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Digger Wasp (other)
Digger or diggers may refer to: *Excavator, heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper, bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". * Backhoe loaders and backhoes are often known as diggers or mini diggers in British parlance Places * Digger, Leh, a village in India People * labourer * Digger (nickname) * Digger (soldier), Australian and New Zealand slang for a veteran * Digger Indians, ethnic slur for Native Americans in California * Digger, person who frequently submits or reads stories on Digg, a technology news website Fictional characters * Digger (mascot), mascot of the London Irish rugby football club * Diggers, characters in the video game '' Mega Man Legends'' * Digger (Marvel Comics), a comic book character owned by Marvel Comics * Willard "Digger" Barnes, in the American television series ''Dallas'' * ''Digger'' (NASCAR), the mascot for the ''NASCAR on Fox'' "gopher cam", from '' The Adventures of Digger and Friends'' * Digger, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excavator
Excavators are heavy construction equipment consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house". The house sits atop an undercarriage with tracks or wheels. They are a natural progression from the steam shovels and often mistakenly called power shovels. All movement and functions of a hydraulic excavator are accomplished through the use of hydraulic fluid, with hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic motors. Due to the linear actuation of hydraulic cylinders, their mode of operation is fundamentally different from cable-operated excavators which use winches and steel ropes to accomplish the movements. Terminology Excavators are also called diggers, JCBs (a proprietary name, in an example of a generic trademark), mechanical shovels, or 360-degree excavators (sometimes abbreviated simply to "360"). Tracked excavators are sometimes called "trackhoes" by analogy to the backhoe. In the UK and Ireland, wheeled excavators are sometim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Boomerang
Captain Boomerang is the name of two supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, who respectively serve as enemies to both the Barry Allen and Wally West versions of the Flash. Created by writer John Broome and artist Carmine Infantino, the first Captain Boomerang, George "Digger" Harkness, first appeared in ''The Flash'' #117 (December 1960). He has also been a prominent member of the Suicide Squad since its second iteration in the late 1990s. During the 2004 storyline ''Identity Crisis'', George Harkness is killed and his son, Owen Mercer, created by Brad Meltzer and Michael Turner, takes over his father's role as Captain Boomerang for a period of time. However, during the 2009–2010 ''Blackest Night'' storyline, Owen is killed and Harkness returns to life, resuming his role as Captain Boomerang, and evolves as a genuine threat after the loss of his son. The character has been adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
