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Empty drop collars on the Russian submarine Akula, 1909 The Bars-class submarine Livitsa showing four of her eight drop collars loaded with torpedoes, about 1916–1917. The Drzewiecki drop collar was an external torpedo launching system most commonly used by the French and Imperial Russian Navies in the first two decades of the 20th century.
The Theban Tomb TT15 is located in Dra' Abu el-Naga', part of the Theban Necropolis, on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor. It is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Tetiky , [ 1 ] who was Mayor of Thebes , during the reign of Ahmose I , during the early Eighteenth Dynasty .
A starched-stiff detachable wing collar from Luke Eyres. A detachable collar or a false collar is a shirt collar separate from the shirt, fastened to it by studs. The collar is usually made of a different fabric from the shirt, in which case it is almost always white, and, being unattached to the shirt, can be starched to a hard cardboard-like consistency.
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Collar Construction. From the bottom of the box cut, the shaft collar is constructed bottom up in a planned series of concrete pours. Galloway (Sinking Stage) Construction & Installation. The Galloway (also known as a Sinking Stage or Scaffold) is a multi-level working platform, suspended in the shaft from winches located on the surface. The ...
Various forms of livery were used in the Middle Ages to denote attachment to a great person by friends, servants, and political supporters. The collar, usually of precious metal, was the grandest form of these, usually given by the person the livery denoted to his closest or most important associates, but should not, in the early period, be seen as separate from the wider phenomenon of livery ...
Cervical collars are also used therapeutically to help realign the spinal cord and relieve pain, [7] although they are usually not worn for long periods of time. [8] Another use of the cervical collar is for strains, sprains, or whiplash. [4] [5] If pain is persistent, the collar might be required to remain attached to help in the healing process.
A collar stay, collar stick, collar bone (British English), collar tab (British English), collar stiffener, or collar stiff is a shirt accessory consisting of a smooth strip of rigid material, rounded at one end and pointed at the other, inserted into specially made pockets on the underside of a shirt collar to stabilize the collar's points ...