When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Escalator school - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator_school

    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.

  3. List of tallest educational buildings - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest...

    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 ...

  4. Elevator - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator

    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.

  5. Escalator - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalator

    [22] Otis Elevator Co. advertisements so frequently capitalized all of the letters in the word. See also: Genericized trademark 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 ...

  6. Glossary of education terms (A–C) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_education_terms...

    Most famous UK public schools are boarding schools for ages 13 to 18, either single-sex or coeducational. There are any number of different types of boarding schools, for pupils of all school ages from boarding nursery or Kindergarten schools, to senior schools. Boarding prep schools for the age group 9 to 12 are becoming less usual in the UK ...

  7. 10 Jobs With the Most Pay Without a Degree in 2025 - AOL

    www.aol.com/finance/10-jobs-most-pay-without...

    The average cost of college in the United States is more than $20,000 a year. That’s at a public university; private universities can cost upward of $40,000 a year on average.

  8. List of elevator test towers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elevator_test_towers

    Canny Elevator Jiangsu, China: 879 ft (268 m) 2018 Often referenced as being 288 m, this includes a 20 m underground section. [5] This gives the structure a total testing height of 944 ft (288 m), height above ground is 879 ft (268 m) 4 Zhongshan TK Elevator Laboratory Tower [6] TK Elevator: Zhongshan, China: 813 ft (248 m) 2018 5

  9. Lift Upgrading Programme - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_Upgrading_Programme

    Prevent closing of elevator doors when passengers approach, stand near or at the door edge, even from a flat angle. 2.5 cm from elevator cabin. 3.0 cm from elevator lobby. 50 cm for door horizontal sensing. 1.8 m for door vertical sensing. Should not fail if any fail-safe related to safety device fails.