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    Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law...
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    Martha Vickers (born Martha MacVicar; May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress. Vickers was born Martha MacVicar in Ann Arbor...
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    The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army...
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  • Joan Helen Vickers, Baroness Vickers, DBE (3 June 1907 – 23 May 1994) was a British National Liberal and later Conservative Party politician. She was...
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  • Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...
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    Scacchi and Richard E. Grant. Vickers starred with Carryl Thomas in the thriller film Death in Shoreditch. In 2019, Vickers was cast in the main role of...
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    The Vickers Viscount is a British medium-range turboprop airliner first flown in 1948 by Vickers-Armstrongs. A design requirement from the Brabazon Committee...
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    Vickers plc was the remainder of Vickers-Armstrongs after the nationalisation of three of its four operating groups: aviation (as a 50% share since 1960...
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    The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner", was a British light tank designed in 1928 in a private project at Vickers. Though...
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    The Vickers hardness test was developed in 1921 by Robert L. Smith and George E. Sandland at Vickers Ltd as an alternative to the Brinell method to measure...
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  • Harry Vickers may refer to: Harry Edward Vickers (1888–1942), English criminal Harry Franklin Vickers (1898–1977), American inventor and industrialist...
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    through a tractor propeller, and was armed with a single belt-fed Vickers gun. Vickers continued to pursue the development of armed pusher biplanes, and...
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  • 1826. Vickers may also refer to: Vickers (surname) Baroness Vickers, a life peerage awarded to Joan Vickers, Baroness Vickers (1907–1994) Vickers Aircraft...
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    Wellington, the other being the Vickers Wellesley. A larger heavy bomber aircraft designed to Specification B.1/35, the Vickers Warwick, was developed in parallel...
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  • Roy Vickers may refer to: Roy Henry Vickers, Canadian artist William Edward Vickers, British mystery writer who used the pseudonym Roy Vickers This disambiguation...
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    The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at...
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  • Larry Allen Vickers (born June 1963) is a retired soldier, former firearms instructor, and author. He is the founder of Vickers Tactical, and co-founder...
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  • Edward Vickers (1804-1897) was the founder of Naylor Vickers & Co. which became Vickers Limited. Vickers was a successful miller who invested his money...
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  • the UK". 9 July 2020. "Mike Vickers". Mike Vickers. Retrieved 21 June 2018. Wikiquote has quotations related to Mike Vickers. Vinyl Vulture – Interview...
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  • designed and manufactured by Vickers-Armstrongs during the late 1930s. It was intended to serve as a larger counterpart to the Vickers Wellington bomber. The...
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    Later versions of the aircraft were known as the Vickers Vulture and Vickers Vanellus. Research on Vickers' first amphibious aircraft type began in December...
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    The Vickers MBT is a series of main battle tanks (MBTs) developed as a private venture by British company Vickers-Armstrongs for export. The design makes...
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  • Metropolitan-Vickers, then merging the remaining bulk of the original business with Armstrong Whitworth to form Vickers-Armstrongs. The Vickers name resurfaced...
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    Diana Vickers (born 30 July 1991) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She was a semi-finalist on The X Factor in 2008. Vickers signed a record...
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  • Liberian-Ghanaian actor Angus Vicker, pen name of Henry Gregor Felsen (1916–1995) U.S. YA author McVicker (surname) Vicar (disambiguation) Vickers (disambiguation)...
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    The Vickers K machine gun, known as the Vickers Gas Operated (Vickers G.O.) or Gun, Machine, Vickers G.O. .303-inch in British service, was a rapid-firing...
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    Yvette Vickers (born Yvette Iola Vedder; August 26, 1928 – c. 2010) was an American actress, pin-up model and singer. Vickers was born in Kansas City,...
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  • Vickers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Gomersal Vickers (1810–1837), British marine-painter Andrew Vickers (born 1967)...
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    S. President Andrew Johnson from impeachment. Vickers also served in the Maryland State Senate. Vickers was born in Chestertown, Maryland, and was employed...
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    Motorsports. Vickers was also among the first series of full-time drivers for Toyota after the manufacturer first entered the Sprint Cup Series. Vickers' career...
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