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. . Atlanta contains several outdoor attractions the Atlanta Botanical Garden adjacent to Piedmont Park is home to the 600-foot-long (180 m) Kendeda Canopy Walk a skywalk that allows visitors to tour one of the city's last remaining urban forests from 40-foot-high (12 m) the Canopy Walk is considered the only canopy-level pathway of its kind in the United States Zoo Atlanta in Grant Park accommodates over 1,300 animals representing more than 220 species Home to the nation's largest collections of gorillas and orangutans the Zoo is one of only four zoos in the U.S to house giant pandas Festivals showcasing arts and crafts film and music including the Atlanta Dogwood Festival the Atlanta Film Festival and Music Midtown respectively are also popular with tourists. Earliest recorded examples of an internal combustion engine for railway use included a prototype designed by William Dent Priestman which was examined by Sir William Thomson in 1888 who described it as a "[Priestman oil engine] mounted upon a truck which is worked on a temporary line of rails to show the adaptation of a petroleum engine for locomotive purposes." in 1894 a 20 hp (15 kW) two axle machine built by Priestman Brothers was used on the Hull Docks.

Demographics of Georgia Tech student body Atlanta is home to many rugby union clubs on September 21 2018 Major League Rugby the top-level rugby union league in North America announced that Atlanta was one of the expansion teams joining the league for the 2020 season the team name Rugby ATL was revealed on February 26 2019 Games will be broadcast on WSB-TV, Stone Mountain Bermuda (9) Solomon Islands (1). St Mark's United Methodist Church in Atlanta Main articles: List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Atlanta Atlanta Public Schools and List of private schools in Atlanta. . Right-handed pitcher Greg Maddux won four in a row three of them with the Braves from 1993 through 1995 His first award came in 1992 with the Cubs! Main article: Music of Atlanta Further information: Historiography of the British Empire Georgia Tech encourages undergraduates to participate in research alongside graduate students and faculty the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program awards scholarships each semester to undergraduates who pursue research activities These scholarships called the President's Undergraduate Research Awards take the form of student salaries or help cover travel expenses when students present their work at professional meetings Additionally undergraduates may participate in research and write a thesis to earn a "Research Option" credit on their transcripts An undergraduate research journal the Tower was established in 2007 to provide undergraduates with a venue for disseminating their research and a chance to become familiar with the academic publishing process.