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  • I had to go through safety courses to get clearance to work on the site and to use the Nacelle lift, which is the machine that was used to assemble the detector itself.

    Seth Curcio: Super Symmetry: Painting the Particle Accelerator Seth Curcio 2011

  • Nacelle shielding increased by—” the amount was drowned out by alarms and yells, and a tremendous crashing that filled the bridge as one nacelle slammed down onto one antibody, and the other nacelle smashed upward into the second antibody.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • I had to go through safety courses to get clearance to work on the site and to use the Nacelle lift, which is the machine that was used to assemble the detector itself.

    Seth Curcio: Super Symmetry: Painting the Particle Accelerator Seth Curcio 2011

  • Nacelle shielding increased by—” the amount was drowned out by alarms and yells, and a tremendous crashing that filled the bridge as one nacelle slammed down onto one antibody, and the other nacelle smashed upward into the second antibody.

    Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011

  • To view other areas of the ship, click the right arrow to rotate to the back of the ship for information and images of The Hangar, Impulse Engine, Navigational Deflector, and Nacelle.

    ‘Star Trek’: George Kirk & USS Kelvin Images 2008

  • Nacelle, speaking for the US Humane Society, argues essentially that if you want a cat like your dear departed Fluffy, the Humane society has lots to pick from.

    Does cloning really produce exact copies?: Denyse O 2005

  • = Nacelle = -- That part of an aeroplane containing the engine and/or pilot and passenger, and to which the tail-plane is not fixed.

    The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition 1919

  • Nacelle -- That part of an aeroplane containing the engine and pilot and passenger, and to which the tail plane is not fixed.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1919

  • Nacelle -- That part of an aeroplane containing the engine and pilot and passenger, and to which the tail plane is not fixed.

    The Aeroplane Speaks 1917

  • Nacelle Gibson, 69, held a sign that read "Australians for a constitutional monarchy," the name of a group that wants to maintain the current system.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2011

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