A HANGER FOR DRILLS

For hammers and chisels, screwdrivers and pliers — for the different instruments invented different ways of suspension and mounting of tool boards in the workshop or home work area. But with drill, the situation is more complicated: very “difficult” she has a case shape. However, there are quite affordable and convenient way. The drill is Read more…

HEAT WITHOUT FIRE

HEAT WITHOUT FIREHeat the water to 50-60° can setting developed by the participants NTTM special design Bureau No. 1 of the Institute of power engineering Institute imeni G. M. Krzhizhanovskogo. Interestingly, there is no furnace or heaters. Replaces them… the sun. This setup is especially desirable in those areas of the country where local fuel is missing, and the cost of imported quite high.

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WHAT YOU REACTION?

WHAT YOU REACTION?Good response – what is it? More correct to say “speed of reaction” is the time that elapses between receipt of the alarm to the adoption of concrete measures. For example, the driver reaction time of 0.4 to 1 s depending on the complexity of the track conditions and the type of the vehicle managed by it.

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“DOMESTIC PRODUCT”

We have already talked about the commitment of the leadership of the Russian Navy, since the beginning of the first underwater vessels in its composition, to rely on their own development. It is worth noting that the transition from foreign models to domestic products proved to be very difficult, although some groundwork was there, and from the very beginning of the century. In 1900 the Naval Technical Committee (MTK) has created a special Commission, composed of the chief designer of the Russian submarines naval engineer I. G. Bubnov and teacher of Mine officer class M. N. Beklemishev, who visited all the major countries of “trendsetters” in the underwater case, including USA, England, Germany and Italy. (He later was in charge of acceptance of boats “the German series” – “Carp”. “Flounder” and “Carp”, and in the United States rather studied the works of Holland.)

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DISGUISED BATTLESHIPS

CAMOUFLAGED BATTLESHIPSThe fourteenth may 1905 in the Tsushima Strait in the last General naval battle of the Russo-Japanese war met 2nd Pacific squadron and the combined fleet of Japan In a six-hour battle killed four Russian battleship, and other ships were damaged, the Fate of the battle practically decided the evening of that fateful day and night torpedo attack and surrender of the remnants of the squadron in the morning just put the final point. On the Tsushima written many books and articles, however, one obvious fact is not noteworthy authors. The fact that the Japanese “line of battle”, strictly speaking, 2/3 were not “linear”- of the 12 units were part of the units and Kamimura, eight were armored cruisers. And these ships made a notable contribution to one of the most brilliant and decisive victories at sea in the XX century.

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