THE FUTURE STARTS IN THE PAST

THE FUTURE BEGINS IN THE PASTThe exploration of outer space has the beginning, but the end of these proceedings, with no end of the universe, where they are conducted. But whenever in the future, we turned to the topic of penetration of earthlings into space, we will inevitably look back to seek the origins.
 
V. Sevastyanov, cosmonaut of the USSR, twice Hero of the Soviet Union

LONG-RUNNING LETTER

LONG LETTERCopies of the first decade of the twentieth century was for all the sailors of Europe, and the English, in particular, is very tense. The terrible specter of a future war and an elusive championship in the world forced the admirals “mistress of the seas” require for growing, by leaps and bounds, the Grand fleet more ships of all classes, not just battleships. To provide intelligence for action last and to protect them from enemy light forces had the latest high-speed cruisers, and several dozen. In such situation on the foreground the luck incorrectly designed version managed to replicate even before the defects would manifest itself in the service. Fortunately for Britain, at the disposal of designers there was quite a decent naval project leader-scout “Aretusa”. The Admiralty has taken the path of least resistance (in this case it is wise) is ordered by 1913 six more cruisers of the same type, making the project only a small change. A young talented engineer, Stanley Goodall, which was led personally by the shipbuilder to the Navy, Eustace Tennis d Ankort, prepared sketches in just a few days.

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ON THE WAVES – “MOTH”

ON THE WAVES - Ultralight Dinghy international class “Moth” “the Moth” (Fig. 1, 2) simple in design, convenient in construction and possesses all the essential qualities of sports ships – fast, maneuverable and sensitive to control. All this allows to recommend it as the first sport of sailing to those who wants to achieve in sailing Olympic heights.

HARVESTER GARDENER

HARVESTER GARDENERHARVESTER GARDENERWhat is usually stored in the pantry a good host, enthusiastically engaged in cultivating and farming vegetable crops? As a rule, a large set of various tools, among which the most common shovel, hoe, rakes, hand cultivators, weed control, and other similar accessories simple assistants to facilitate the work and help to grow a good crop of vegetables and different varieties of greens. To deliver a similar Arsenal to the garden beds and planting is required to have truck.

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MEET — CATOLET

MEET — CATOLETIn one of the first projects to be protected, incidentally, by the copyright certificate № 347232, has already been laid all the highlights of the design, which is meant today by the word “cacolet”. Here was envisaged and case-polymac, and is spaced from the center of mass of the motor, and pendulum the scheme of movement of the Cabinet. Reducible to the scheme-section (Fig. 1) clearly presented the main elements and components of this transport device.

“OPENER”

Among the usual glass jars with canned products now on the beds shops in abundance are the so-called “eurobank”, characterized not so much by its form, as the fact that they cover not rolled, and screwed. And if by the usual banks have long been developed and widely used in everyday life for opening a variety of can openers, screw-down for almost anything not provided.

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