Automobile
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An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle
for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor.
Most definitions
of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads,
to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels,
and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than
goods. However, the term is far from precise because there are many
types of vehicles that do similar tasks.
Automobile comes via the French language, from the Greek language by combining
auto [self] with mobilis [moving]; meaning a vehicle that moves itself,
rather than being pulled or pushed by a separate animal or another vehicle.
The alternative name car is believed to originate from the Latin word carrus
or carrum [wheeled vehicle], or the Middle English word carre [cart] (from
Old North French), and karros; a Gallic wagon.
As of 2002, there were 590 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one
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Honda
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Honda Motor Company, Limited, Honda Giken Kogyo,
(Honda Technology Research Institute Company, Limited) is a multinational
corporation, engine manufacturer and engineering corporation headquartered
in Japan.
The company manufactures automobiles and motorcycles, trucks, scooters,
robots, jets and jet engines, ATV, water craft, electrical generators,
marine engines, lawn and garden equipment, and aeronautical and other mobile
technologies. Honda's line of luxury cars are branded Acura in North America
and China. More recently they have ventured into mountain bikes.
Honda is the 5th largest automobile manufacturer in the world as well
as the largest engine-maker in the world, producing more than 14 million
internal combustion engines each year. As of August 2008 Honda surpassed
Chrysler as 4th largest automobile manufacturer in United States. Currently,
Honda is the second largest manufacturer in Japan behind Toyota and ahead
of Nissan.
Honda is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Their shares trade on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, as well as exchanges in
Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Fukuoka, London, Paris and Switzerland.
American Honda Motor Co. is based in Torrance, California. Honda Canada
Inc. is headquartered in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario,
and is building new corporate headquarters in Markham, Ontario, scheduled
to relocate in 2008. [3]Hero Honda, a joint venture between India's Hero
Group and Honda, is the largest manufacturer of two wheelers in the world.
Honda of Canada Manufacturing is based in Alliston, Ontario. Honda has
also created joint ventures around the world, such as Honda Siel Cars India
Ltd, Hero Honda Motorcycles India Ltd, Guangzhou Honda and Dongfeng Honda
Automobile Company in China and Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan.
With high gas prices and a weak US economy in June 2008, Honda has reported
a 1% sales increase while its rivals including the Detroit Big Three and
Toyota have reported double-digit losses. Analysts have attributed this
to two main factors. First, Honda's product lineup consists of mostly small
to mid-size, highly fuel-efficient vehicles. Secondly, over the last ten
years, Honda has designed its factories to be flexible, in that they can
easily retooled to produce any Honda model that may be in-demand at the
moment. Honda's sales were up almost 20 percent from the same month last
year. The Civic and the Accord were in the top five list of sales. |
Toyota
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Toyota Motor Corporation (pronounced [to-yo-ta]) is a multinational corporation
headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest automaker.
In 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its
first product Type A engine and in 1936 its first passenger car the Toyota
AA. The company was eventually founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937 as a
spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles.
Toyota currently owns and operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority
shareholding stake in Daihatsu Motors, and minority shareholdings in
Fuji Heavy Industries Isuzu Motors, and Yamaha Motors. The company includes
522 subsidiaries.
Toyota is headquartered in Aichi, Nagoya and in Tokyo. In addition to
manufacturing automobiles, Toyota provides financial services through its
division Toyota Financial Services and also creates robots. Toyota Industries
and Finance divisions form the bulk of the Toyota Group, one of the largest
conglomerates in the world. |
Building
material
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Building material is any material which is used for
a construction purpose. See this outside definition. Many naturally
occurring substances, such as clay, sand, wood and rocks, even twigs
and leaves have been used to construct buildings. Apart from naturally
occurring materials, many man-made products are in use, some more and
some less synthetic. The manufacture of building materials is an established
industry in many countries and the use of these materials is typically
segmented into specific speciality trades, such as carpentry, plumbing,
roofing and insulation work. This reference deals with habitats and
structures including homes.
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Power
tool
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A power tool is a tool powered by an electric motor,
a compressed air motor, or a gasoline engine. Power tools are classified
as either stationary or portable, where portable means handheld. They
are used in industry, in construction, and around the house for cutting,
shaping, drilling, sanding, painting, grinding, and polishing. Stationary
power tools for metalworking are usually called machine tools. The
term machine tool is not usually applied to stationary power tools
for woodworking, although such usage is occasionally heard, and in
some cases, such as drill presses and bench grinders, the exact same
tool is used for both woodworking and metalworking.
The lathe is the oldest power tool, being known to
the ancient Egyptians (albeit in a hand-powered form). Early industrial
revolution-era factories had batteries of power tools driven by belts
from overhead shafts. The prime power source was a water wheel or (later)
a steam engine. The introduction of the electric motor (and electric
distribution networks) in the 1880s made possible the self-powered
stationary and portable tools we know today.
Stationary power tools are prized not only for their
speed, but for their accuracy. A table saw not only cuts faster than
a hand saw, but the cuts are smoother, straighter and more square than
even the most skilled man can do with a hand saw. Lathes produce truly
round objects that cannot be made in any other way.
An electric motor is the universal choice to power
stationary tools. Portable electric tools may be either corded or battery-powered.
At present (2007) the limitations of battery life, energy capacity,
and cost keep the corded versions on the market. Compressed air is
the customary power source for nailers and paint sprayers. A few tools
(called powder-actuated tools) are powered by explosive cartridges.
Gasoline-powered tools such as chain saws and weed whackers are made
for outdoor use.
Common power tools include the drill, various types
of saws, the router, the electric sander, and the lathe.
The term power tool is also used in a more general
sense, meaning a technique for greatly simplifying a complex or difficult
task.
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