Counterweight
31Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco — San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge (eastern span replacement) Artistic rendition of the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge seen from Treasure Island (ca. 2014) Official name To be determ …
32Discworld geography — Überwald redirects here. For the area in Hessen, Germany, see Überwald (Bergstraße). The Discworld Mapp by Stephen Player (Dutch version) This article concerns the fictional geography of Terry Pratchett s Discworld, featured in the novel series… …
33elevator — /el euh vay teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that elevates or raises. 2. a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building. 3. any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or… …
34Противовес (За гранью возможного) — Противовес The Outer Limits: Counterweight …
35Phonograph — Turntable redirects here. For other uses, see Turntable (disambiguation). Edison cylinder phonograph ca. 1899 …
36Lunar space elevator — A lunar space elevator (also called a moonstalk) is a proposed cable running from the surface of the Moon into space.It is similar in concept to the better known Earth space elevator idea (a cable suspended above Earth, with its center of gravity …
37Su Song — 蘇頌 (Sū Sòng) Born 1020 near Quanzhou Died 1101 (aged 80–81) Nationality Chinese …
38Steelyard balance — A steelyard balance or steelyard is a straight beam balance with arms of unequal length. It incorporates a counterweight which slides along the calibrated longer arm to counterbalance the load and indicate its weight. A steelyard is also known as …
39List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …
40Disappearing — Dis ap*pear ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of {Disappear}. {Disappearing carriage} (Ordnance), a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The… …
