CHAIR: TO SIT, TO SWING, TO LIE

CHAIR: SIT, ROCK OUT, LYINGOf all home furniture chair is the most loved by people of all ages; it with pleasure get children; rest in it, coming home from work, adults; whole day can spend in the seat ill and the elderly. Because its construction is better suited for total relaxation of the body. The person reclines, like drowning in soft trim: arm comfortably resting on the armrests, head rests vysokou on back — body weight appears to vanish, dissolving in this soothing flow.

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FROM THE WATER – FIGHT!

WATER - FIGHT!Few people of Leningrad, occupancies that August day in 1935, near the Peter and Paul fortress, the Neva river, witnessed the unusual spectacle. On the river, confidently slicing through low, the wave, floated… tanks. Here all seven turned sharply to the shore, and a few minutes of armored amphibians were already on the sand. Thus ended a 600-kilometer test transition amphibious tanks T-37 on the rivers Luga, Shelon, lake Ilmen and further along the new Ladoga canal and the Neva river.

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“FALSHSTENA” WITH A DOORWAY

Many citizens in the Soviet Union had to pass through the panel, “building”, built in the second half of the last century. These homes are designed for 50 years of operation, will “decorate” not only the settlements that are remote from the capital, but also its surroundings. To get out of them is far from over. So you have to Excel, vykraivaya every square meter of living space.

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“ITALIAN FOOTPRINT” AROUND THE WORLD

We have already seen how the Italian designers and consistently enough for the purpose to improve the quality of their light cruisers of the “condottieri”. However, with all the advantages come down to a decent level of protection, the armament remained the same — eight 152-mm guns, which, moreover, could not be called rapid-fire. Even on paper they are inferior competitors last generation from other countries. For example, the British, with their twelve 6-dyuymovymi, not to mention pyatnadcatiletnij the Japanese and the Americans. If the meeting with the latter seemed unlikely because of the terms of policy and geography, Britain remained among the most likely opponents. More likely the traditional “foe” was France, just started building a new strong light cruisers “La Galissoniere”. Were in the ranks “, condotieri” potentially lost a duel such formidable adversaries.

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ACCORDING TO THE DIAGRAM WEDGE

ON THE DIAGRAM OF THE WEDGEThis double, the saloon car is undergoing testing. Its main units and components taken from production cars and motorcycles: engine power systems and equipment, as well as wheels from scooter “Tourist”; dampers front and rear suspensions from a motorcycle “Java”; a steering mechanism from “Zaporozhets”; rear brake of the scooter “Electron”.

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SHOES FOR THE “LUNOKHOD”

SHOES FOR THE Wheeled ATVs (all terrain vehicle jokingly called the homebrew “karakachani” or “Rovers”) on low-pressure tires (often referred to as the “Pneumatics”) is a very popular car among designers and enthusiasts. However, the high complexity of manufacturing the wheels, and most importantly — the low reliability of their tires (usually made of cameras wheeled tractors) are often cool creativity of the craftsmen. Meanwhile, a tyre for wheels of such a vehicle can be made of the right tire (diagonal fiber cord, not torn and not quite “bald”) from the wheels of a truck or wheeled tractor.

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The Yak-18

Yak-18Initial training aircraft Yak-18 was based on UT-2. Its first flight took place on may 6, 1946 (test pilot G. S. Klimushkin), and the second, with the more powerful M-11FR — may 17, 1946, According to the results of state tests, the car was adopted, and in 1947 he launched into serial production in plants: № 272 in Leningrad, No. 135 in Kharkov and # 116 at Arsenyev.

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SAFE CELLAR

CELLAR SAFEDespite the widespread use of electric refrigerators, such building, as a cellar, do not give up their positions. Especially in rural areas and in suburban areas, where in these, prudently organized, compact storage with a good waterproofing and skilfully chosen ventilation is still not forgotten to maintain the desired temperature and humidity conditions, and favorable conditions for savings products that do not rot and does not shrink, without losing its unique taste and smell. However, if used the most common was free-standing cellar, today in order to save area, many prefer the compact storage of vegetables, fruits and homemade food, is equipped with a summer kitchen, a barn, a garage…

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SMALL ORIGINALS

SMALL ORIGINALSAfter the First world war, in addition to shipbuilding giant — Britain and the major European players in the face of France, Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union, in quiet corners of Europe still remained small countries trying hard to develop a national military shipbuilding for their own projects. However, sometimes I had to resort to the “elders”. In the end, was born a very unique ships. And not in the last instance they proved to be just cruisers.

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