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After the successful conclusion of two reviews of a wooden mock-up in 1946 and 1947 by USAAF engineering staff, [3] McDonnell constructed two prototypes in late 1947. [9] The Model 27D was re-designated XP-85, but by June 1948, it was changed to XF-85 and given the name "Goblin".
A goblin is a small, grotesque, monstrous humanoid creature that appears in the folklore of multiple European cultures. First attested in stories from the Middle Ages, they are ascribed conflicting abilities, temperaments, and appearances depending on the story and country of origin, ranging from mischievous household spirits to malicious, bestial thieves.
The de Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland. The Goblin was the second British jet engine to fly, after Whittle's Power Jets W.1 , and the first to pass a type test and receive a type certificate issued for an aircraft propulsion turbine.
Crystal engineering studies the design and synthesis of solid-state structures with desired properties through deliberate control of intermolecular interactions. It is an interdisciplinary academic field , bridging solid-state and supramolecular chemistry.
Gnome – Diminutive Earth elemental; Goblin – Grotesque, mischievous little people; Gog – Giant protector of London; Gold-digging ant (Medieval Bestiaries) – Dog-sized ant that digs for gold in sandy areas; Golem – Animated construct; Gorgades (Medieval Bestiary) – Hairy humanoid
It's flu season right now, and the U.S. is in the midst of a wave that's straining hospitals.But not all influenza is the same. There are some notable differences between flu A and flu B strains.
An orc (sometimes spelt ork; / ɔːr k / [1] [2]), [3] in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy fiction, is a race of humanoid monsters, which he also calls "goblin".. In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, orcs appear as a brutish, aggressive, ugly, and malevolent race of monsters, contrasting with the benevolent Elves.
A growing property insurance crisis may make it hard to get a mortgage in parts of the country in the coming decades, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday in testimony before Congress.