Vulcan
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Mythology
- Vulcan (mythology)Vulcan (mythology)Vulcan , aka Mulciber, is the god of beneficial and hindering fire, including the fire of volcanoes in ancient Roman religion and Roman Neopaganism. Vulcan is usually depicted with a thunderbolt. He is known as Sethlans in Etruscan mythology...
, the blacksmith god of fire and volcanoes in Roman mythology- Vulcan of the alchemistsVulcan of the alchemistsVulcan of the alchemists was the patron deity of alchemy. It was also known to be a symbol of the hermetic art.Despite being important in Egyptian and Greek religion, it was the Renaissance physician/alchemist Paracelsus who first introduced the mythological figure of Vulcan.-Paracelsus'...
, the patron deity associated with Paracelsian alchemy
- Vulcan of the alchemists
Books
- Vulcan!Vulcan!Vulcan! is a Star Trek novel by Kathleen Sky. According to David Gerrold, her husband Stephen Goldin was also involved in the writing, although not credited.-Plot summary:...
, a 1978 Star Trek novel by Kathleen Sky - Vulcan 2 and 3, artificial intelligences in Vulcan's HammerVulcan's HammerVulcan's Hammer is a 1960 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick.- Plot introduction:In 2029 CE, the Earth is run by the Unity organisation after a devastating world war...
Comic books and magazines
- Vulcan (DC Comics)Vulcan (DC Comics)Vulcan, is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. He is the second character to star in a book titled Son of Vulcan, the first being Johnny Mann, who was created by Charlton Comics in 1965 and later purchased by DC Comics in 1983.In the modern version, Miguel...
, a character from DC Comics - Vulcan (Marvel Comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Vulcan (comic), an IPC Comic produced in England in 1975-1976
- Vulcan, a gay pornography magazine, made famous in a High Court test case by serial killer Dennis NilsenDennis NilsenDennis Andrew Nilsen also known as the Muswell Hill Murderer and the Kindly Killer is a British serial killer who lived in London....
- The Vulcan, a magazine from various organizations within the Young Fine Gael
Games
- Vulcan Raven, a character in the Metal Gear Solid video games
Music
- Vulcan (EP)Vulcan (EP)Vulcan is the recording debut of bay area rock group Snake River Conspiracy. The five-song EP includes 3 versions of the title track, along with a b-side and a cover of the Beatles classic, She Said She Said. The song Vulcan was also included on the band's debut album, Sonic Jihad, which came out...
, an EP by Snake River Conspiracy - Vulcan, a posthumous album by Chris WoodChris Wood (rock musician)Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood was a founding member of the English rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, and Dave Mason....
Television and film
- Vulcan (Star Trek)Vulcan (Star Trek)Vulcans, or sometimes Vulcanians, are an extraterrestrial humanoid species in the Star Trek universe who evolved on the planet Vulcan, and are noted for their attempt to live by reason and logic with no interference from emotion. They were the first extraterrestrial species in the Star Trek...
, a science-fictional humanoid race in Star Trek- Vulcan (Star Trek planet), the home planet of the Vulcans
- Vulcan (Doctor Who planet), a planet in a Doctor Who serial
- Vulcan (sometimes the shorted name of Black VulcanBlack VulcanBlack Vulcan is a fictional African American superhero on the animated series Super Friends created by Hanna-Barbera. He was voiced by Buster Jones.-Fictional character biography:...
) a member of the Super FriendsSuper FriendsSuper Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes, which ran from 1973 to 1986 on ABC as part of its Saturday morning cartoon lineup...
.
Places
- Vulcan (volcano)Vulcan (volcano)Vulcan is a pumice cone in Papua New Guinea. It is a sub-vent of the Rabaul caldera and lies on the western rim of the larger feature. Its most recent eruption was in 1994, when in conjunction with another vent, Tavurvur, the eruptions of Vulcan forced the abandonment of the city of Rabaul and the...
