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  2. List of tallest educational buildings - Wikipedia

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    School City Country Height (m) Height (ft) Floors Year District Notes Source 1 Main Building: Lomonosov Moscow State University: Moscow: Russia: 240 m 787 ft 36 1953 Ramenki: The tallest educational-use building in the world. [1] 2 Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower: Multiple Tokyo: Japan: 204 m 668 ft 50 2008 Nishi-Shinjuku: 17th-tallest Tokyo building ...

  3. Escalator school - Wikipedia

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    An escalator school (エスカレーター学校, esukareitā gakkō) [1] (also esukareitā kō (エスカレーター校) and esukareita kō (エスカレータ校)) [2] is an educational school that offers education from elementary or middle (or even from the kindergarten) until university.

  4. Escalator - Wikipedia

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    In 1950, the landmark case Haughton Elevator Co. v. Seeberger precipitated the end of Otis's exclusive reign over the word "escalator", and simultaneously created a cautionary study for companies and individuals interested in trademark retention. [23]

  5. Elevator - Wikipedia

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    The elevator in the New City Hall in Hanover, Germany is a technical rarity, and unique in Europe, as the elevator starts straight up but then changes its angle by 15 degrees to follow the contour of the dome of the hall. The cabin therefore tilts 15 degrees during the ride. The elevator travels a height of 43 meters.

  6. National Lift Tower - Wikipedia

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    As well as being a resource for the lift industry, the building is also available to companies requiring tall vertical spaces, for example companies wishing to test working-at-height safety devices. There are six lift shafts of varying heights and speeds, including a high-speed shaft with a travel of 100 metres (328 ft 1 in) and a theoretical ...

  7. Wikipedia:FAQ/Schools - Wikipedia

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    Passwords can allow a wiki to be developed by a school club, a teachers' group, a regional group of schools, or any group within an educational community. Wikis might be used for school histories, to develop yearbook material or as class projects. A group can operate a wiki project online or within a closed local area network.

  8. Paternoster lift - Wikipedia

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    A paternoster in Prague Paternoster elevator in The Hague, when it was still in operation. A paternoster (/ ˌ p eɪ t ər ˈ n ɒ s t ər /, / ˌ p ɑː-/, or / ˌ p æ-/) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping.

  9. The Heights School (Maryland) - Wikipedia

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    The Heights School offers a liberal arts curriculum in English, mathematics, classics, history, religion, science, Spanish, art, computers, and music. [ 5 ] As of 2017–2018, the school had an enrollment of 538 kids and 62.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 8.7. [ 3 ]