Sentences with phrase «great feat of engineering»

It's not only a great feat of engineering, but it's also a project that follows in the footsteps of a long tradition of pioneers and explorers who attempted things that nobody else had done be
That in itself is a great feat of engineering.
1995 How flies fly A fruit fly tethered inside a sophisticated miniature virtual reality flight simulator has shown researchers that the insect's flight motor, one of nature's greatest feats of engineering, works by stretching an elastic power storage device on every wing stroke to recapture energy that would otherwise be wasted.

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In this first - ever IMAX 3D space film, audiences will travel 220 miles above Earth at 17,500 mph to experience the making of the International Space Station — the greatest engineering feat since landing a man on the Moon.
Climb aboard and enjoy daytime cruises through one of the greatest engineering feats in history.
Switzerland also reinforces the observation that sometimes the journey is as great an experience as the destination as you pause to admire some of the near - miraculous feats of engineering that were required to construct these railways.
Likened by visitors to Melbourne's Great Ocean Road, Chapman's Peak is not only an engineering feat but an incredible road hewn into the near - vertical face of the mountain that lies between Hout Bay and Noordhoek in Cape Town.
Just north of Menzies we turn off to Kookynie and visit one of the great engineering feats of the early Goldfields, Niagra Dam, built to provide water for the steam locomotives.
We transfer to special buses for the second leg of the journey: a spectacular road and great engineering feat blasted out of the mountain side.
Kahanu Garden is also home to one of the greatest engineering and construction feats in all of Polynesia, the Pi'ilanihale Heiau.
The centre houses a four - storey museum and an observation deck and is a great way to understand this remarkable feat of ambition and engineering.
A former railroad yard, this urban park uses historical artifacts and exhibits to bring to life the controversial and danger - filled construction of the Hoosac Tunnel, one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century.
«Colossus is an incredible saga of the politics and practical obstacles encountered in one of the greatest engineering feats in our history.»
They are the result of great feats of design, engineering, and technological miniaturization, however I haven't fallen in love with either one.
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