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Broad gauge (4091 bytes)
1: ...ng in [[1892]] after the conversion to [[standard gauge]].]] 3: ...ce between the rails) greater than the [[standard gauge]] of 4 ft 8.5 in (1435 mm). 5: ...auge of 7 ft 0.25 in (2140 mm), and retained this gauge into the [[1890s]]. 6: ..."overgauge" originally intended to allow standard gauge horse-drawn wagons run inside the rails while the... 8: ...am pressure on standard gauge. On BART, the wider gauge is supposed to prevent lightweight trains getting... Broad A (5160 bytes) 1: '''Broad A''' is a name given to the pronunciation of the ... 3: ...e contrasting "flat a" in words like ''cat''. The broad A was considered sub-standard or "[[Cockney]]" as... 7: ...ore likely that the change from flat /æ/ to broad /a:/ took place. It also looks as if monosyllable... 9: *Broad /a:f/ in ''half, calf, laugh, laughter, chaff, sh... 11: *Broad /a:T/ in ''path, bath'', and /a:D/ in ''paths, ba... 12 gauge (525 bytes) 1: ...' is the most common size of [[shotgun shell]]. [[Gauge]] is an very old method of measuring the [[calibe... 20 gauge (634 bytes) 1: ...ncomfortable with the weight and recoil of a [[12 gauge]] gun. 3: Gauge is an old measurement of the size of a shotgun sh... Z gauge (241 bytes) 1: [[Märklin]] introduced the '''Z Gauge''' (1:220 scale) in [[1972]]. It is the smallest ... S gauge (1332 bytes) 1: ...rt. S gauge is sometimes confused with ''standard gauge'', a large-scale standard for toy trains in the e... 3: ...ning on two-rail track for greater realism, and S gauge entered its heyday, which ended around [[1959]]. ... 5: ...between scale so they can market both to O- and S-gauge hobbyists. 1 gauge (2103 bytes) 1: ...than [[O gauge]] but slightly smaller than [[wide gauge]], which came to be the dominant U.S. standard du... 3: No 1 gauge was standardised, according to Model Railways and... 5: ...This suggest the O gauge should more correctly be gauge zero! 7: 1 gauge survives today as it is used by the modern [[G sc... 9: ...ost surviving U.S. manufacturers switched to wide gauge. OO gauge (2696 bytes) 3: ...equate, and they tend to model using the older EM gauge or the modern, exact scale [[P4 scale]]. 9: ...rged to (4 mm:1 ft (305 mm)) without altering the gauge. 11: ...thought that this may have originated as 'Half-O' gauge, but there is no proof of this.) 29: * [http://www.doubleogauge.com Dublo O gauge Association] 30: ...oubleogauge.com/history/history.htm History of OO gauge] P4 gauge (713 bytes) 1: ...[OO gauge]] and [[EM gauge]]) used for [[standard gauge]] prototypes are less accurate approximations. 3: As well as a track gauge, P4 also specifies the exact wheel profile and tr... Gauge (3237 bytes) 1: '''Gauge''' (sometimes spelled '''gage''') vb. Means to 'm... 5: ... [[temperature gauge]], [[level gauge]], [[strain gauge]] etc. 7: ...tandard gauge]], [[narrow gauge]]) and "[[loading gauge]]" refers to the set of height and width profiles... 9: ...to devices used to make measurements eg. [[Feeler gauges]] (originally of width or thickness). It can als... 13: ...red to using the [[American wire gauge]] where 40-gauge wire is very small and 0000 ("Four-Oh") wire is t... EM gauge (222 bytes) 1: ...], [[4 mm scale]]. It was developed because [[OO gauge]] was too narrow. 7: * [http://www.emgs.org/ EM Gauge Society] Gauge No. 2 (384 bytes) 1: {{merge}} [[Rail_transport_modelling#Scales_and_Gauges]]. 2: Gauge No 2 4: A [[model railways gauge]] standardised in 1909 but since fallen into disu... 8: ... 40"/metere 1/12 for 24" gauge Broad Front (1043 bytes) 1: The '''Broad Front''' ('''''Frente Amplio''''' in [[Spanish la... Martham Broad (902 bytes) 1: ...National Park]]. It is part of the [[Upper Thurne Broads and Marshes]] SSSI ([[Site of Special Scientific... 5: ...rked channel; they are discouraged from using the broad during the winter months because of the breeding ... 9: [[Category:Norfolk Broads]] Calthorpe Broad (482 bytes) 1: ...thorpe Broad''' is an isolated broad within [[The Broads National Park]], three miles north east of [[Sta... 3: ...lantlife. It is detached from the main network of broads and rivers, but is part of the River [[Thurne]] ... 6: [[Category:Norfolk Broads]] Salhouse Broad (391 bytes) 1: ...'' is situated on the River [[Bure]] within [[The Broads National Park]] in [[Norfolk, England]]. 3: ... to the north of the village of [[Salhouse]]. The broad is entirely rural and offers no facilities except... Broad church (714 bytes) 1: ...clesiastical authority came to be referred to as "broad." As the name implies, these churches will mix h... 3: ...English church are "High and crazy, low and lazy, broad and hazy." Broad Peak (2651 bytes) 1: [[fr:Broad Peak]] 4: !bgcolor=#e7dcc3 colspan=2|Broad Peak 6: ...r colspan=2|[[Image:7 15 BroadPeak.jpg|300px]]<br>Broad Peak from Concordia Platz 24: ...ly as Faichan Kangri. The literal translation of "Broad Peak" to Phalchan Kangri is not accepted among th... 26: The [[first ascent]] of Broad Peak was made on [[June 9]], [[1957]] by [[Herman... Broad left (219 bytes) 1: '''Broad Left''' is the generic term for a coalition of [[... Broad arrow (211 bytes) 1: The '''broad arrow''' was an arrowhead design that marked [[Br...
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