, a volcano in Papua New Guinea - Vulcan, AlbertaVulcan, AlbertaVulcan is a town located midway between the cities of Calgary and Lethbridge on Highway 23, in the prairies of southern Alberta, Canada. The population of the town was 1,940 in 2006, and the population of the county, which is also named Vulcan, was 3,718. The town's economy is mainly tourism and...
, Canada- Vulcan AirportVulcan AirportVulcan Airport, , is located immediately west of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...
- Vulcan County, AlbertaVulcan County, AlbertaVulcan County is a municipal district in Alberta, Canada.It is located in Census Division 6. The current boundaries of the municipality were set in 1951...
- RCAF Station VulcanRCAF Station VulcanRCAF Station Vulcan, also referred to as RCAF Aerodrome Vulcan, was a Second World War flying training station located southwest of the town of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. It was one station of many that were established in Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.The Vulcan aerodrome...
, a Commonwealth and RCAF training station, closed in April 1945
- Vulcan Airport
- Vulcan, Hunedoara, a city in Hunedoara County, Romania
- Vulcan, BraşovVulcan, BrasovVulcan is a commune in Braşov County in the centre of Romania, 16 km west of the county capital Braşov. It is composed of two villages, Colonia 1 Mai and Vulcan...
, a commune in Braşov County, Romania - Vulcan, a village in CiuruleasaCiuruleasaCiuruleasa is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It has a population of 1,368, and is composed of nine villages: Bidigeşti, Bodreşti, Bogleşti, Buninginea, Ciuruleasa, Gheduleşti, Mătişeşti, Morăreşti and Vulcan....
Commune, Alba County, Romania - Vulcan, a village in ApoldApoldApold is a commune in Mureş County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Apold, Daia , Şaeş and Vulcan.-References:...
Commune, Mureş County, Romania - Vulcan, Michigan, United States
- Vulcan, MissouriVulcan, MissouriVulcan is an unincorporated community in southern Iron County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 49 about twenty miles south of Ironton. The community was founded in 1915. It was a mining town in the past and was named for the Vulcan Iron Works in St. Louis.-References:* McMillen,...
, United States - Vulcan Arms, a hamlet near Cwmbelan, LlanidloesLlanidloesLlanidloes is a town along the A470 road and B4518 road in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire , Mid Wales.It is the first town on the River Severn...
Wales
Companies
- Vulcan (motor vehicles), a car and commercial vehicle manufacturer based in Southport, England
- Vulcan CorporationVulcan CorporationVulcan Corporation is a materials manufacturer that specializes in rubber, plastics, foam products, and bowling pins. Vulcan Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vulcan International Corporation, based in Wilmington, Delaware....
, a materials manufacturing company in Clarksville, Tennessee - Vulcan FoundryVulcan FoundryVulcan Foundry was a British locomotive builder sited at Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire .-History:It was originally opened in 1832 as Charles Tayleur and Company to produce girders for bridges, switches and crossings, and other ironwork following the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway...
, a former British locomotive builder - Vulcan Iron WorksVulcan Iron WorksSince Vulcan was the Roman god of fire and smithery, the name was an obvious choice for an iron foundry or mechanical engineering works in the nineteenth century, both in England, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, and in the United States.-England:...
, any of several mechanical engineering companies in the nineteenth century in England and the United States- Vulcan (locomotives), usually the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania manufacturer of railroad locomotives until 1954
- Vulcan Materials CompanyVulcan Materials CompanyVulcan Materials Company , based in Birmingham, Alabama is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials. Vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials, primarily gravel, crushed stone, and sand, and employs approximately 9,700 people at over 356...
, a construction materials company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama - Vulcan Inc.Vulcan Inc.Vulcan Inc. is an investment and project management company founded in 1986 by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, to manage his investments...
, an investment company formed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen - Vulcan SoftwareVulcan SoftwareVulcan Software is an independent computer games company founded in 1994 in the UK. Vulcan started creating software for the Amiga computer systems. Its first commercial game was Valhalla and the Lord of Infinity, which was notable for being the first ever Amiga speech adventure game. In January...
