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This was the first commercially available variable assist power steering arrangement, allowing the motorist power assist when parking, but recognizing that less steering assistance was needed at high speed. [2] This feature is now spreading to mainstream vehicles, using electrical motors rather than hydraulic actuation. [3]
The King of Rome was a racing pigeon that in 1913 won a 1,001-mile (1,611 km) race from Rome, Italy to England.The bird, a blue cock, [1] ring number NU1907DY168, [2] was owned, [3] bred and trained by [1] Charlie Hudson (born early 1870s, died 13 March 1958, aged 84 [2]), of 56 Brook Street, Derby (now demolished,
An uncoiled modern watch mainspring. Clock mainspring A pendulum wall clock movement showing the two mainsprings which power it. This is a striking clock which sounds the hours on a chime; one of the springs powers the timekeeping gear train while the other powers the striking train
Fanciers usually distinguish between the two sub-breeds by appending the word "show" or "utility" to the name of the breed. For example, there are show King pigeons and Utility Kings and they are two different breeds of pigeon. The show breeds can still be used for squabbing purposes.
Project Pigeon was briefly revived by the Navy in 1948 as "Project Orcon," but it was again cancelled in 1953 when the reliability of electronic guidance systems was proven. Skinner was awarded the 2024 Ig Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the project; his daughter Julie Vargas , who received the award in his stead, is quoted as saying, "I want ...
Leverkusen's Granit Xhaka, centre, argues with referee Tobias Stieler during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen at the Signal-Iduna Park in Dortmund ...
This watch uses Omega caliber 1400 (ETA 205.111 Rhodium plated). Swiss company ETA SA , part of the Swatch group, [ 5 ] made seven different automatic quartz movements, calling them Autoquartz . They were part of the premium Flatline series of movements [ 6 ] and were sold to a variety of watch vendors, primarily European and American.
When you watch the video you can see the octopus discovers the fish inside the bottle but can’t get it out. It steps back for a few minutes, considering the problem. Then, the octopus returns to ...