Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Each secondary turret had its own 8 m rangefinder. A pair of 3 m (9.8 ft) rangefinders for use by an admiral's flag staff were installed on sponsons in the conning tower. The directors gathered range and bearing data on targets and transmitted it to a central processing station that fed instructions to the gun crews. [16]
User guides have been found with ancient devices. One example is the Antikythera Mechanism, [1] a 2,000 year old Greek analogue computer that was found off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in the year 1900. On the cover of this device are passages of text which describe the features and operation of the mechanism.
[8] When he was five years old, Richelieu's father died of fever in the French Wars of Religion, [9] leaving the family in debt; however, with the aid of royal grants, the family was able to avoid financial difficulties. At the age of 9, young Richelieu was sent to the College of Navarre in Paris to study philosophy. [10]
A great part of Richelieu's correspondence with Pozzo di Borgo, Capo d'Istria and others, with his journal of his travels in Germany and the Turkish campaign, and a notice by the duchesse de Richelieu, is published by the Imperial Russian Historical Society, vol. 54.
The Mack Super-Liner is a model line of Class 8 trucks produced by Mack Trucks.Produced in North America from 1977 to 1993, [1] the model line was a conventional-cab tractor configured primarily for highway and vocational applications, serving as the flagship conventional of the Mack product line in North America.
Richelieu's primary business is the distribution of specialty hardware products. Products distributed by Richelieu include cabinet parts (such as hinges), decorative products (such as doorknobs and mouldings), and kitchen accessories (such as cutlery trays). [2] [4] Its primary customers are cabinet, furniture, door, and window manufacturers. [6]
2007 Toyota Yaris hatchback owner's manual 1919 Ford Motor Company car and truck operating manual. An owner's manual (also called an instruction manual or a user guide) is an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer products such as vehicles, home appliances and computer peripherals.
François Leclerc du Tremblay (4 November 1577 – 17 December 1638), also known as Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar, confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu. [1] He was the original éminence grise —the French term ("grey eminence") for a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially.