Sentence examples for a tank about from inspiring English sources

The Super-Kamiokande detector consists of 12.5 million gallons of water in a tank about the size of a cathedral a mile underground in the Kamioka zinc mine 180 miles northwest of Tokyo.

"Finally we are able to leave our houses," said Abdul Kareem Gawad, 50, one of a small crowd that gathered behind a tank about a third of the way into the city.

Mr. Noble's idea was that rather than installing as big a natural gas tank as possible, hogging most of a vehicle's cargo capacity and forcing a sizable investment in the tank itself, he installed a tank just about big enough for a day's driving.

On the sidewalk a young bicycle-taxi driver named Manuel approached us, a well-built kid in jean shorts and a tank-top, about 19.

But first those robots would need to be programmed with rules about when it is acceptable to fire on a tank, and about more complicated and emotionally fraught tasks, like how to distinguish civilians, the wounded or someone trying to surrender from enemy troops on the attack, and whom to shoot.

They said the spill, at 1 40 p.m., resulted from the collapse of a tank containing about 460,000 gallons of the liquid at a chemical plant operated by Kinder Morgan Industries.

It's probably an old 240 he's driving – as indestructible as a tank and about as much fun to drive.

"We took the crew and experimented in a tank of about fifty feet of water, without any light, trying to simulate the conditions".

The kinetic energy of a round from the main gun of a tank is about 0.01 GJ, so it's as much kinetic energy as 30,000 tank guns firing all at once.

With gravel and accessories, a tank weighs about ten pounds (4.5kg) per gallon (3.75 liters).

A pistol can kill a tank in about 3 seconds, which is enough time for them to get 1 shot off but if they miss they're dead.