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W. Albert Hickman

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William Albert Hickman (22 December 1878 in New Brunswick – 10 September 1957) was a Canadian designer and manufacturer of innovative fast boats. [1]

12 relations: Catamaran, Damning with faint praise, Dorchester, New Brunswick, Harvard University, Hickman sea sled, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Pictou, PT boat, Scientific American, Suffer fools gladly, Supercavitating propeller.

Catamaran

A catamaran (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size.

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Damning with faint praise

Damning with faint praise is an English idiom, expressing oxymoronically that half-hearted or insincere praise may act as oblique criticism or condemnation.

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Dorchester, New Brunswick

Dorchester is a village and shire town in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Hickman sea sled

The Hickman Sea Sled is an inverted vee planing hull invented by Albert Hickman.

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick; Canadian French pronunciation) is one of three Maritime provinces on the east coast of Canada.

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.

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Pictou

Pictou (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Phiogto) is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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PT boat

A PT boat (short for Patrol Torpedo boat) was a torpedo-armed fast attack craft used by the United States Navy in World War II.

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Scientific American

Scientific American (informally abbreviated SciAm) is an American popular science magazine.

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Suffer fools gladly

Suffer fools gladly is a well-known phrase in contemporary use, first coined by Saint Paul in his second letter to the Church at Corinth (chapter 11).

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Supercavitating propeller

The supercavitating propeller is a variant of a propeller for propulsion in water, where supercavitation is actively employed to gain increased speed by reducing friction.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Albert_Hickman

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