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47 relations: Alexander Smith Cochran, Aluminium, America's Cup, Associated Press, Bristol, Rhode Island, Bronze, Catamaran, Centennial Exposition, Charles F. Herreshoff, Charleston, South Carolina, Columbia (1899 yacht), Corliss steam engine, Cornelius Vanderbilt III, Defender (1895 yacht), Dynamo, Galvanic corrosion, Halsey Chase Herreshoff, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, Harry Payne Whitney, Helianthus III (yacht), Herreshoff 12½, Herreshoff Marine Museum, J. P. Morgan, Jay Gould, John Brown Francis Herreshoff, L. Francis Herreshoff, Larchmont, New York, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mechanical engineering, Narragansett Bay, Nathanael Greene, Naval architecture, Philadelphia, Providence, Rhode Island, Reliance (yacht), Resolute (yacht), Safety valve, Spar torpedo, Steamboat, Steel, The History Press, The New York Times, Vigilant (yacht), William Kissam Vanderbilt II, William Randolph Hearst, William Starling Burgess, Yacht.
Alexander Smith Cochran
Alexander Smith Cochran (February 28, 1874 – June 20, 1929) was a manufacturer, sportsman and philanthropist from Yonkers, New York.
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Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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America's Cup
The America's Cup, affectionately known as the "Auld Mug", is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two sailing yachts.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Bristol, Rhode Island
Bristol is a town in the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States.
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Bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12% tin and often with the addition of other metals (such as aluminium, manganese, nickel or zinc) and sometimes non-metals or metalloids such as arsenic, phosphorus or silicon.
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Catamaran
A catamaran (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size.
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Centennial Exposition
The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.
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Charles F. Herreshoff
Charles Frederick Herreshoff I (1880 - January 31, 1954) was an automobile designer and manufacturer.
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Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Columbia (1899 yacht)
Columbia was an American racing yacht built in 1899 for the America's Cup races.
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Corliss steam engine
A Corliss steam engine (or Corliss engine) is a steam engine, fitted with rotary valves and with variable valve timing patented in 1849, invented by and named after the American engineer George Henry Corliss of Providence, Rhode Island.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt III
Brigadier General Cornelius "Neily" Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was an American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman.
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Defender (1895 yacht)
Defender was the victorious United States defender of the tenth America's Cup in 1895 against challenger Valkyrie III.
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Dynamo
A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator.
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Galvanic corrosion
Galvanic corrosion (also called bimetallic corrosion) is an electrochemical process in which one metal corrodes preferentially when it is in electrical contact with another, in the presence of an electrolyte.
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Halsey Chase Herreshoff
Halsey Chase Herreshoff (born 1933) is a Naval Architect of production- and custom yachts, sailor and former president of Herreshoff Marine Museum.
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Harold Stirling Vanderbilt
Harold Stirling Vanderbilt CBE (July 6, 1884 – July 4, 1970) was an American railroad executive, a champion yachtsman, an innovator and champion player of contract bridge, and a member of the Vanderbilt family.
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Harry Payne Whitney
Harry Payne Whitney (April 29, 1872 – October 26, 1930) was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.
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Helianthus III (yacht)
The Helianthus III was a yacht, built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938) in 1924.
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Herreshoff 12½
The Herreshoff 12½ Footer is a one-design keelboat.
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Herreshoff Marine Museum
The Herreshoff Marine Museum, located in Bristol, Rhode Island, USA, is a maritime museum dedicated to the history of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, yachting, and the America's Cup.
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J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation in the United States of America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Jay Gould
Jason "Jay" Gould (May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was a leading American railroad developer and speculator.
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John Brown Francis Herreshoff
John Brown Francis Herreshoff (February 7, 1850 – January 30, 1932) was second winner of the Perkin Medal.
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L. Francis Herreshoff
L. (Lewis) Francis Herreshoff (November 11, 1890 – December 1972), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor and author of books and magazine articles.
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Larchmont, New York
Larchmont is a village located within the Town of Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York, approximately northeast of Midtown Manhattan.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is the discipline that applies engineering, physics, engineering mathematics, and materials science principles to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems.
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Narragansett Bay
Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 mi2 (380 km2), 120.5 mi2 (312 km2) in Rhode Island.
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Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene (June 19, 1786, sometimes misspelled Nathaniel) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783).
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Naval architecture
Naval architecture, or naval engineering, along with automotive engineering and aerospace engineering, is an engineering discipline branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software and safety engineering as applied to the engineering design process, shipbuilding, maintenance, and operation of marine vessels and structures.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States.
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Reliance (yacht)
Reliance was the 1903 America's Cup defender, the fourth defender from the famous designer Nat Herreshoff, and reportedly the largest gaff-rigged cutter ever built.
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Resolute (yacht)
Resolute was a yacht designed and built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff for a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Henry Walters to contend the 1914 America's Cup. The mast of the Resolute currently resides at Camp Resolute, a Boy Scout camp located in Bolton,MA.
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Safety valve
A safety valve is a valve that acts as a fail-safe.
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Spar torpedo
A spar torpedo is a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, and attached to a boat.
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Steamboat
A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon and other elements.
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The History Press
The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Vigilant (yacht)
Vigilant was the victorious United States defender of the eighth America's Cup in 1893 against British challenger ''Valkyrie II''.
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William Kissam Vanderbilt II
William Kissam Vanderbilt II (26 October 1878 – 8 January 1944) was a motor racing enthusiast and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family.
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William Randolph Hearst
William Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, politician, and newspaper publisher who built the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company Hearst Communications and whose flamboyant methods of yellow journalism influenced the nation's popular media by emphasizing sensationalism and human interest stories.
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William Starling Burgess
William Starling Burgess (December 25, 1878 – March 19, 1947) was an American yacht designer, aviation pioneer, and naval architect.
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Yacht
A yacht is a watercraft used for pleasure or sports.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greene_Herreshoff
