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    A dividing engine is a device employed to mark graduations on measuring instruments. There has always been a need for accurate measuring instruments....
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    instrument maker. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments...
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  • of engine regulations. Formulae limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after World War I. The engine formulae...
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  • ratio, determined by dividing the bore by the stroke, traditionally indicated whether an engine was designed for power at high engine speeds (rpm) or torque...
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    A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response to a user's query. The...
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  • this time onwards much of his time was given to the preparation of a dividing engine for ruling diffraction gratings. Grayson was transferred to the Natural...
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    a Yorkshireman from Halifax, England who had developed the dividing engine for dividing angular scales accurately to within a second of arc (≈ 0.0048...
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    of an engine cycle can be calculated by dividing the energy output of mechanical work that the engine produces by the energy put into the engine. The historical...
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    lathes. With these, he was able to make an exceptionally accurate dividing engine and in turn, some of the finest astronomical, surveying, and navigational...
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    An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion...
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    compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine). This contrasts with engines using spark plug-ignition of the...
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    portal Accuracy and precision – Characterization of measurement error Dividing engine – Device for marking graduations on measuring instruments Golomb ruler –...
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  • the tree there is a dividing line which divides the area of the node into two subnodes. At the same time, the dividing line divides linedefs into line...
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    An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy...
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  • metal compass, a metal divider, a 9 cm pencil, a pencil sharpener, an eraser and a 10mm stencil. Measuring instrument Dividing engine, which greatly improved...
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  • associated with the precise division of linear distance and angles using a dividing engine and the measurement of gravitational mass using a weighing scale. These...
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    vertical planes. He created his great theodolite using an accurate dividing engine of his own design. Ramsden's theodolite represented a great step forward...
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    mirror comparator for comparing standards of length and a new form of dividing engine; a self-registering tide gauge, and an immersed hydrometer. In the...
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    Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) is the latest version of Unreal Engine developed by Epic Games. It was revealed in May 2020 and officially released in April 2022...
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  • paper for Troughton proposing a new method for dividing circles that was more accurate than an engine and quicker than using a roller. Edward Troughton...
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    The Toyota GR engine family is a gasoline, open-deck, piston V6 engine series. The GR series has a 60° die-cast aluminium block and aluminium DOHC cylinder...
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    A rocket engine is a reaction engine, producing thrust in accordance with Newton's third law by ejecting reaction mass rearward, usually a high-speed...
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    and Cooma dividing at Queanbeyan (1955–73 and 1986–88) NSW TrainLink Northern Tablelands Xplorer – Sydney Central to Armidale and Moree dividing at Werris...
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  • Engine efficiency of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful...
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  • screw-cutting lathe, a fusee-cutting engine and an improved wheel-cutting engine and made one of the first dividing engines, for the construction of accurately-graduated...
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    of his studies and it included lessons in astronomy and the circle-dividing engine. Nobert was appointed to Universitatsmechaniker at Greifswald in 1835...
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  • example diesel engine The power curve (orange) can be derived from the torque curve (blue) by multiplying with the crankshaft speed and dividing by 9550 A...
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    a set of setting circles required a lot of precision crafting on a dividing engine. Setting circles usually had a large diameter and when combined with...
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    Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is the fourth version of Unreal Engine developed by Epic Games. UE4 began development in 2003 and was released in March 2014, with...
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    trims included run-flat tires. The all-wheel drive system continuously divided engine power 50:50 front and rear. Options, depending on the trim level, included...
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