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Diagram illustrating the effects of moving the slide of a brass instrument. Date: 5 August 2007: Source: Created by bdesham in Inkscape. Author: Benjamin D. Esham : Permission (Reusing this file) As a courtesy (but not a requirement), please e-mail me or leave a note on my talk page if you use this image outside of Wikipedia. Thanks!
Dorothy is a tugboat and the first ship constructed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, currently on display in the yard. [1] Dorothy is one of the oldest surviving ships in Virginia. [2] She was built in 1890 and launched in 1891. [3]
The brass suppliers or cartridge manufacturers would sometimes have the brass batch or cartridge lot number to the right of their code letter. The post-war headstamp had the manufacturer code (AI / EMZ or NWM) at the 6 o'clock position. AI Artillerie Inrichtingen NV ("Artillery Factories") (1679–1983) – Zaandam-Hembrug, Netherlands ...
Brass Tablature is a rather rare form of music notation that applies to all brass instruments, but is most commonly found written for trumpet [citation needed]. It consists of lines with partials, and numbers representing valve or slide positions.
USS Newport News (CA–148) was the third and last ship of the Des Moines-class of heavy cruisers in the United States Navy. She was the first fully air-conditioned surface ship and the last active all-gun heavy cruiser in the United States Navy.
DD-946 3 December 1956 4 January 1958 7 November 1958 15 December 1988 Preserved, first New York from 1989, returned to navy in 2004, purchased as a museum/memorial. Now moored in Bay City, Michigan. [16] Somers DD-947 DDG-34: 4 March 1957 30 May 1958 9 April 1959 19 November 1982 Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise, 22 July 1998 ...
Copper deposits are abundant in most parts of the world (globally 70 parts per million), and it has therefore always been a relatively cheap metal. By contrast, tin is relatively rare (2 parts per million), and in Europe and the Mediterranean region, and even in prehistoric times had to be traded considerable distances , and was expensive ...