, a British computer game company - Stettiner Vulcan AGStettiner Vulcan AGAktien-Gesellschaft Vulcan Stettin was a German shipbuilding and locomotive builder company, located in Stettin . AG Vulcan Stettin played a significant role in both World Wars, building U-boats and warships for the Kaiserliche Marine...
, a former shipyard in Hamburg, Germany - Bremer VulkanBremer VulkanBremer Vulkan AG was a great German shipbuilding company located at the Weser river in Bremen-Vegesack. It was founded in 1893 and closed in 1997 because of financial problems and mismanagement....
, a German shipyard (German spelling)
Science and technology
- Vulcan (hypothetical planet)Vulcan (hypothetical planet)Vulcan was a small planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun. In an attempt to explain peculiarities of Mercury's orbit, in the 19th-century French mathematician Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier hypothesized that they were the result of another planet, which he named Vulcan...
, a hypothetical planet between Mercury and the Sun - Vulcan (programming language), a programming language, now known as dBase
- Vulcan laserVulcan laserThe Vulcan laser is an 8-beam 2.5 kJ per pulse infrared neodymium glass laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory's Central Laser Facility in Oxfordshire, England. Vulcan is also capable of operating in frequency doubled mode where it can deliver about 1 kJ to a target at 532 nm in 2 ns...
, a laser at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Chilton, Oxfordshire
Aircraft
- Avro VulcanAvro VulcanThe Avro Vulcan, sometimes referred to as the Hawker Siddeley Vulcan, was a jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber, operated by the Royal Air Force from 1956 until 1984. Aircraft manufacturer A V Roe & Co designed the Vulcan in response to Specification B.35/46. Of the three V bombers produced,...
, a British delta-winged, subsonic, bomber aeroplane - Vickers VulcanVickers Vulcan-See also:-References:* Andrews, C.F and Morgan, E.B. Vickers Aircraft since 1908. London:Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-815-1.* Flight May 4, 1922 p253-258...
, a single-engined biplane of the 1920s
Land vehicles
- Ford Vulcan engineFord Vulcan engineThe Ford Vulcan V6 is a 3.0 L , 60° V6 engine with an iron block and iron heads, used in some of Ford Motor Company's vehicles from model years 1986 through 2008. It was originally designed to be the optional engine in the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable. In 1992, it became the standard engine for...
, a 3.0L V6 automobile engine - Kawasaki VulcanKawasaki VulcanThe Vulcan name has been used by Kawasaki for their custom or cruiser motorcycles since 1984, using mostly V-twin engines ranging from 125 cc to 2,053 cc.-1984–2006: Vulcan 750 series:...
, a series of cruiser-type motorcycles - NZR RM class (Vulcan)NZR RM class (Vulcan)The NZR RM class Vulcan railcars were operated by the New Zealand Railways Department in the South Island of New Zealand. All New Zealand railcars were classified as RM, and these were known as Vulcan railcars, from the name of the manufacturer, Vulcan Foundry of Britain. - Background :On 9 May...
, a former type of railroad car found in preservation in New Zealand - Vulcan (1874-1892), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo classSouth Devon Railway Buffalo classThe ten Buffalo class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway...
steam locomotives - Vulcan (1951-1967), one of the BR 'Britannia' Class locomotives
Water vehicles
- Vulcan (barge)Vulcan (barge)The Vulcan, launched in 1819, was the first all iron-hulled vessel to be built. It was designed as a horse-drawn passenger barge for use on the Scottish canals..-History:...
, an iron-hulled boat, one of several Royal Navy ships or boats, one of several United States Navy ships or boats
Military
- M167 VulcanM167 VulcanThe M167 Vulcan Air Defense System was a towed short-range United States Army anti-aircraft gun designed to protect forward area combat elements and rear area critical assets. It was also used to protect U.S. Air Force warplane airfields and U.S. Army helicopter airfields...
, a towed, short-range. air-defense Gatling gun - M61 VulcanM61 VulcanThe M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically or pneumatically driven, six-barreled, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm rounds at an extremely high rate. The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of United States military fixed-wing aircraft...
