Vulcan (disambiguation)
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Vulcan, in Roman mythology, was the god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, and armor for gods and heroes.
Vulcan may also refer to:
[edit] Places
- Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
- Vulcan, Romania, in Hunedoara County in the Jiu Valley
- Vulcan, Braşov, also in Romania in Braşov County
- Vulcan, Michigan, United States
- Vulcan, Missouri, United States
- Vulcan (volcano), a volcano in Papua New Guinea
- Vulcano, a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea
- HMS Vulcan, a Royal Navy shore establishment at Dounreay, Scotland, dedicated to the development of nuclear power
[edit] Companies
- Vulcan (cars), a Southport, England based car manufacturer
- Vulcan Corporation, a materials manufacturing company in Clarksville, Tennessee
- Vulcan Foundry, a former British locomotive builder
- Vulcan Iron Works, a former United States locomotive builder
- Vulcan Materials Company, a construction materials company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama
- Vulcan Inc., an investment company formed by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen
- Stettiner Vulcan AG, a former shipyard in Hamburg, Germany
- Vulcan (shipyard) (1857–1944), the shipyard in Szczecin, Poland
- Vulcan Media, an educational software company from Poland
- Vulcan Software, a British computer game company
[edit] Fiction
- Vulcan (Star Trek), a race in the fictional Star Trek universe
- Vulcan (Star Trek planet), home of the Vulcans
- Vulcan!, a 1978 a Star Trek novel by Kathleen Sky
- Vulcan (DC Comics), a character from DC Comics
- Vulcan (Marvel Comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Black Vulcan, a fictional African American superhero on the animated series Super Friends
- Vulcan, a fictional planet featured in the Doctor Who serial The Power of the Daleks
- Vulcan Raven, a character in Metal Gear Solid
[edit] Vehicles
- Avro Vulcan, British delta-wing subsonic bomber aircraft
- Vickers Vulcan, a single engined biplane of the 1920s
- Ford Vulcan engine, a 3.0L V6 automobile engine
- Kawasaki Vulcan, a cruiser-type motorcycle
- M167 Vulcan, a towed short-range air defense gun
- M163 VADS (Vulcan Air Defense System), a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
- Vulcan (1874 - 1892), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
[edit] Science
- Vulcan (planet), a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun
- Vulcanization, a chemical process to improve the strength and durability of rubber
- Vulcan laser, the most intensely focused in the world, based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton, Oxfordshire.
[edit] Computing
- Vulcan processor, a type of central processing unit
- Vulcan OS, an operating system for some Harris Corporation minicomputers
[edit] Other uses
- Vulcan statue, the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of Birmingham, Alabama
- Vulcan of the alchemists, the patron deity associated with Paracelsian alchemy
- Birmingham Vulcans, a 1975 World Football League team
- M61 Vulcan, a 20mm six-barreled gatling gun
- Vulcan M-11-9, a semi-automatic, closed bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament
- The Vulcans, an informal name of George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team for the 2000 U.S. presidential election
- The Vulcan, an occasional magazine from various organizations within the Young Fine Gael, the youth wing of the Irish Fine Gael political party
- Vulcan, the title of an EP and a song by the rock band Snake River Conspiracy
- Operation Vulcan, Allied action in Tunisia during World War II
[edit] See also
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