Distribution poles comprise three common types: tangent, guyed and self-supporting. Tangent utility poles, usually arranged in a straight line with other poles, do not have any external type of support and normally are made of wood. Guyed poles are constructed with an angled support cable attache...
What's the difference between a 'coupe' and a 'cabriolet'? Where do 'roadster' and 'sedan' come from? Here's a guide to some common words for automobiles.
Thus, according to different taxonomic propositions down through history, the Manila clam has been placed in different genera by different researchers, in each case along with a certain number of other species. View article Hominins B. Wood, E. Boyle, in On Human Nature, 2017 Homo georgicus ...
A circular sawis the power tool version of the hand saw. Portable circular saws are one of the most convenient ways to bring the utility of a table saw to work on-site. They allow for ripping and crosscutting wood and have long been a standby for carpenters and construction workers becaus...
A circular sawis the power tool version of the hand saw. Portable circular saws are one of the most convenient ways to bring the utility of a table saw to work on-site. They allow for ripping and crosscutting wood and have long been a standby for carpenters and construction workers becaus...
Comprehensive composition of Creosote using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS) Creosote is a distillation product of coal tar and is widely used as wood preservative for railway sleepers, utility poles and for other applications. Creo... C ...
Evidence of composite construction of clay and wood, the so-called wattle-and-daub method, is also found in Europe and the Middle East. The walls were made of small saplings or reeds, which were easy to cut with stone tools. They were driven into the ground, tied together laterally with...
Such exceptions apart, theoverwhelmingmajority of Africa’s thousands of peoples in rural areas build in grasses, wood, and clay. Because of the impermanence of many of these materials, existing buildings, though based on forms many centuries old, are of relatively recent date. Where vegetation ...
Forest management in sloping landscapes must take into consideration the immediate utility of the forests to upstream residents, such as fuelwood and timber, and the structural insurance they provide for downstream residents by increasing the soil infiltration capacity [3] and reducing soil erosion [4...
results were reported for plantlets of CalamondinCitrusderived from somatic embryos grafted onto Japanese citron rootstock which, after one year in the field, produced flowers and fruits normally [52]. Propagated plants obtained by regrafting thornless budwood of stigma/style regenerants onto sour ...