BRITANNIA DRESSED IN THE ARMOUR

BRITAIN DRESSED IN THE ARMORBy the end of the XIX century, England was the only major Maritime powers, still ignore one of the major trends in cruise shipbuilding — the desire to cover “workers of the ocean” side armor. Armored cruisers were built all France, almost completely abandon deck protection circuits; Russia, whose armoured giants — “Ryurik”, “Rossiya” and “Thunder” made so much noise in the corridors of the Admiralty that he had heard “shipbuilding vassal” Britain — Italy. Appeared the ships of this class and the ocean, in the United States. And is rapidly gaining speed in a race war at sea Germany has laid a powerful and well protected combat units.

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Ka-26

Ka-26Multi-purpose helicopter Ka-26 made according to the coaxial scheme with two-keel plumage in the form of a flying chassis. Two engines placed in nacelles on the sides of the fuselage. The pilot is in a separate cabin and payload — in removable modules. The passenger module is designed for six people. In the agricultural version of suspended hopper for chemicals (900 kg) and accessories for spraying.

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GARDEN “STUFF”

GARDENING Tillers, mini-tractors, potato harvesters For economically strong farms and farmsteads such a technique has long been not unusual Destiny of the less fortunate, it seems, can only hope for themselves, for their ability almost from “scrap” to create a solid mechanical aides, but on extremely simple, but trouble-free agricultural implement is “the gift of deep antiquity”.

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THE GRIP OF DARKNESS

VISE-INVISIBLEIt’s like a magic trick: the metal part is placed on small size book, like a table and instantly welded to it — has no force can not budge it. How it works magnetic plate is designed for reliable and quick fastening of the workpiece during grinding, milling, and in conducting measuring and marking operations. Unlike other existing methods part clamping in a Vice or by using universal prefabricated devices — this device allows mounting auxiliary tool holders parts of even complex configurations.

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“ELECTROMAN” FOR RATS

Many people keep different Pets, communication with which brings a lot of pleasant moments for both children and adults. However, there are those animals, which are also constantly live with the man and often visited his home (for example, mice, rats). But they are uninvited guests and even harmful, as they are considered (and probably not without reason), carriers of different pathogens of dangerous infections.

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BUER “SNOWFLAKE”

BUER Buernomu sport in the USSR has a long and glorious tradition. He was born before the revolution, but was at that time available only to a very narrow circle of rich people and General development have not received. After the great October revolution, the picture changed dramatically: in yacht-clubs came young workers, buernomu sport started to develop there have Been many new models for “ice yacht”, and in the Northern parts of our country where the winter is long and a lot of ponds, Buer began to acquire some economic importance as a reliable means of winter transportation. It is appropriate, for example, recall that beresti of Leningrad, took an active part in the defense of the hero city during the siege of 1941-1943 years.

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