Gantry
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Gantry may refer to:
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- Gantry craneGantry craneGantry cranes, bridge cranes, and overhead cranes, are all types of cranes which lift objects by a hoist which is fitted in a hoist trolley and can move horizontally on a rail or pair of rails fitted under a beam...
, a crane having a hoist fitted in a trolley for parallel movement - Gantry (rocketry), the frame which encloses and services a rocket at its launch pad
- Gantry (road sign)Gantry (road sign)A gantry is a traffic sign assembly in which signs are mounted on an overhead support, or railway signals supported....
, an overhead assembly on which highway signs are posted - Gantry (medical imaging), cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D-imaging.
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- Elmer GantryElmer GantryElmer Gantry is a satirical novel written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 and published by Harcourt in March 1927.-Background:Lewis did research for the novel by observing the work of various preachers in Kansas City in his so-called "Sunday School" meetings on Wednesdays. He first worked with William L...
, a 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis - Elmer Gantry (film)Elmer Gantry (film)Elmer Gantry is a 1960 drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. Adapted by director Richard Brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by Sinclair Lewis and stars Burt Lancaster and Jean Simmons.Lancaster won an Academy Award for...
, a 1960 film based on the novel - ScaffoldingScaffoldingScaffolding is a temporary structure used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. It is usually a modular system of metal pipes or tubes, although it can be from other materials...
- occasionally referred to as a gantry when used as a support framework