, a 20mm six-barreled Gatling gun - M163 VADSM163 VADSThe M163 Vulcan Air Defense System is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that was used by the United States Army. The M168 gun is a variant of the General Dynamics 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon, the standard cannon in most US combat aircraft since the 1960s, mounted on either an armored...
(Vulcan Air Defense System), a self-propelled, air-defense, Gatling gun - Vulcan M-11-9Vulcan M-11-9The Vulcan M-11-9 is a semi-automatic, closed bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament.The M-11-9 is a knockoff of the Ingram MAC-10 series which is an open bolt, fully automatic machine pistol....
, a semi-automatic, closed-bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament - Operation VulcanOperation VulcanDuring the Second World War, Operation Vulcan was the final ground attack against German forces in Tunis, Cap Bon, and Bizerte, Tunisia, the last Axis toeholds in North Africa. German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel believed that the Axis position in Tunisia was untenable, and he had recommended the...
, Allied action in Tunisia during World War II
Sports
- Birmingham VulcansBirmingham VulcansThe Birmingham Vulcans were a professional American football team located in Birmingham, Alabama. They were members of the five-team Eastern Division of the World Football League . The Vulcans, founded in March 1975, played in the upstart league's second and final season in 1975...
, a 1975 World Football League team - California VulcansCalifornia VulcansCalifornia University of Pennsylvania's intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the "Vulcans" , and participate in the NCAA's Division II in all sports and the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in most sports. The school colors are Red, Black, and White...
, the sports teams of California University of Pennsylvania - The Vulcans, the University of Hawaii at HiloUniversity of Hawaii at HiloThe University of Hawaii at Hilo, UHH, or UH Hilo is one of the ten branches of the University of Hawaii system anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawaii...
's athletic teams - Vulcan changeupVulcan changeupIn baseball, the vulcan changeup pitch is a type of changeup; it closely resembles a forkball and split-finger fastball. It is a variation of the circle changeup, and when mastered can be extremely effective...
, a type of pitch
Other uses
- The VulcansThe VulcansThe Vulcans is a nickname used to refer to Republican Presidential candidate George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team assembled to brief him prior to the 2000 U.S. presidential election. The Vulcans were led by Condoleezza Rice and included Richard Armitage, Robert Blackwill, Stephen Hadley,...
, George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team for the 2000 U.S. election - Vulcan statueVulcan statueThe Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana...
, the world's largest cast-iron statue and the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama
See also
- VolcanoVolcano2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...
- VulcanaVulcanaKate Williams , sometimes called Kate Roberts, better known by her stage name Vulcana, was a Welsh strongwoman born of Irish parents in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire....
, a Welsh female bodybuilder - VulcanoVulcanothumb| The Gran Cratere. A sense of scale is provided by the tourist visible near the centre of the crater.thumb|right|250px|View of Vulcano from the island of Lipari. The green islet centre left is Vulcanello, which is connected to Vulcano by an isthmus...
, a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea - VulcanairVulcanair-Brief history:Partenavia was established in 1957 by Prof. Luigi Pascale and produced a quite large family of single-engined sport aircraft which eventually culminated with the successful twin-engined P.68 Victor and its derivatives....
, an Italian based manufacturer of light twin-engined aircraft that took over Partenavia - Vulcanoid asteroidVulcanoid asteroidThe vulcanoids are a hypothetical population of asteroids that may orbit the Sun in a dynamically stable zone inside the orbit of the planet Mercury. They are named after the hypothetical planet Vulcan, whose existence was disproven in 1915...
- VulcanizationVulcanizationVulcanization or vulcanisation is a chemical process for converting rubber or related polymers into more durable materials via the addition of sulfur or other equivalent "curatives." These additives modify the polymer by forming crosslinks between individual polymer chains. Vulcanized material is...
, a chemical process to improve the strength and durability of rubber - Black VulcanBlack VulcanBlack Vulcan is a fictional African American superhero on the animated series Super Friends created by Hanna-Barbera. He was voiced by Buster Jones.-Fictional character biography:...
, a fictional African American superhero on the animated series Super Friends - Vulkan (disambiguation)