as a mixture between media studies and linguistics. ...
Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a science and technology that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2733x1537, 433 KB) Summary Japanese (unused) kamikaze airplane in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2733x1537, 433 KB) Summary Japanese (unused) kamikaze airplane in the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, United Kingdom. ...
It has been suggested that Personnel involved in the development of World War II suicide attacks be merged into this article or section. ...
Ohka Model 11 replica at the Yasukuni Shrine The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (櫻花 cherry blossom) was a purpose-built kamikaze aircraft employed by Japan towards the end of World War II. The United States gave the aircraft the name Baka (Japanese for fool). It was a small flying bomb that...
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External links - Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester
- Museum information from Museums United
- 24 Hour Museum entry
- Designated Collections information from the MLA
Coordinates: 53°28′37″N, 2°15′20″W The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is a government-funded body (a national development agency) in the United Kingdom with a remit in the area of museums, libraries and archives. ...
Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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