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  2. Rolls-Royce Olympus - Wikipedia

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    The Bristol design was the Type 172 and was to be powered by four or six Bristol engines of 9,000 lbf (40 kN) thrust [7] to the Ministry engine specification TE.1/46. The thrust required of the new engine, then designated B.E.10 (later Olympus), would initially be 9,000 lbf (40 kN) with growth potential to 12,000 lbf (53 kN).

  3. 10 of the Most Expensive Items Ever Sold on eBay

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    1. Gigayacht. Sold for: $168 million Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, must have been staring at an empty dock for a while now, because the 168 milly he shelled out for a 400-foot yacht is ...

  4. PBS TJ100 - Wikipedia

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    The PBS TJ100 is a Czech turbojet engine produced by PBS Velká Bíteš.The TJ100 engine entered service in 2003, [1] and is the most popular of PBS's turbojet engines as more than 1,000 engines have been sold to 40 countries worldwide. [2]

  5. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    The price had risen to $3,000 before eBay closed the auction. [8] [9] In May 2006, the remains of U.S. Fort Montgomery, a stone fortification in upstate New York built in 1844, were put up for auction on eBay. The first auction ended on June 5, 2006, with a winning bid of US$5,000,310.

  6. Proxy bid - Wikipedia

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    Proxy bidding is an implementation of an English second-price auction used on eBay, in which the winning bidder pays the price of the second-highest bid plus a defined increment. It differs from a Vickrey auction in that bids are not sealed; the "current highest bid" (defined as second-highest bid plus bid increment) is always displayed.

  7. Rolls-Royce Spey - Wikipedia

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    The first version of the Buccaneer, the S.1 powered by the de Havilland Gyron Junior, was underpowered in certain scenarios, although not in maximum speed, and the engine was unreliable. [5] The Spey was chosen in 1960 as a re-engining option to give more thrust for a Buccaneer Mk.2. It was also predicted to increase range by 80%. [6]

  8. List of acquisitions by eBay - Wikipedia

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    Internet Auction Co. Online auction South Korea $ 120,000,000 [10] March 5, 2001: iBazar: Online auction France $ 93,000,000 [11] July 8, 2002: PayPal: E-commerce payment systems United States $ 1.5 × 10 ^ 9 [12] January 31, 2003: CARad.com: Online auction United States — [13] July 11, 2003: EachNet: Electronic commerce China $ 150,000,000 ...

  9. Microturbo TRI 60 - Wikipedia

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    There are many variants of this engine and it is used in many missiles and UAVs, as listed below. Aside from the known uses listed below, it is widely speculated that Iran illegally purchased many TRI 60 engines from Microturbo to assemble C-802 cruise missiles purchased from China.