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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THE KEY IS “HOW MUCH”?

KEY Even the person far from technicians, often have to Unscrew-screw the screws, bolts, nuts (hardware — so often referred to in abbreviated form these metal products) are designed for this tool — a wrench. Each key caused the size of its working parts, simply — throat. But the corresponding value is the size of the key — referred to in the technical handbooks by the letter S (the distance between the opposite parallel faces on a nut, bolt head or screw), is not listed on any of the fasteners. No, as a rule, these data and the attached to any technology operating instructions and repair even in the notation and in the drawings, although other information about fasteners in them abound: specify thread size, and her step sometimes the length and even the type of heat treatment, often tightening torque. But most of these data — structural, and they need to manufacture parts. When the adjustment, repair or Assembly work of the above settings thread, except the last one are not in demand. For a mechanic it is much more important to know what size front axle you need a key for the head of one or the other of the screw or bolt and nut (or, as professionals say, “the key is how much”).