forzantes
English translation: rods and levers
| 17:54 Jun 29, 2008 |
| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Engineering (general) / Juanelo Turriano\\\\\\\'s inventions during the reign of Charles I | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Jennifer Levey Chile Local time: 19:13 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | articulated beams |
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| 4 | rods |
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| 4 | rods and levers |
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peer agreement (net): +1| tirantes y forzantes articulated beams Explanation: The drawing shows a series of trapezoidal articulated mechanisms. One beam pulls while the other pushes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:ArtificiodeJuanelo.jpg |
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rods Explanation: I think "cranks" for tirantes... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2008-06-29 18:32:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- JSTOR: Technological Innovation and Persistence in the Ontario ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Stangenkunst principle The Stangenkunst (roughly translated as 'rod work with crank') was introduced into mining in European areas of German settlement in ... links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-8243(198310)15%3A2%3C184%3ATIAPIT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O - Páginas similares |
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| tirantes y forzantes rods and levers Explanation: Based on what I see here: http://www.plataformasinc.es/index.php/esl/Galeria-multimedi... pero un mecanismo de tirantes [struts] y forzantes --> a system of rods and levers There's supposed to be an animated 3D simulation here, but it takes too long to download to this part of the world (snif...): http://www.plataformasinc.es/index.php/esl/Galeria-multimedi... |
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