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Some electric clippers such as the Wahl clipper, or the Andis clipper had a lever that could be moved back and forth to change the closeness from "000"which left the hair stubble length, or "1" which left the hair about one eighth of an inch. External attachments called "Guards" are attached to the clipper to make it cut from "1" to "4".
The American-built clipper ship, 1850–1856 : characteristics, construction, and details. Camden, ME: International Marine. ISBN 0-07-014501-6. – The comprehensive reference for design and construction of American-built clipper ships, with numerous drawings, diagrams, and charts. Gives examples of how each design feature varies in different ...
A manual beard clipper A hair clipper , often individually called the apparent plurale tantum hair clippers (in a similar way to scissors ), is a specialised tool used to cut human hair . Hair clippers work on the same principle as scissors , but are distinct from scissors themselves and razors .
The Clipper 23 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a clipper bow, a reverse transom, a transom-hung, non-folding rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable swing keel or twin keels. It displaces 2,025 lb (919 kg) and carries 500 lb (227 kg) of cast iron ballast. [1] [3]
Queen of Clippers: 1853 United States (Boston, MA) 258 ft (79 m) She was built at East Boston by Robert E. Jackson, the builder of John Bertram and Winged Racer. [22] Red Jacket [23] 1853 United States (Rockland, ME) Wrecked in 1885 251 ft (77 m) Red Jacket was designed by Samuel Hartt Pook, and built by the George Taylor yards of Rockland ...
Shunt clippers, where the diode is shunted across the load resistance. The diode capacitance affects the operation of the clipper at high frequency and influences the choice between the above two types. High frequency signals are attenuated in the shunt clipper as the diode capacitance provides an alternative path to output current.
The PA-16 Clipper is a stretched and refined version of the Vagabond intended to seat four people [1] (or "two-and-a-half to three" as often told by Clipper pilots). It is equipped with an extra wing tank, added doors to accommodate the new seating, and a Lycoming O-235, the same engine that would later power the Cessna 152.
Flying Cloud was the most famous of the clippers built by Donald McKay. She was known for her extremely close race with Hornet in 1853; for having a woman navigator, Eleanor Creesy , wife of Josiah Perkins Creesy who skippered Flying Cloud on two record-setting voyages from New York to San Francisco; and for sailing in the Australia and timber ...