The detent escapement has long been associated with precision timekeeping, dating to the age of marine chronometers and the work of John Arnold. The detent is, however, dangerously susceptible to shocks, which has generally limited its application in the modern era. Pages says that he was inspir...
I am reflecting on many of the write-ups I have done over the years, and I think it is safe to say, unlike many, I do not claim to be an expert or a know it all when it comes to watches. The
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s just take the example of getting enough energy from batteries.The world’s largest battery factory is the Tesla Giga factory. The annual total output from this factory would produce 3 minutes of the annual US electricity demand. Even with 1,000 years of battery production, the batteries ...
In such cases the damage to their archaeological integrity is offset by careful records made by the archaeologists, the conservation of the ships and their contents, and subsequent publication and display. Parts of the hull tell the marine archaeologist how the ship was designed and built. Tool-...
The Alaska Marine Highway System over the ensuing decades now transports folks, vehicles and freight over the broad range from Bellingham, Washington over 3500 miles to Dutch Harbor, Alaska in the Aleutian Islands. As I was working on our itinerary, I had us in the Wrangell-St. Elias area ...
Bloomberg explains that under the new plan, there will be four new marine waste transfer stations built and up to five rail waste transfer stations activated. “This will allow us to transport nearly all of the city’s residential garbage, and more of our commercial garbage, by barge or rail...
Inland Marine Inland marine insurance covers property used in multiple locations and is not permanently assigned to or installed in a specific area. It protects mobile equipment, machinery, tools for logging, and other forestry industries equipment while in transit to a job site. It can also cover...