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Topic: Gibbs Aquada


In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  James Gibbs
Gibbs did considerable work for the universities, including the circular Radcliffe Camera at Oxford (1739–49), considered his finest design, and the Senate House at Cambridge, where from 1722 onward he was constantly employed.
The effect of improper priors on Gibbs sampling in hierarchical linear mixed models.
Reaching higher: Katherine Gibbs goes mainstream, seeks full college accreditation.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Amphibian vehicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A year later in 1806 the French Fournier blended a boat-like hull with a car frame to produce the first true amphibious vehicle.
Several amphibious automobiles have been developed, including the Amphicar in the 1960s and the contemporary Gibbs Aquada.
Many modern tanks and armoured personnel carriers have an amphibious mode in which a fabric skirt adds buoyancy, and the tracks provide motive power.
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 English_Channel
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The English Channel (French: La Manche, IPA: [mɑ̃ʃ], "the sleeve"), also for some time known in England as the British Sea, is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Gibbs Aquada, a two-seater open-top sports car, in which he did it, broke the record by some 6 hours.
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 The Rugged Elegance Inspiration Network: Living in Style Archives
At this year's haute couture fashion show, Gaultier was one of only nine of the most feted designers who presented their collections in...
Today, Sir Richard Branson, the Virgin Group chief completed the 22-mile crossing in his shiny fl Gibbs Aquada amphibious craft in 100 minutes and six seconds, well below the previous record of six hours held by two Frenchmen in the 1960s.
Dressed in a dinner jacket and bow tie, the British tycoon drove his $115,000 James Bond-like sportscar — which transforms into a speedboat — straight into the Guinness Book of World Records.
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