Vulcan (disambiguation)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents 1 Places 2 Companies 3 Fiction 4 Vehicles 5 Science 6 Computing 7 Other uses 8 See also

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 Airport
• 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

• Vulcanair, an Italian based manufacturer of light twin-engined aircraft that took over Partenavia
• 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 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
  • Kawasaki Vulcan 400 Classic
  • Kawasaki Vulcan 800 Drifter
• 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
• Vulcan Railcars are a type of railcar found in preservation in New Zealand.

[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

• Volcano