Vulcan

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Vulcan may refer to:

[edit] Mythology

  • Vulcan (mythology), the blacksmith god of fire and volcanoes in Roman mythology
    • Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths identified with Vulcan.

[edit] Fiction

[edit] Places

[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
  • Vulcan Stoves, a maker of commercial ranges, ovens, steam equipment, fryers griddles and broilers
  • BonaireVulcan (formerly Vulcan), an Australian company specialising in heating and cooling products

[edit] Vehicles

[edit] Aircraft

[edit] Land vehicles

[edit] Water vehicles

  • Vulcan (barge), first iron-hulled boat
  • HMS Vulcan, either one of two Royal Navy ships, or a Royal Navy shore establishment at Dounreay, Scotland, dedicated to the development of nuclear power

[edit] Guns

  • M167 Vulcan, a towed short-range air defense gun
  • M163 VADS (Vulcan Air Defense System), a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

[edit] Science

[edit] Computing

[edit] Other uses

[edit] See also