Illinois. He saw a wooden rail with nails sticking out and decided to use this to start his design of barbed wire. His wife’s garden needed protection and that started his invention process. One year later in 1874‚ the barbed wire fence was patented. Glidden became a millionaire with assets. His company‚ with partner Issac Ellwood‚ The Barb Fence Company made 10‚000 pounds of barbed wire the first year and 600‚000 pounds by 1875. When Glidden died‚ he was one of the richest people in America. Although
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their lives and throw you away when they don’t need you anymore. Philippe Petit‚ the main character of the documentary film “Man on Wire”‚ directed by James Marsh‚ is a great example of such a sucker. Barry Greenhouse‚ Petit’s accomplice‚ says it during the film‚ “He sort of draws you into his world.” Philippe was a brave‚ enthusiastic and persistent high-wire artist. His raw passion to walk hundreds of feet above the ground on a tightrope helped him to make his dream come true‚ and he became
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Mexican Wire Works Case Study Abstract Mexican Wire Works is a producer of wire windings used in making electrical transformers. This company has the good fortune of booking more orders then they can fill. The company has ordered new equipment to help in the long term‚ but they still have a short term issue. In addition‚ the company is refinancing long term debt and needs profits to be as high as possible to counteract the effects of this refinance. The problem is to select the orders that
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Daniel Osherow ENGR 1301 5 December 2012 Copper Wire Sizes (EE) The diameter of a copper wire is measured by using a system called the American Wire Gauge also known as AWG. This system has predominantly been used in the United States and Canada since 1857. Using this measurement the cross-sectional area of a gauge is able to be found. We then use this area to determine the wires current carrying capacity. The gauge numbers for wire and diameter values work inversely‚ as when one increases the
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IS 3177 : 1999 Edition 3.2 (2003-07) ( Reaffirmed 2006 ) Indian Standard CODE OF PRACTICE FOR ELECTRIC OVERHEAD TRAVELLING CRANES AND GANTRY CRANES OTHER THAN STEEL WORK CRANES ( Second Revision ) (Incorporating Amendment Nos. 1 & 2) ICS 53.020.20 © BIS 2004 BUREAU MANAK BHAVAN ‚ 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG NEW DELHI 110002 OF INDIAN STANDARDS Price Group 15 Cranes‚ Lifting Chains and Related Equipments Sectional Committee‚ HMD 14 FOREWORD This Indian Standard
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Who would have ever thought walking across a wire a certain distance from one point to the next would be considered illegal? Or psychotic? Most people tend to think it is a daring activity that is suspenseful and entertaining to watch‚ but the police think different. Police consider it trespassing and disorderly conduct and possibly an act of someone who is insane‚ at least that was the case for Philippe Petit in the 1974. Philippe Petit‚ a French man who is known to be quirky‚ adventurous‚ and charismatic
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Microelectronics Reliability xxx (2012) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Microelectronics Reliability journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/microrel Experiment study of dynamic looping process for thermosonic wire bonding Fuliang Wang ⇑‚ Yun Chen‚ Lei Han State Key Laboratory of High Performance Complex Manufacturing‚ Changsha 410083‚ China School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering‚ Central South University‚ Changsha 410083‚ China a r t i c l e
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outages. The earliest tools were manufactured in 1913 in Ohio‚ USA. They were home-made‚ crude and bulky. One by one a number of Hot-Line tools were introduced & developed over the years like electrical hook‚ hacksaw‚ saddles‚ clamps‚ clamp-sticks‚ wire-tongs and numerous hand tools. It is very useful when power circuits could not be easily de-energized while insulators‚ cross-arms‚ poles and other equipment were being replaced. It was realized that duplicate circuits for service purposes would be
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Types of Knot | Usages/Functions | 1. Timber Hitch | The Timber Hitch is a knot used to attach a single length of rope to a piece of wood.It also used for fastening a rope around a spar or log to be hoisted or towed. | 2. Timber Half Hitch | The Timber Half Hitch is used to establishment when added to help stabilize a load in the direction of pull. | 3. Fisherman Knot | The Fisherman Knot is used to join two lines‚ made by securing either end to the opposite standing part by an overhand
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Braiding is more than a hairstyle – it’s a cultural tradition that cuts across racial‚ social‚ economic‚ and geographic lines. Hair Braiding in Africa Ancient African hair braiding patterns reveal a variety of complex geometrical designs‚ which often pointed to characteristics of the wearer. Identity Status Religion Age Ethnicity kinship Hair Braiding in Egypt In ancient Egypt‚ braiding was reserved for royalty and for ceremonial rituals like weddings. Hair Braiding in America Historically‚ most
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