Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Synthetic baling twine tied around bales of hay. Baling twine or baler twine is a small diameter sisal or synthetic twine used to bind a quantity of fibrous material (notably hay or straw) into a more compact and easily-stacked form. [citation needed] Tensile strengths of single-ply baling twine range from 95 psi (0.66 MPa) to 325 psi (2.24 MPa ...
The classic matchlock gun held a burning slow match in a clamp at the end of a small curved lever known as the serpentine. Upon the pull of a lever (or in later models a trigger) protruding from the bottom of the gun and connected to the serpentine, the clamp dropped down, lowering the smoldering match into the flash pan and igniting the ...
The name Garden & Gun is explained as an "inside reference to a popular 1970s Charleston disco called the Garden and Gun Club." [1] It is also explained as a metaphor for the South's land, people, lifestyle, and heritage. [5] Garden & Gun created the Made in the South Awards in 2010 to celebrate and encourage Southern craftsmanship and to ...
Twine showing component strands Twine is a strong thread , light string or cord composed of string in which two or more thinner strands are twisted, and then twisted together ( plied ). The strands are plied in the opposite direction to that of their twist, which adds torsional strength to the cord and keeps it from unravelling.
Cases of documented injuries and accidents accompanied civilian M-80 use during the 1950s and 1960s, and still occur, as M-80s are still produced and sold to the public.
The most common type of flare gun is a Very (sometimes spelled Verey), [1] which was named after Edward Wilson Very (1847–1910), an American naval officer who developed and popularized a single-shot breech-loading snub-nosed pistol that fired flares (Very lights). [2] They have a single action trigger mechanism, hammer action, and a center ...
A 1/2" drive pistol-grip air impact wrench. An impact wrench (also known as an impactor, impact gun, air wrench, air gun, rattle gun, torque gun, windy gun) is a socket wrench power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by the user, by storing energy in a rotating mass, then delivering it suddenly to the output shaft.
Hail cannon in 2007 Hail cannons in 1901 Hail cannon in Banská Štiavnica Old Castle (Slovakia). Probably designed by Julius Sokol. A hail cannon is a shock wave generator claimed to disrupt the formation of hailstones in the atmosphere.