New York City Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid
One of the Essex Class aircraft carriers constructed during the Second World War, USS Intrepid is now a museum ship in New York City. During her …
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On 15th September 1958, the commuter train carrying passengers from Bay Head to Jersey Central met with a fatal accident. The engineer ignored three …
Continue ReadingThe Physics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
The magnetic properties of the nuclei of atoms can be used to yield chemical information. The nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon is the basis of …
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Famous for tourism, sports, and their ports, the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean constitute Oceania.
Continue ReadingWhat is a Data Table - Examples of Data Tables in Engineering
Arranging information into orderly rows and columns is one of the most common forms of communicating precision tabular data. This article explains how …
Continue ReadingBest of 555 Timer Application Circuits Explained
The article presents some very useful, assorted IC 555 application circuits, which depict the two basic operating modes of the IC- the astable and the …
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Noisy air conditioners can be annoying and potentially troublesome. It’s best to catch problems early, while they’re easy and inexpensive to …
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Electrical Propulsion systems are not new to the marine industry. However, the system was limited to passenger vessels and some hi-tech research …
Continue ReadingPrecision Turning & Tool Making in Demand: Skilled Laborers are Still Needed
How do skilled tradesmen obtain their skills? Learn how they are best employed in the modern day arena of highly automated machining, and why there …
Continue ReadingConverting Rates in One Coordinate System to Another
Any structural design has to be completely effective in the way the structure behaves when subjected to the loads that are expected on it. This …
Continue ReadingFirst Jet Aircraft to Take Off from a US Navy Aircraft Carrier
With the successful operation of the FH Phantom jet aircraft from a US aircraft carrier in 1946, jets entered center stage as the core of carrier …
Continue ReadingHow to Make Simple SCR Circuits
The article relates the technical specifications of SCRs and their working principles through an easy to understand, step-wise explanation. The …
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