Large Hadron Collider – World’s Largest and Highest-energy Particle Accelerator
hest-energy Particle Accelerator
This is the largest machine in the world with a length of 27 km, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). It is the largest and highest-energy particle accelerator in the world intended to collide opposing particle beams. It was built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) for testing various predictions of high-energy physics. It lies beneath the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. It is funded by and built in collaboration with over 10,000 scientist and engineers from over 100 countries as well as hundreds of universities and laboratories.
Giant Mechanical Spider
Giant mechanical spider, part of a piece of free theater by French company La Machine entitled “Les Mecaniques Servants,” walks along the waterfront in Liverpool, England, on September 5, 2008. The 37-ton spider which stands at 50 feet (15 meters) tall was in Liverpool as part of the city’s European capital of culture celebrations.
Queen of the Netherlands –World’s Largest Vacuum Cleaner
The Queen of the Netherlands is a trailing suction hopper dredging ship built in 1998. Because of its huge size – the drag head is 6 m or 20 ft wide and candredge up to 115 m or 377 ft deep- this Dutch ship has been called “the world’s largest floating vacuum cleaner.” The ship’s hopper is among the largest in the world.
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