Blue Riband
Blue Riband The Blue Riband is an award held by the ship ... of the Atlantic was in 1833. The Blue Riband was a creation of the ...
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"BLUE" (Gknowledge wiki)
"BLUE" From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Blue (from Old High German "blao" shining) is ... one of the three primary additive colors ; blue light has the shortest wavelength (about 470 ... sky on a sunny day is colored blue because of Rayleigh scattering of the light ... amounts of water ( H 2 O ) look blue because red light around 750 nm is ... wavelength (~950 nm). An example of a blue color in the RGB color space ...
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Blue ribbon
Blue ribbon In symbolism, blue ribbon is a term used to describe ... high quality. The usage came from The Blue Riband, a prize awarded for the fastest crossing ... Atlantic Ocean by passenger liners. The spelling blue riband is still encountered in most ...
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Blue ribbon   (translated from French)
Blue ribbon During many centuries, veil was the ... moins spartiate. Le Ruban bleu, en anglais Blue Riband, a été créé par les compagnies de ... of the catamarans In années 1990 , it blue ribbon will cease being the prerogative of ... committee of homologation of Haul Trophy, it blue ribbon he will be granted. Eight ...
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Blue volume   (translated from German)
Blue volume That Blue volume those stands the fastest in the ... Europa -New York received. Generally also "the blue volume of the Atlantiks" or "The Blue Riband OF the Atlantic" mentioned. Table of ...
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Blue tape   (translated from Italian)
Blue tape Blue Tape (Blue Riband in inglese ) it is a prize assigned ... on the traversata one of Oceano Atlantic . Blue Tape it was instituted, to leave ...
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Order of the Garter
... the 17th and 18th centuries between celestial blue, pale blue, royal blue, dark blue, violet and ultramarine. Mantles are now dark blue in color and are lined with ...
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SS Normandie
... and fourteen minutes thus snatching away the Blue Riband from the Italian liner Rex. This prize ... shattering records on the way. With the Blue Riband hers, the Normandie had a successful year ... that year, the Queen Mary stole the Blue Riband from the Normandie averaging 30. ...
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RMS Lusitania
... the time. As such, Lusitania held the Blue Riband a number of times, notably in 1907 ... In October 1907, the Lusitania took the Blue Riband from the Kaiser Wilhelm II of the ... and Mauretania continued to hand off the Blue Riband to each other. The Lusitania ...
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Order of St Patrick
... elaborate vestments: The mantle was a celestial blue robe lined with white silk. The star ... on the left of the mantle. A blue hood was attached to the mantle. The ... feathers, one red, one white and one blue. The collar was made of gold, consisting ... Master's star and badge. The broad riband was a celestial blue sash worn across the body, from ...
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